LPL Financial announced that an all-woman team of advisers who had overseen $210 million in assets at Voya Financial Advisers has joined its platforms and aligned with The Financial Services Network, an LPL office of supervisory jurisdiction.
Kristi Turchan and Debbie Verker operate as Ascend Wealth Management in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Accompanying them in the move is staffer Kassandra McGee.
Turchan has 26 years of experience, starting at Dean Witter Reynolds in 1996, and had been affiliated with Voya since 2011, according to her BrokerCheck report. Verker has 18 years of experience and had also been affiliated with Voya since 2011.
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