Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network Realigns Supervision Team to Support Anticipated Growth

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC (WFAFN), the independent brokerage arm of Wells Fargo & Company, today announced that it is expanding and realigning its Supervision Team in anticipation of continued growth in its independent financial advisor base.

The number of advisors affiliating with Wells Fargo’s independent broker-dealer has grown 24 percent over the past 18 months. In order to address the needs of these additional business owners – including training, monitoring the execution of trades and ensuring the maintenance of professional standards and compliance issues – WFAFN has both expanded its Supervision Team and realigned the group to more efficiently support advisors in their local markets.

"We believe that our unprecedented growth is a direct result of the way we deliver full-service investment services through advisors who help meet the financial needs of their clients in their markets,” said John Peluso, president of Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. "To sustain that rate of growth, it’s important for us to deliver personal service to each practice while providing easy access to Wells Fargo’s technology and comprehensive product platform,” he said.

The Supervision Team comprises a director and three team leads who manage the firm’s network of Regional Supervisors who, in turn, serve as points of contact for WFAFN business owners concerning sales supervision topics.

Since 2001, when the independent arm of the firm was established, client assets have increased 600 percent to $40 billion.

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