Ameriprise Financial Inc announced that it has hired five new advisors to different locales across the country.
During the past several weeks the asset manager and brokerage firm hired John Ledford from Commonwealth Financial Network; Steve Jacobson from James Financial; Kevin Barnes who left ProEquities; from Morgan Stanley Ron Camisasca; and Sandra Hudgins joining from Merrill Lynch.
Ledford will be going to Ameriprise’s Orando, Florida office. According to Ameriprise he will have $138 million in assets under management. Jacobson will have $124 million in AUM, based in the New Orleans branch office. Stationed in Bentonville, Arkansas with $148 million will be Kevin Barnes. In Clearwater, Florida Camisasca will manage $96 million in assets, while Hudgins will control $100 million from the Dallas, Texas branch.
Four of the managers were taken on as employees, and the fifth, namely Kevin Barnes was hired as and independent advisor.