LPL Financial has announced that Praxis Financial Partners advisers Scott Christian, Cecil Loyd, Jay Gentry and Matt Dion have joined LPL Financial’s broker/dealer and registered investment adviser platform. The team reported serving approximately $1.1 billion in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets* and joins LPL from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.
Based in Alpharetta, Ga., Praxis Financial Partners is a planning-focused wealth management practice serving business owners, corporate retirees, successful executives and multigenerational families across 24 states. The firm traces its roots to 2013, when Christian and Loyd launched Praxis after working together for decades. The name “Praxis,” derived from the Greek word for “process,” reflects the team’s planning-based philosophy. Gentry joined the practice in 2020 after 20 years in asset management distribution, while Dion joined in 2024 after 15 years as an adviser.
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