LPL Financial: Northern Plains joins broker-dealer, RIA, custodial platforms

LPL Financial LLC, announced that financial advisors with Northern Plains Financial have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. They reported serving approximately $225 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and join LPL from Cetera. Based in Grand Forks, N.D., the firm was founded in 2014 and is led by Michael Elsberry, CFP, CRPC, who has nearly 20 years of experience in financial services. In 2021, he was joined by his lifelong friend and fellow advisor Eric Carlson, who worked in commercial banking for 13 years before transitioning to financial advising. Together, they offer a full spectrum of financial planning and investment management services, with a niche serving those in the farming and ranching community, as well as business owners who love to hunt and fish.