LPL Financial, a retail investment advisory firm and independent broker-dealer, announced that Tom Anderton and Ryan Howard have joined the firm and aligned with Michigan-based 626 Financial, an independent firm on LPL’s broker-dealer and corporate advisory platforms.

Anderton and Howard come from Oppenheimer & Co. and reported they served approximately $230 million of client brokerage and advisory assets, based on prior business, as of February 22, 2018.