Three advisors with more than $500 million in assets under management are joining Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, Wells Fargo announced Thursday.

Butch Safyurtlu of Newport Beach, Calif., is opening an independent practice, APEX Investment Planning Services. Previously with UBS, he has $225,000,000 in client assets.

Christopher Palmer, of Redlands, Calif., left Merrill Lynch to open an independent practice, Palmer Financial Consulting Group. He has $178 million in client assets.

Albert Berger, formerly of JP Morgan, has joined BIG Planning based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., an independent practice with Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network. He has $101.6 million in client assets.