Baird has bolstered its presence in the Southeast with the addition of two former Wells Fargo advisors who will open a new office in Merritt Island, Fla.

The Milwaukee-based firm has brought on Jim Caprara and Chris Hain of The Caprara & Hain Financial Group to help lead the opening of the office, which will operate in conjunction with an existing Baird office in Sarasota, Fla.

The two are legacy A.G. Edwards advisors who moved to Wachovia and then Wells Fargo through a series of mergers in 2007 and 2008, respectively.

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