{"id":701783,"date":"2026-06-13T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701783\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:37:33","slug":"advisor-moves-dynasty-ria-tritonpoint-partners-welcomes-second-father-son-tandem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701783\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisor moves: Dynasty RIA TritonPoint Partners welcomes second father-son tandem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                Merrill has also extended its ranks in California with a $450 million team from Morgan Stanley, while Raymond James adds a seasoned Edward Jones advisor to its independent channel.\n            <\/p>\n<p>TritonPoint Partners, the Chevy Chase, Maryland-based independent advisory firm powered by Dynasty Financial, has announced its\u00a0second father-and-son advisory team addition.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Huntington Beach, California, and Indianapolis, Indiana, respectively, Carlos and Matthew Sanchez specialize in business-owner wealth planning and divorce-related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/glossary\/financial-planning\/263329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">financial planning<\/a>, working with clients facing pivotal transitions including business succession, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/glossary\/liquidity\/265932\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">liquidity<\/a> events and significant life changes.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Sanchez has been in the industry for 32 years while Matthew began as an investment advisor registered with Schwab jsut over a decade ago, according to their repsective public disclosure records with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/companies\/securities-and-exchange-commission\/263193\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Securities and Exchange Commission<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran Sanchez pointed to TritonPoint&#8217;s &#8220;flexibility, resources, and planning capabilities&#8221; as part of its ability to &#8220;support our growth while allowing us to remain focused on clients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Sanchez highlighted the importance of providing &#8220;clarity and structure&#8221; for their clients as &#8220;family, business, and financial concerns are all in play at once.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Sanchezes follow Richard Sichel and Robert Sichel, a father-and-son team based in Princeton, N.J., who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/independent-broker-dealers\/advisor-moves-lpl-recruitment-momentum-continues-with-815m-northwestern-mutual-team\/266701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">joined TritonPoint last month<\/a> after\u00a0managing approximately $350 million in client assets at their previous firm.<\/p>\n<p>TritonPoint Partners&#8217; most recent Form ADV shows it has approximately $786 million in assets under management,\u00a0 while its older sibling firm, TritonPoint Wealth, manages approximately $1.55 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/ria-news\/18b-tritonpoint-wealth-launches-new-firm-to-support-independent-advisors\/259492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$1.8B TritonPoint Wealth launches new firm to support independent advisors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merrill lands $450M father-son team from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/companies\/morgan-stanley\/262940\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Stanley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Merrill also announced its own father-son addition on Monday, as Steve Keller and Cole Keller have joined its Monterey\/Carmel office in California.<\/p>\n<p>The two arrive with $450 million in client assets from Morgan Stanley, where they most recently reported $1.8 million in production.<\/p>\n<p>They are joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/glossary\/wealth-management\/265660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wealth management<\/a> associate Catherine Marino-Edwards.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Keller brings more than 30 years of industry experience to the role, including a history with Morgan Stanley going back to 2007, according to his BrokerCheck profile.<\/p>\n<p>In North Carolina, Raymond James recently welcomed veteran advisor Bernie Franko to its independent advisor channel.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Raymond James Financial Services, Franko managed $200 million in client assets over the course of a 12-year tenure, according to the firm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All in all, he brings 28 years of financial services experience to RJFS, where he now operates as Franko Wealth Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is supported by client service managers\u00a0Dwayne Guy and Jill Willard as he serves\u00a0individuals, families and small businesses with a focus on personalized financial planning and wealth management guidance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Raymond James&#8217; client-first culture, technology platform and independent model align with the way we serve clients best,&#8221; Franko said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, Raymond James announced another addition from Edward Jones in the Sun Belt as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investmentnews.com\/independent-broker-dealers\/nebraska-ria-crosses-1-billion-after-absorbing-ex-rbc-team\/266642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">it welcomed Tucson, Arizona-based Tom Palomares<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Merrill has also extended its ranks in California with a $450 million team from Morgan Stanley, while Raymond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[28,147,530],"class_list":["post-701783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}