LPL Financial: Wealthstead joins broker-dealer, RIA, custodial platforms

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Jason Walker, Vladimir Nikitenko, H. Scott Braswell, Rosty Tkachenko and John Hydrick, have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms, aligned with existing firm Integrated Financial Group. They reported serving approximately $615 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and join LPL from Lincoln, now part of Osaic. The Atlanta-based advisors are longtime colleagues who branched off to create a new practice, Wealthstead Financial Advisors. Led by Managing Partner Jason Walker, an Army veteran and graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the Wealthstead team offers comprehensive financial planning services and investment advice, with a focus on retirement income planning and portfolio management. Their business primarily grew out of the nonprofit market and has a strong track record of helping clients on their path to financial success. Now, their diverse client base includes mass affluent families, executives and business owners.