Firstrust Financial Resources Joins AXA Advisors, LLC

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Firstrust Financial Resources is now associated with AXA Advisors, LLC

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AXA in the United States, a leader in providing wealth management, life insurance and annuity products, announced today that Firstrust Financial Resources, LLC (FFR), is now associated with AXA Advisors, LLC. FFR is headquartered in Philadelphia and focuses on wealth management and corporate benefits for individuals, businesses and not-for-profit entities. FFR will work closely with Karr Barth Associates, the Philadelphia Branch of AXA Advisors, LLC.

“We are thrilled to welcome Firstrust Financial Resources to the AXA Advisors family,” said David W. Karr, Chairman of AXA Advisors. “FFR’s dynamic leadership and entire team are key components to our ambitious growth plans in the Philadelphia market and beyond. FFR is a natural fit, and a great launching point as we look more strategically at bringing larger firms into the AXA Advisors family.”

FFR, led by David Fleisher, Andrew H. Mcllhenny, and Paul A. Markowich, is comprised of more than 40 professionals. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Firstrust Bank, a privately-owned institution and one of the region’s oldest and most respected financial institutions.

FFR’s founding principals began their careers at AXA Equitable over 25 years ago, and FFR was associated with AXA Advisors from 2006 until 2011, when it then joined the MetLife Premier Client Group (MPCG). Recently, FFR and MPCG amicably separated.

“At a time of rapid change in the industry, it’s more important than ever to provide a superior experience to our clients,” said David Fleisher, President and CEO of FFR. “AXA Advisors has the scope, platform and leadership that will enable us to deliver on that promise. My partners and I are excited to rejoin AXA Advisors and become a part of the leadership team of AXA Advisors’ Philadelphia Branch, Karr Barth Associates, a long-time leader in the industry.”

As part of the association, David Fleisher will also be named Co-Branch Manager of AXA Advisors’ Philadelphia branch, joining Timothy J. Maguire in leading Karr Barth Associates and driving growth in the Philadelphia market.

“For over 80 years, Firstrust has chosen its associations wisely. We look forward to our renewed association with AXA Advisors, and in our own right continuing to provide outstanding wealth management services to our valued individual and business clients,” said Richard J. Green, Chairman and CEO of Firstrust Bank.

About AXA

“AXA” is a brand name of AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC and its family of companies, including AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (NY, NY), MONY Life Insurance Company of America (AZ stock company, administrative office: Jersey City, NJ), AXA Advisors, LLC, and AXA Distributors, LLC. In business since 1859, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company is a leading financial protection company and one of the nation’s premier providers of life insurance and annuity products distributed to individuals and business owners through its retail distribution channel, AXA Advisors, LLC (member FINRA, SIPC) and to the financial services market through its wholesale distribution channel, AXA Distributors, LLC (member FINRA, SIPC).

AXA S.A. (also referred to as “AXA Group”) is a Paris-headquartered holding company for a group of international insurance and financial services companies, including AXA Equitable Financial Services, LLC companies. AXA S.A. is a worldwide leader in financial protection strategies and wealth management with 103 million clients in 64 countries as of Dec. 31, 2015. AXA S.A. has been ranked the No. 1 insurance brand in the world by Interbrand for seven consecutive years as of Oct. 5, 2015.

The obligations of AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company and MONY Life Insurance Company of America are backed solely by their claims-paying ability. Find AXA on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. For more information, visit www.axa.com.

Securities offered through AXA Advisors, LLC (NY, NY 212-314-4600), member FINRA, SIPC. Annuity and insurance products, including those issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (AXA Equitable), (NY, NY), offered through AXA Network, LLC (AXA Network Insurance Agency of California, LLC; AXA Network Insurance Agency of Utah, LLC; AXA Network of Puerto Rico, Inc. AXA Advisors, AXA Network and AXA Equitable are affiliated companies and do not provide bank services or tax or legal advice. Insurance, annuities, and investment products are not FDIC insured, are not deposits or other obligations of or guaranteed by any bank, and are subject to investment risk, including possible loss of the principal invested. Firstrust Financial Resources and Karr Barth Associates are not owned or operated by AXA Advisors or its affiliates. AXA Advisors and its affiliates are not affiliated with Firstrust Bank.