Financial advisor Nick Bevad has joined LPL Financial through Charlotte, N.C.-based Claritas Financial Partners, a financial services firm supported by LPL Strategic Wealth Services.

Bevad, who joined Claritas Financial Partners from Merrill Lynch, has 16 years of experience and managed $135 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets. He started his career working with his father, who was also was a financial advisor until he retired.