The team of eight joins from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

Rockefeller Capital Management last Friday announced that it is adding Ohio-based firm The Hambleton Fieler Group, its first private wealth firm in the Buckeye State.

The team is based in Cincinnati under division director Michael Parker.

The Hambleton Fieler Group is led by Ross Hambleton and Michael Fieler, both of whom are a managing director and private wealth advisor. 

The team of eight, who are joining from Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, will also include Matthew Hambleton, MD and PWA, Andrew Sullivan, vice president and PWA, Carrie Thomas, VP and chief investment officer, Margaret Hawk, VP and team chief operating officer, Marcy Maudlin, lead administrative partner, and Kathleen Stucker, senior client associate.

With the addition of The Hambleton Fieler Group, Rockefeller’s expanding Private Wealth business now includes 49 teams across the US.