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Capital is leaving Edward Jones.
Your Edward Jones options, audited against the open market — the brief we share with our advisors, tailored to your business.
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Industry Brief
Q1 2026 · Recruiting & Transitions
$2.9B+
has departed Edward Jones across documented public departures, 2024–Q2 2026 — a 5-year-high attrition rate.
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IndependentWhat's happening right now
Your peers are quietly evaluating.
A snapshot of recent transitions tracked from Edward Jones. Names anonymized where confidentiality required. The full ledger lives inside the Guide to Independence.
May 5, 2026
Fair Oaks Wealth Management
→ Ameriprise Financial
$140M
May 2026
Nemec Wealth Advisors (Nicholas M. Nemec — Lake Suzy, FL)
→ &Partners
$115M
Apr 2026
Trey Pope (Huntsville, AL)
→ LPL Financial
$160M
Mar 2026
Carnegie Private Wealth (Decker, Lewis, Miller)
→ LPL Financial
Undisclosed
Jan 2026
Know My Plan (Joseph Wind)
→ Raymond James (RJFS)
$101M
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We track every documented transition. The Guide to Independenceincludes the full ledger plus the destinations sized to your book.
The full analysis
Read the deep-dive on Edward Jones departures →Methodology, named teams, destinations, and the catalysts driving capital flight from Edward Jones.
Why now
Four catalysts pushing Edward Jones advisors out.
- 01
Limited product and pricing flexibility
The mutual-fund-centric platform constrains advisors serving HNW and UHNW clients who expect alternatives, structured products, and bespoke fee structures.
- 02
Brand and marketing restrictions
Uniform compliance limits autonomy on advisor branding, modern marketing, and the kind of personalized content top producers want to publish.
- 03
Constraints on team-building and equity
Caps on multi-advisor team architecture and limited internal equity participation cap your enterprise upside.
- 04
Friction with data, scheduling, and tech
Modern advisor workflows — data export, third-party CRM integrations, calendaring — face an institutional drag that compounds over years.
Sound familiar? You're not alone.
What you get
Inside the Guide to Independence.
Built for Edward Jones advisors evaluating their next chapter. Delivered confidentially within minutes.
Three to five firm shortlist, sized to your book and structured around your priorities.
Side-by-side economics matrix: grid, equity, capital, and support across each option.
LP unit and deferred compensation analysis specific to your Edward Jones tenure.
Compliant client outreach playbook and timeline tailored to your client base.
Independent legal counsel coordination and document review.
Day-one readiness checklist plus 90-day post-move support cadence.
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Compare your paths
Four credible options. Side by side.
The Guide to Independence includes the version of this matrix sized to your book, with economics, equity, and platform tradeoffs detailed.
Boutique destination
Full brand and data ownership with white-glove service and tighter alignment.
Hybrid-RIA
Multi-custody flexibility, equity potential, and a wider product menu.
Independent RIA
Complete autonomy, brand control, modern tech stack, and durable enterprise value.
How we work
From first call to first trade.
A typical Edward Jones engagement runs 60–120 days from diligence to day one. Confidential at every step.
Week 1
01Diligence
We map your goals, constraints, and portability against the live market.
Weeks 2–3
02Shortlist
Three to five credible destinations, sized to your book and aligned to your priorities.
Weeks 4–6
03Negotiate
Terms, equity, capital, and support. Side-by-side. On your terms.
Weeks 6–12
04Execute
Clean, compliant transition with client communications and day-one readiness.
FAQ for Edward Jones advisors
The questions you're probably already turning over.
If yours isn't here, ask it directly in a private call.
How does my LP equity translate when I transition?
We model the value of your existing LP units against the equity, transition capital, and forgivable note structures available in the open market. In most cases the offset is favorable, but the math is specific to your tenure and we work through it line by line in the Guide.Will my non-solicit make this complicated?
Edward Jones non-solicits are real but they're navigable with the right legal coordination and outreach sequencing. We pair you with independent counsel and design a compliant communications plan around the constraints.What about my deferred compensation and pension benefits?
We pull the full picture of your deferred comp, the vesting schedule, and the cost of leaving. Most receiving firms structure transition packages to substantially offset what's at risk — but the comparison only makes sense once we know your specific numbers.How long until my clients can be re-papered?
Typical Edward Jones transitions run 60–120 days from notice to first trade. Re-papering accelerates with a clean Protocol path or an open communications playbook for non-Protocol situations.Do I lose access to research and proprietary content?
Receiving firms have their own research desks, alternatives access, and content libraries. The Guide benchmarks each shortlist firm's research and tooling against what you currently use so the comparison is apples-to-apples.
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