Stifel Financial has named financial advisor Joshua Bledsoe senior vice president of investments for its broker-dealer subsidiary, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Inc.

Based in the firm's Private Client Group office in St. Louis, Bledsoe will be responsible for providing wealth management and investment advisory services to high-net-worth investors. He joins Stifel after spending 11 years at Merrill Lynch, where he was a senior vice president and past chairman of the firm's advisory council to management.

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