LPL Shares Details on 108 Recruited Reps, Newest Partner & Tech Woes
May 22, 2017
By Janet Levaux, ThinkAdvisor
The IBD picked up at least $4.2 billion in assets in Q1’17; earlier this month, its IT network and backup systems went down
LPL Financial (LPLA) says it recruited 108 new financial advisors in the first quarter with at least $4.2 billion in assets. The independent broker-dealer also announced plans to give its 14,000-plus affiliated registered representatives access to a variety of Echelon Partners’ consulting services and clarified details on a recent tech outage.
Of the 108 reps joining LPL, 50 moved from Cetera Financial Group broker-dealers, including 46 that make up a team previously with Cetera Investment Services. Fourteen left Wells Fargo to go independent, while 10 moved to LPL from MML and seven from Edward Jones.