The wealth management firm continues where it left off in 2018 with a further expansion move.

Argent Financial Group, which provides wealth management and other services across the South, has opened a new office for its trusts business to serve the Jackson metropolitan market.

Argent Trust Company's vice president and trust officer David Russell, who has more than 34 years of experience in the wealth management industry, will represent the company in its new location. The new office is located in the Origin Bank branch in Ridgeland. It is the company’s second office in Mississippi and its 31st nationally. Argent Financial Group also recently expanded its Oxford office.

“Argent Financial Group continues to build a significant and growing presence in Mississippi after entering the Oxford market some five years ago,” Kyle McDonald, chief executive of Argent Financial Group, said.

Russell joined Argent Trust Company in April and was based in Nashville. He was previously a senior vice president and relationship manager for Pinnacle Trust in Madison. He has been active in the financial and estate planning community of Jackson since returning to Mississippi in 1994. Russell is also a Certified Senior Advisor™. In 2012 he authored the book, What You Need to Know: The Adult Child’s Guide to Becoming an Effective Financial Caregiver.

Earlier in January Argent Trust Company named Sidney O Roebuck as senior vice president/trust officer in its Birmingham office. 

This publication has interviewed Argent's trust business chief on its wealth management strategy.