The latest moves in wealth management across North America.

Argent
Argent Financial Group has hired Amy Rhodes as vice president and senior compliance administrator of retirement services for its fiduciary consulting services division. 

Reporting to Argent Trust Company chief compliance officer Deanna Rankin and based in San Antonio, Rhodes will be responsible for all aspects of compliance for Argent Trust Company.

Rhodes has nearly 30 years of banking and trust industry experience. She most recently served as vice president and fiduciary compliance specialist with Frost Bank in San Antonio, where she had worked since beginning her career in 1989. Rhodes joined the bank as a trust operations cash disbursement specialist, later serving as vice president/wealth management systems analyst.

Rhodes is a certified fiduciary and investment risk specialist and certified IRA specialist. She attended Texas A&M University, where she studied environmental design.

Raymond James
Raymond James Financial’s board of directors announced that Robert P Saltzman, an 11-year member of the board, has decided not to seek re-election when shareholders meet on February 28 next year.

“On behalf of the Board and the Raymond James family, we thank Bob for his outstanding service and guidance,” chairman and CEO Paul Reilly at Raymond James Financial said. 

“From the period of volatility and uncertainty of 2009-2010 to the strategic and thoughtful growth we’ve experienced during the past decade, Bob has delivered expert leadership and counsel for which we are all grateful. We wish him the best on his future endeavors.” 

Prospera
Registered investment advisory business Prospera Financial Services said a team based in Lafayette, Louisiana has become affiliated with it. The team of Carolyn French and Byron Reyes, overseeing $150 million of client assets, had previously been with UBS.

Prospera, a privately held firm, is based in Dallas, TX, and was founded in 1982 as a full-service, boutique broker-dealer and support organization for independent financial professionals in the US.
French, senior vice president, received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and went on to obtain her doctorate from Louisiana State University. Prior to her career in wealth management, she served as a socioeconomic consultant with the US Department of the Interior. 

Before working as an independent advisor, French was SVP of wealth management at Morgan Stanley and SVP investments at UBS. She has founded Shining Light Foundation and Friends of Music, both non-profit organizations helping to meet the needs of students in the Lafayette, Louisiana area.

Beginning his career at Merrill Lynch, Reyes, who is first vice president, he has had over 28 years of experience within the financial services industry. Reyes has held a Certified Investment Management Analyst certification since 2004. Byron is active in several non-profit organizations including wild life conservation and Big Brothers Big Sisters, having served as a big brother for 10 years as well as the role of his local chapter's president.