Mr. Pupillo manages $2.5 billion in institutional and high-net-worth retail accounts, according to HighTower, and his signing gives the firm its first office in the Southwest. He and fellow financial advisers Brian Hein and David Brasfield, along with two other colleagues, Aaron Brasfield and Darren Evans, work in Scottsdale, Ariz. Hightower did not provide a breakdown of the team’s institutional and retail business.

“I looked at several vendor platforms to support us if we went completely independent, but none provided anything close to the comprehensive platform at HighTower, Mr. Pupillo said in a statement. We joined HighTower because it represents the very [best of breed] solutions, supporting sophisticated independent advisers and harnessing the competitive power of Wall Street for the benefit of our clients.”

Mr. Pupillo was not available for an interview.

The departure of Mr. Pupillo is a sizeable blow to Greystone and parent . A Barron’s Top 100 Adviser since 2006, Mr.

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Hi I’m workplace gossip and I have returned with more about myself and I know that my friends haven’t forgotten me. My creators love me and my victims hate me but achievers take no notice of me. If someone has vested reasons to come closer to me, such as to satisfy their own personal needs, there are many who have good reason to stay away from me. I do not send out summons. I get invitations. The choice is yours– entertainment at the cost of discrediting others or you could nurture positivity to facilitate growth and build team spirit.

To sit around conversing negatively about one another is completely non-productive. It costs the organization, when it is done on company time. You are being compensated to complete certain tasks. A negative discussion regarding your colleagues is definitely not part of your job. It could also be the basis on which the individual being maligned in this workplace gossip approaches management.

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