Smith Investment Group joins Frontier Wealth Management

Frontier Wealth Management, an investment advisory firm based in Kansas City, has added associates in Wichita.

The firm said the team, previously of Smith Investment Group of UBS Financial Services, Inc., includes David K. Neal, John Jenkins, Chace Dillon, Michele Horton, Tracy Ruddle and Deborah Farnham.

The Smith group, with more than $750 million in assets under management, provides financial planning and investment management services to high-net-worth individuals and families, according to a news release from Frontier Wealth.

“...Frontier’s entrepreneurial spirit and open-architecture platform will not only enhance our ability to better serve our clients, but will allow us to do it in a more client-centric fashion,”Neal, senior wealth adviser, said in a statement. “We are very excited about our move to Frontier, and we look forward to working in a collaborative and sophisticated environment.”

With the addition of the Smith Investment Group, Frontier’s total assets under management will increase to about $1.8 billion, according to the release.

The new team will join the existing Frontier Wichita office at 1625 N. Waterfront Parkway.

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 8:06 AM with the headline "Smith Investment Group joins Frontier Wealth Management."