Canada’s RBC Wealth Management has strengthened its Omaha, NE, office, appointing five financial advisors and three client associates from Morgan Stanley in a move which adds $758 million in assets under management.

Joining the Omaha branch as financial advisors are: Jason Judge, first vice president; Matt Rose, vice president; Ken Ferrarini, senior vice president; Steve Ferrarini, associate vice president; and Scott Leinen, first vice president. Meanwhile, Laura Kolasky, Barbara Essi and Kelly Blankenship start as senior client associates.  

The Omaha office now has 17 financial advisors and 29 members of staff overall. As a result of the expansion, RBC said the branch will separate into two offices later this year and then reunite in a new office, to be completed in 2014.

RBC Wealth Management has over $235 billion in assets under administration and some 2,000 financial advisors operating across 200 locations in 42 states. In the US, the firm operates as a division of RBC Capital Markets.