Press Releases

Argent Trust Company, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, announced that it has hired Jonathan D. Berry as senior vice president. In this role, Berry will help lead the local trust management team, including facilitating new business development and relationships...

AmeriTrust Holding Company, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, announced today that it has hired Leisa Gebetsberger as trust administrator. Gebetsberger will be responsible for assisting clients in a variety of areas, including trusts, probate and estate planning...

Argent Financial Group, a leading fiduciary wealth management firm, announced that it has promoted Grant Nelson to mineral audit manager. As mineral audit manager, Nelson will focus on determining accuracy of oil and gas royalties through lease, volumes, price and tax...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, has been named the winner of a Stevie® Award in the 20th Annual American Business Awards®. The Ruston, Louisiana-based company received a silver award for Company of the Year – Financial...

Heritage Trust, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, announced that it has hired Brooke Henderson as vice president, relationship manager. Henderson will be responsible for assisting clients in a variety of areas, including trusts, probate and estate planning and...

Argent Mineral Management, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, announced that it has promoted David Smith to Louisiana manager and business development officer. Smith will continue to oversee business development and implementation and will also provide leadership...

Heritage Trust Company announced today that Michael Romero has been named president. “I am pleased to announce that Mike has been promoted from vice president and relationship manager to president of Heritage,” said Heritage CEO Aaron “AJ” Jack. “With Mike’s rich...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Brooks Campany, regional manager for its Argent Trust Company offices in Oxford and Jackson, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee and Kenny Brown, Jr., senior vice president and chief operating officer for its subsidiary,...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Linde Murphy, managing director for its subsidiary, Argent Retirement Plan Advisors, has been named one of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) 2021 Top Women Advisors in the Rising Stars category. This is the...

Heritage Trust's parent company, Argent Financial Group, announced today that Saiyida Gardezi has successfully completed the Chartered Financial Analyst® Program. By earning the CFA designation, Gardezi has achieved one of the highest distinctions in the investment...

Austin McCarty, a wealth advisor in Argent Trust Company’s Oxford office, has earned his Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) certification and has been promoted to assistant vice president at Argent Trust. The CFP® mark is widely recognized as the highest standard in...

AmeriTrust announced today that Myles Linhares has joined the firm as financial planning analyst. Linhares is based in the Tulsa office and will report to Laurie Saint, assistant vice president of financial planning. AmeriTrust is a part of Argent Financial Group, a...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Shannon Mercer has joined the company as financial planning assistant for the Argent Advisors division in its Monroe office. Mercer will assist Trey Curtis, vice president and investment advisor, in office administration,...

David Williams, executive vice president of Argent Trust Company and manager of its fiduciary services team in Atlanta, Georgia, has been appointed to The ESOP Association’s (TEA) inaugural Public Policy Council. Williams, who also will serve on TEA’s Fiduciary...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced that Vice President, Director of Marketing Sarah Warren has been named Origin Bank Young Business Leader of the Year by the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. The award...

Charlene Scoles, a longtime employee of Tulsa wealth management firm AmeriTrust, has been promoted to senior compliance officer for Argent Fiduciary Consulting Services (AFCS). Both AmeriTrust and AFCS are subsidiaries of Ruston, Louisiana-based Argent Financial...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced that Travis Gist has joined its Mineral Management division in Fort Worth as a mineral manager. Gist, a Fort Worth native, is an accomplished mineral rights and land...

Argent Financial Group today announced that Michael Faherty will be joining its New Orleans office as senior vice president of institutional services. Faherty will serve clients throughout South Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge. He will report directly...

Argent Trust Company announced today that Tom Stringfellow has joined the company as chief investment strategist. Stringfellow comes to Argent from Frost Bank, where he served as president & chief investment officer of Frost Investment Advisors and as executive...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today that it is the winner of two Stevie® Awards in the 19th Annual American Business Awards®, the nation’s premier business awards. This is the fourth year in a row the company...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Ruston visual artist Frank Hamrick is the recipient of this year’s Argent Fellowship for the Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program. He will begin his two-week residency at the Hambidge Center in July. Hamrick is a...

Argent Trust Company announced today that it has promoted Deanna Rankin to chief risk officer, Amy Rhodes to chief compliance officer and Kimberly Breithaupt to chief audit executive. Rhodes will report to Rankin, and Breithaupt will report functionally to the audit...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Megan Simank has joined Argent Trust Company as vice president and trust officer in the Austin office. She will be responsible for administering and developing trusts and estate planning strategies for businesses and...

AmeriTrust, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, announced today that it has appointed Ron Dugan as a portfolio manager. Dugan will be responsible for helping clients with investment management, including individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments and pensions....

AmeriTrust announced today that Kenny Brown Jr. has been promoted to senior vice president and chief operating officer. In this role, Brown will oversee the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of the company and report to Harvie Roe, AmeriTrust CEO....

Argent Financial Group announced today that Jason Farrington has joined the company as creative director. He joins the company as part of an expansion of Argent’s marketing team that also included recent promotions for Sarah Warren, vice president and director of...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today that it will sponsor a third fellowship for the Hambidge Creative Residency Program. Applications are now open for the 2021 summer session that begins in May and runs...

