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STREET MOVES: Merrill Hires 6 Brokers From Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley

Six financial advisers who in all manage more than $600 million in client assets have joined Merrill Lynch from the retail brokerage arms of Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) and Morgan Stanley (MS).The moves took place in the last month, Merrill Lynch said. Among the advisers was Michael Dolle, joined Merrill Lynch in Winter Park, Fla., from Wells Fargo Advisors, where he generated about $1.7 million in annual production on $160 million in assets.Mr. Dolle joined Wachovia Securities in 2004, according to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records, and he remained when Wachovia was acquired by Wells Fargo.Lee Minsk, an adviser with roughly $104 million in assets under management and an annual production of nearly $1 million, joined Merrill in Short Hills, N.J., from Wells Fargo. He had previously worked at Merrill from 1999 through 2004, Finra records show.A spokeswoman for Wells Fargo confirmed the departures.The team of Peter and Steven Benington and Steven Cross is now working in Merrill...

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