The First Summit team includes managing partners Thomas J. Cooney and Mark Freed, a former professional baseball player.  

Martin Marron, who had led the international private bank since 2021, has been named head of wealth-management solutions.

Mariner is suing three advisors who recently left to join Savvy Wealth's RIA affiliate. In the suit, Mariner argues Savvy poaches books of business without “regard to contractual obligations.”

The 6-3 decision deals a blow to an administrative system the SEC once used to adjudicate more than 100 cases a year before scaling back amid legal challenges.

Dallas-based Fortis Wealth Advisors will use Goldman Sachs for custody.

Daniel Lee and Dylan Kremer join IEQ as managing directors and have roots at First Republic, the bank IEQ’s founders walked out of in 2019.

Chief Digital Officer Pete Clemson and Melissa Lamarche, senior vice president of advisor relations, are leaving the organization.