Doug Flaherty
Snowden Lane Partners, a hybrid firm with $3 billion in advisory assets under management, has been slowly chipping away Wells Fargo’s international businesses in Manhattan and Miami.
Six advisor teams have jumped from Wells to Snowden, adding several million dollars to both hubs, said Greg Franks, president and chief operating officer of Snowden Lane.
Initially Wells executives explored the possibility of finding a single firm interested in lifting out the entire international business as a single entity. Insigneo Financial Group, a Miami-based independent broker/dealer, made Wells Fargo Advisors an offer to transition the international accounts of advisors joining Insigneo in one shot. Wells declined Insigneo’s proposal and others like it.