The latest moves in the North American wealth management industry.

LPL Financial 
LPL Financial has said that financial advisors of PacNorth Retirement Group have come on to its broker-dealer and corporate registered investment advisor platforms. The advisors reported having managed approximately $1.1 billion of brokerage, advisory and retirement plan assets. They join from Raymond James Financial Services.

PacNorth Retirement Group is the result of combining two financial practices started in the 1970s: RC Roland, Chad Roland, Blair Roland and Gary Douvia of RDH Investments, and Garry Borders, Matt Borders and Joel White of Borders, White, & Tait.

Along with serving plan sponsors and participants, the firm also provides retirement planning services to individuals. 

The advisors work with team members Tina Nelson, Drushelle Warnick, Jeanne Schoney, JoAnn Packer and Mason Adams. They operate in Spokane Valley, Washington, and serve individuals and companies across the Pacific Northwest.

Withers
International law firm Withers has hired Bryan H Kelly as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Kelly joins other partners Charles Kolstad and Eva Wolf and he is a private client and tax lawyer who joins Withers from Venable.

Kelly's practice involves both corporate and personal tax advice on domestic and cross-border matters, working with multinational companies and successful families with complex interests. He also represents sponsors and investors in connection with the formation and operation of private investment funds. 

Prior to his tenure at Venable, Kelly worked in the international tax services group at Ernst & Young and was in private legal practice in California and New York.

Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors has added three new hires to its equities team in Chicago. Robert Plaza has joined as a portfolio manager from Key Private Bank, where he was director of equity research. Nick Nikitas and Adam Schmitz have joined as equity analysts from Robert W Baird and Harris Associates, respectively. A third analyst Nick Clare joined Aviva in February. The new hires report to Susan Schmidt, Aviva Investors’ head of US equities, and bring the equities platform team to 18, the firm said.

The asset management unit of Aviva PLC said the hires are part of a significant expansion of Aviva Investors’ equities capabilities following the arrival of David Cumming as Chief Investment Officer for equities in January 2018. “The appointments bolster our strong, integrated teams in UK, US, Global and Emerging Markets equities,” Cumming said.