Linde Murphy recognized as a “Rising Star” on 2020 list Argent Financial Group announced today that Linde Murphy, managing director for Argent Retirement Plan Advisors, has been named one of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) 2020 Top Women Advisors in...

Argent Financial Group announced today that it has promoted Taryn Clark to communications director. She will be responsible for leading Argent’s communications efforts. Based in Oklahoma City, Clark previously served as marketing and communications manager for...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Sarah Warren has been promoted to vice president, director of marketing. Warren, who previously served as marketing director, will continue to report to Aaron Jack, Argent’s chief development officer. In her new position,...

Argent Financial Group has been recognized as one of Louisiana State University’s 100 Fastest Growing Tiger Businesses for the sixth year in a row. The LSU 100 is an annual program that identifies the 100 fastest growing LSU graduate-owned or graduate-led businesses...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Jason McDavid has joined the company as a vice president and wealth advisor. Based in Ridgeland, McDavid will report directly to Vice President David Russell. McDavid comes to Argent from Gulf South Capital, a family office...

Argent Trust Company announced today that it has named Jeff Bradley as senior vice president of institutional services in the Birmingham office. He will report to Mark Milton, director of institutional services at Argent Trust. Bradley will assist in expanding...

Argent Trust Company announced today that Chris Kelly has joined the company as Nashville market president. He will serve as the senior leader of trust, estate and retirement services administration in Middle Tennessee and report to Argent Trust Company President Ken...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced two promotions in its Mineral Management division. Megan Bowers, who is in the Fort Worth, Texas, office, was promoted to audit manager, and Grant Nelson, who is in Ruston,...

Argent Financial Group, which is headquartered in Ruston and has offices in 12 states, announced today that J. Aaron (A.J.) Jack has been named executive officer of Argent’s Oklahoma City-based subsidiary, Heritage Trust Company. “I am pleased to announce that Aaron...

Argent Financial Group announced today that Andrew Blackburn has joined the company as property manager for the Argent Mineral Management division in the Ruston corporate office. Blackburn will report to David Luke, president of Argent Mineral Management. In his new...

Argent Trust Company announced today that Reid Harrell has been promoted to chief executive officer. Harrell previously served as the chief fiduciary officer and western regional manager for Argent Trust and is chairman of the trust management committee. Based in San...

Argent Trust Company announced today that Chris Holtzclaw has been promoted to chief fiduciary officer of its west region, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. Holtzclaw previously served as corporate counsel for Argent Financial Group and a trust...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today a partnership with Todd DeKruyter and DK Financial. DeKruyter has worked in the family financial planning industry for more than 10 years and will serve as a family wealth...

Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group today announced that Brooks Campany has been promoted to regional manager of the Oxford, Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee offices. Campany has served as market president of Argent Trust Company’s Oxford...

Nicole Nally Argent Trust announced today it has promoted Nicole Nally to chief fiduciary officer of the company’s eastern region and regional manager of the Louisville, Greenville, South Carolina and Charlotte, North Carolina markets. Nally, who previously served as...

Shayla Blake Ruston musician Shayla Blake is this year’s recipient of Argent Financial Group’s Distinguished Fellowship for the Hambidge Center’s Creative Residency Program, Argent announced today. Residents of Ruston who work in writing, visual arts, dance, ceramics,...

Robert Pugh Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today that Robert Pugh has joined the Nashville office of Argent Trust Company as vice president and trust officer. He will assist clients with their trust and estate...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, has been named the winner of a Stevie® Award in the 18th Annual American Business Awards®. The Ruston, Louisiana-based company received a bronze award for Company of the Year – Financial...

Tulsa wealth management firm also welcomes Jason Simpson as portfolio manager MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Taryn Clark  |  405.848.8899 TULSA, Okla., March 24, 2020 – AmeriTrust announced today that Kenny Brown Jr. has been promoted to vice president, business development....

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, March 2, 2020 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today that it will sponsor a...

Dut LeBlanc Argent Financial Group announced today that Donald H. “Dut” LeBlanc Jr. has joined the company as executive vice president. Based in Shreveport, LeBlanc will report directly to Argent CEO Kyle McDonald. His responsibilities will focus on business...

Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, has won Best Philanthropic/Educational Initiative in the 2020 Private Asset Management Awards hosted by Private Asset Management magazine. This is the second year in a row that Argent...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Taryn Clark Heritage Trust | 405.608.8899 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan. 23, 2020 – Heritage Trust Company announced today that Deidre Waltz has joined the company as vice president and relationship manager in the Oklahoma City office. She will...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 RUSTON, La., Jan. 14, 2020 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced two corporate...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 19, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today the promotion of Catherine McCulley from assistant trust administrator...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Director of Marketing Argent Financial Group | 318.251.5812 RUSTON, La., Dec. 18, 2019 – For the second year in a row, Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm responsible for $23 billion in...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 2, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Kathy Christoffel has joined the company as market president...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Director of Marketing Argent Financial Group | 318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 27, 2019 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today that its subsidiaries Argent Mineral...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 10, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Catherine Gotzkowsky has joined the company as trust...

