Increasing sophistication around independent RIA support was vital to the merger this past week of breakaway wealth shop Syntal Wealth Partners and a prominent Merrill Lynch team in Dallas. But friendship and complementary skill sets – forged over more than a decade – were the real catalysts, say those who made the deal. “Ben and [...]

A team of advisors who previously managed $600 million in client assets at Merrill Lynch’s Private Banking and Investment Group (PBIG) in Dallas, Texas have left the wirehouse for RIA Syntal Capital Partners. The four-person team is led by financial advisor Ben Gordon, who had joined Merrill Lynch in 1994 and specialized in investment strategy [...]

Merrill Lynch loses $600 million team to Texas RIA. A three-person team managing $600 million at Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group in Dallas has joined Syntal Capital Partners, a registered investment advisory firm based in Midland, Texas. The addition of the team expands the Texas footprint of Syntal, which was founded in 2012 [...]

With Pershing and Dynasty Financial as anchors, Syntal breaks down Private Banking Investment Group walls at Merrill Lynch on the strength of Texas ties. Brooke's Note: This summer when I went to Maine, I was the first family member to plunge into the cold Atlantic Ocean. It was a warm day but I also wanted [...]

A Merrill Lynch team that oversaw $600 million in client assets left the wirehouse to join an RIA affiliated with Dynasty Financial Partners, the firm said. The four-member group combined forces with Syntal Capital Partners, expanding the Midland, Texas-based firm's total staff to 12. The new hires, led by advisor Ben Gordon, are based in [...]