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Updated · Wealth Management · Aug 4
RBC Clearing Hires 20-Year Pershing Veteran Larry Agin to Grow Custody Business
Updated
Updated · Wealth Management · Aug 4

RBC Clearing Hires 20-Year Pershing Veteran Larry Agin to Grow Custody Business

1 articles · Updated · Wealth Management · Aug 4

Summary

  • RBC Clearing & Custody named Larry Agin business development manager, tapping a former Pershing executive to expand its clearing and custody franchise with independent broker-dealers and RIAs.
  • Agin arrives after 2 years at Apex Fintech Solutions and more than two decades at BNY Pershing, bringing experience in wealth solutions, securities operations, trading and client relationship management.
  • The hire comes as newer rivals including Apex and Altruist push to undercut legacy clearing providers, making distribution and client-growth roles more critical for incumbents.
  • Elsewhere in wealth management, Kestra Financial added client service and operations chiefs, Quincy Wells named a CIO, and Toronto-based Verecan Capital hired a CFO to support U.S. expansion.

Insights

Will this aggressive executive reshuffle across wealth management actually deliver better advisor technology, or just trigger a chaotic custody war?
Can a traditional giant like RBC truly beat agile fintech disruptors simply by poaching their top talent?
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