Janet Levaux

LPL Financial said Monday that financial advisors William “Bill” Bruen Jr. and Andrew Bruen have joined the independent broker-dealer from UBS, where they reported working with about $1.3 billion in investor and retirement plan assets. They are now part of Paradigm Partners, the newly formed independent channel of Paradigm Wealth Management.

The Sycamore Company said Tuesday that it had launched a new surveillance platform for broker-dealers and other advisory firms that lets them better detect, monitor and review activities, such as transaction and commission data.

Industry watchers say they don’t see a downside to the firm's new approach to disclosing this data.

RIA Mercer Advisors said Thursday that it has hired Alisa Maute, formerly of LPL Financial, as its first head of client development, a group that has “doubled in size over the past two years” to 100 employees.

In the quarter ended Dec. 31, all 11 broker-dealers tracked by ThinkAdvisor reported increased earnings over the year-ago period.

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“LPL has been a very aggressive and successful acquirer,” says Tiburon Strategic Advisors' Chip Roame.

RIA Captrust Financial Advisors says Carolinas Wealth Consulting — which does business as Carolinas Investment Consulting in Charlotte, North Carolina — has joined the firm.

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Wealth provider Orion says it has hired Michael Mandelos to serve as executive vice president of Wealth Management Product.