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Capital is leaving Edward Jones.
Your Edward Jones options, set against the open market, in a twelve-page guide for advisors weighing a move.
Edward Jones
Industry Brief
2026 · Recruiting & Transitions
$3.7B+
has departed Edward Jones in publicly reported team and advisor moves, January 1 to October 12, 2026.
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IndependentAt least 20
publicly reported team and advisor moves from Edward Jones, January 1 to October 12, 2026
About 12 weeks
first call to first trade, then 90 days of support
What's happening right now
Your peers are quietly evaluating.
A snapshot of recent transitions tracked from Edward Jones. Names anonymized where confidentiality required. The Guide to Independence carries the first-half 2026 movement data by channel, and by firm for independent broker-dealers.
Latest Edward Jones moves
The five most recent publicly reported moves, updated daily.
Oct 8, 2026
Aaron Martin (Phoenix, AZ)
→ Raymond James
$170M+
Oct 2026
Michelle Ferguson
→ UBS
Undisclosed
Aug 20, 2026
McCutchen Wesson Wealth Advisors (McCutchen, Wesson; Marion, AR)
→ LPL Financial
$190M
Aug 18, 2026
Guidepost Wealth Management (Stockton; Stillwater, OK)
→ LPL Financial
$160M
Aug 18, 2026
De Jesus & Co. Wealth Management (Roberto De Jesus, Acworth, GA)
→ Raymond James (RJFS)
$199M
The count above is a separate compilation of publicly reported team and advisor moves from Edward Jones, January 1 to October 12, 2026.
Why now
Four catalysts pushing Edward Jones advisors out.
- 01
Bigger clients, more shared branches
Edward Jones's FY2025 10-K names a High Net Worth initiative and a growing number of branches with multiple advisors. For advisors who joined for the single-advisor branch, that is a change to weigh.
- 02
The brand belongs to Edward Jones
An advisor builds the practice under the Edward Jones name, and that name stays with the firm.
- 03
Equity and exit on the firm's terms
Partnership interests are offered at the firm's discretion, and at retirement clients move to a successor Edward Jones advisor under the firm's retirement transition plan.
- 04
The home office is shrinking
The FY2025 10-K describes Enterprise Reimagined, an initiative to restructure and reduce the size of the home office, with separation costs in 2025.
Compare your paths
Four credible options. Side by side.
The Guide to Independence sets Edward Jones's own published figures against an independent payout. The version for your book is worked through on a call.
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.
What you get
Inside the Guide to Independence.
Built for Edward Jones advisors evaluating their next chapter. Delivered confidentially within minutes.
Who is leaving Edward Jones and where they land: first-half 2026 movement data by channel, and by firm for independent broker-dealers.
The economics of a move, from Edward Jones's own published total return figures, set against an independent payout.
How transition packages are structured, with our 2026 deal ranges by channel, depending on your book of business.
What a move leaves at Edward Jones: the retirement transition plan, partnership interests and deferred compensation.
Four things to weigh, from the firm's own filings and guide, including the new Class B interests.
What a confidential call covers, from your book to introductions to independent securities counsel.
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How we work
From first call to first trade.
About twelve weeks in four steps, with 90 days of support after the move. Confidential at every step.
Week 1
Diligence
Goals, book composition, constraints, and portability reviewed against the live market.
Weeks 2 to 3
Compare
The kinds of firm that fit your book, compared on the call.
Weeks 4 to 6
Negotiate
Terms, equity, transition capital, and support negotiated with the advisor.
Weeks 6 to 12
Execute
Re-papering, day-one readiness and 90-day support, with your own counsel on notice and client contact.
FAQ for Edward Jones advisors
The questions you're probably already turning over.
If yours isn't here, ask it directly in a .
What happens to my partnership interest if I move?
Edward Jones's FY2025 10-K says limited partners who withdraw are repaid their capital in three equal annual installments, and a move ends the partnership income. Receiving firms can structure packages to account for that, depending on your book of business. The Guide explains the pieces, and we work through your numbers on a call.Will my non-solicit make this complicated?
Edward Jones non-solicitation terms are real, and what yours allows is a question for your own counsel. We can introduce independent securities counsel, and on the business side we plan the order and timing of client communication around the guidance your counsel gives you.What about my deferred compensation and retirement plan?
Edward Jones's guide says its profit sharing vests immediately, so it and the 401(k) move with you. Certain advisors also hold a balance in the firm's non-qualified deferred compensation plan, paid on that plan's terms, and a move gives up the retirement transition plan. The comparison needs your own numbers, which we work through on a call.How long until my clients can be re-papered?
From first call to first trade, our process runs about twelve weeks: diligence, comparing the kinds of firm that fit, negotiation, then re-papering and day-one readiness, with 90 days of support after the move. Edward Jones is not a Protocol signatory, so how and when clients hear of the move is planned with your own counsel.Do I lose access to research and proprietary content?
Receiving firms have their own research desks, alternatives access and content libraries, and they differ from firm to firm. We compare them with what you use today on a call.
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