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LPL adds $5.4 billion in advisor teams; Indivisible recruits $1.1 billion RBC group

U.S. Bank and PNC Private Bank each lost a team at or above $2 billion to LPL.

At a glance

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  • LPL Financial took in $4.4 billion from two bank private-bank teams and another $1 billion from a Northwestern Mutual group, a $5.4 billion week for the platform.

  • HighWater Wealth, a $2.4 billion team, came from U.S. Bank.

  • John Thiel, the former head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, is executive chairman and founder of Indivisible Partners, which recruited a $1.1 billion team from RBC Wealth Management.

LPL Financial took in $4.4 billion from two bank private-bank teams and another $1 billion from a Northwestern Mutual group, a $5.4 billion week for the platform.

HighWater Wealth, a $2.4 billion team, came from U.S. Bank. Align Private Wealth, a $2 billion practice co-founded by Travis Blessing and Scott Gilliam, came from PNC Private Bank and operates on LPL's platform. The Northwestern Mutual team of five is led by Julie Prince and Dave Burnett.

John Thiel, the former head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, is executive chairman and founder of Indivisible Partners, which recruited a $1.1 billion team from RBC Wealth Management. The named advisors on the move include Beth Rosenwald, Leksi Kovalerchik and Matthew Kunkel, with wealth-planning strategists and client-service staff listed alongside them.

Carson Group added Doyle and Loughman Wealth Management, a $1.76 billion team, from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.

Raymond James Financial Services lost an eight-person, $1.4 billion team to Round Table Advisors; Dennis K. Wolfe and Anthony M. D'Andrea Jr. are identified as founder and majority owner on that move.

Our 30-day count has UBS with 56 departures, the heaviest of any firm, ahead of Raymond James Financial Services at 45, Northwestern Mutual at 40, RFG Advisory at 34 and Kestra Private Wealth Services at 29. On the arrivals side, LPL logged 70 over the same window, with Cetera Planning Partners at 50 and Ascentis Independent Advisors at 40.

UBS tops 30-day departures with 56 advisor moves
Firms ranked by number of departures, past 30 days
UBS56 moves
Raymond James Financial Services45 moves
Northwestern Mutual40 moves
RFG Advisory34 moves
Kestra Private Wealth Services29 moves
PWD MOVE TRACKING · 30-DAY WINDOW TO OCT 2026
Team or firmFromToAssets
HighWater WealthU.S. BankLPL Financial$2.4B
Align Private Wealth (Blessing, Gilliam)PNC Private BankLPL Financial platform$2.0B
Doyle and Loughman Wealth ManagementWells Fargo Advisors Financial NetworkCarson Group$1.76B
Wolfe, D'Andrea and teamRaymond James Financial ServicesRound Table Advisors$1.4B
Rosenwald teamRBC Wealth ManagementIndivisible Partners$1.1B
Prince, Burnett and teamNorthwestern MutualLPL Financial$1.0B

The departure tallies rank firms by number of moves, not by assets lost.

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