Janney Montgomery Scott has hired W G Simms Oliphant and Christopher Smith as senior vice presidents for wealth management in Columbia, SC.

Oliphant and Smith, who together oversee some $155 million in client assets, are joined by senior registered private client assistant Julie Boulware to form SC Asset Advisors.

The Columbia office, led by branch manager Larry Orr, is part of Janney’s Atlanta, GA, complex, which is led by complex manager Jeff Paulsen.

Oliphant and Smith are latterly of Little Rock, AR-headquartered Stephens, where Oliphant spent the past seven years. Oliphant worked at Legg Mason between 2001 and 2005, when the firm transferred its business to Citigroup, and spent seven years at Wachovia before that.

Meanwhile, the Philadelphia, PA-based firm also announced that Andy Kistler, southeast regional manager, is moving to the Charlotte, NC, office.

Jerry Lombard, president of Janney’s Private Client Group, said the firm will be adding more advisors in the southeast region in the coming months. In a related move at the end of April, Randall Renneisen was appointed as an executive vice president of wealth management in Greenville, DE.