Hughes & Associates

Hughes & Associates is an executive placement firm that works with financial advisors who are considering a move to a new employer. It operates under the Placement Partners name and focuses on the financial services industry in the United States.

What Hughes & Associates offers

• Advisor recruiting — matching advisors with firms that suit their skills and their clients' needs.
• Transition negotiation — bargaining over the terms of a move to a new firm.
• Access to unlisted roles — openings at larger financial services firms that are not advertised.
• Career guidance — evaluating an advisor's goals before suggesting a firm.

Who it works with

The firm's clients are financial advisors, including individuals and multi-person wealth teams changing firms. Its testimonials describe moves to wirehouse and independent firms.

Key facts

• Type of firm: executive placement, financial services
• Operating name: Placement Partners, Inc.
• Stated principles: honor, integrity and discretion