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NewEdge Wealth hires Florida Atlantic Securities CEO as partner

Trevor Beaney joins NewEdge's Coral Gables office as the RIA has more than 75 ultra-high-net-worth advisors in 22 offices.

$1BClient assets overseen by Florida Atlantic Securities

At a glance

  1. Florida Atlantic Securities oversees more than $1 billion in client assets, InvestmentNews reported.
  2. Beaney joined the broker-dealer in 2012 as a vice president, became CEO in 2019 and began his career at Morgan Stanley in 2006.
  3. The move gives NewEdge a Miami broker-dealer chief and follows a Merrill Lynch team it added in Florida earlier this year.

NewEdge Wealth hired W. Trevor Beaney, chief executive of Florida Atlantic Securities, as a partner in its Coral Gables office, InvestmentNews reported Nov. 5.

Florida Atlantic Securities oversees more than $1 billion in client assets, InvestmentNews reported.

Beaney joined the broker-dealer in 2012 as a vice president, became CEO in 2019 and began his career at Morgan Stanley in 2006. Kristie Feliz Smith joins him as a client service associate. The amount of client business moving with him was not disclosed.

The move gives NewEdge a Miami broker-dealer chief and follows a Merrill Lynch team it added in Florida earlier this year. NewEdge counts more than 75 ultra-high-net-worth advisors across 22 offices and has recently expanded into Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Minnesota, InvestmentNews reported.

Reported by the Moves desk from InvestmentNews. Published . Corrections

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