Argent Retirement Plan Advisors is honored to announce its Investor Advisor Certification from the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence, LLC (CEFEX). The certification, which can be viewed at www.cefex.org, is granted by CEFEX only to investment advisory firms and...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Director of Marketing Argent Financial Group | 318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Sept. 17, 2019 – Argent Financial Group has been named to the 2019 LSU 100 List of Fastest-Growing Tiger Businesses for the fifth year in a row. The LSU...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Director of Marketing Argent Financial Group | 318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Aug. 28, 2019 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, today announced that Linde Murphy, managing director...

Argent Financial Group has once again been named one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies through its inclusion on the 38th annual Inc. 5000 List, published by Inc. Magazine. This is the second year in a row that Argent has been recognized. It is the only...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Taryn Clark, Marketing & Communications Manager Heritage Trust Company | 405.608.8899 OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, August 13, 2019 – Heritage Trust Company announced today that Michael Romero has joined the company as vice president and...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, July 8, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Tiffany Fontenot has joined the company as a trust...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Director of Marketing Argent Financial Group | 318.251.5812 BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 24, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today the opening of its Baton Rouge office, giving the Ruston-based financial services group a...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 19, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Mollie Seymour has been promoted to Birmingham market...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, June 12, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Vicki Heroy has joined the company as vice president and...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany, Director of Recruiting, Engagement & Culture Argent Financial Group | 662.550.4751 AUSTIN, Texas. May 1, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Alan Tarver has joined the company as senior vice president and...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Director of Marketing Argent Financial Group, Inc. | 318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana – May 3, 2019 – Argent Financial Group has been recognized as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by the 17th Annual American Business...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. 318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, May 1, 2019 – A trust for the benefit of Cam Murphy, whose mother and brother, Kendra and Remington Butler, were the victims of the category EF3 tornado in Ruston on...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. 662.550.4751 LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Steve Gutermuth has joined the company as senior vice president and wealth advisor in its Louisville office....

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren Argent Financial Group, Inc. 318.251.5812 ATLANTA, Georgia, April 23, 2019 – David Williams, executive vice president and manager of the ESOP fiduciary services team at Argent Trust Company in Atlanta, has been appointed to the...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. 318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, April 2, 2019 – Hambidge Center has selected Ruston artist Raluca Iancu as the recipient of Argent Financial Group’s Distinguished Fellowship for the Hambidge Creative...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 1, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that it has hired Morgan Henry Gearhart as vice president and trust officer in the...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Mar. 25, 2019 – Argent Financial Group today announced that it has expanded Argent Trust Company’s funeral and cemetery operation...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, March 20, 2019 – Argent Financial Group was recently named to the Louisiana Economic Development’s (LED) inaugural list of Louisiana Growth...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Mar. 13, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that David Thibodeaux and Dominique Richard have joined the company as trust officers....

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 5, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Bridget Van Gansbeke has been promoted to vice president and trust administrative...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 25, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Jon K. Daubert, J.D., LL.M. has joined the company as senior vice president...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, Feb. 20, 2019 – Argent Financial Group announced today that Jodi Penn Rives has joined the company as a business development officer...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 12, 2019 – Glenn Gunnels has joined Argent Trust Company as senior vice president/fiduciary consultant in the company’s Atlanta...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 11, 2019 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, won Best Trustee Service at the 2019 Private...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 RUSTON, Louisiana, Feb. 4, 2019 – Argent Trust Company announced today that Jill Knight Nalty has joined the company as business development officer in its...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Jan. 31, 2019 – Carrie Brown, chief compliance officer for Argent Advisors and Argent/Heritage Retirement Plan Advisors, has earned her...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 DALLAS, Texas, Jan. 22, 2019 – Argent Financial Group announced today that Michael S. Nutter has joined the company as senior vice president and wealth...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 22, 2019 – Argent Financial Group today announced another expansion with the opening of an Argent Trust Company office serving...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 OKLAHOMA CITY, January 7, 2019 – Ryan Barnett has joined Heritage Retirement Plan Advisors as vice president of retirement services. Reporting to Brad...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 2, 2019 – Sidney O. Roebuck, Jr. has joined Argent Trust Company as senior vice president/trust officer in its Birmingham office....

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 17, 2018 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm responsible for $19 billion in client assets,...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 5, 2018 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent wealth management firm, announced today its sponsorship of a Distinguished...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 28, 2018 – Argent Financial Group announced today that it has hired Amy Rhodes as vice president and senior compliance...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 27, 2018 – Argent Financial Group, a leading independent fiduciary wealth management firm, announced today that its subsidiary, Argent...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 7, 2018 – Argent Trust Company today announced it has added two new members to its executive team, Steve Jackson and James Breaux, as...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 RUSTON, Louisiana, Nov. 5, 2018 – Argent Institutional Services announced today that it is rebranding as Argent Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC. The new name...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany, Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@heritagetrust.com  |  318-243-4275 OXFORD, Mississippi, Oct. 11, 2018 – Argent Financial Group today announced the opening of a new office in Oxford for Argent Trust Company and its Argent...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, October 4, 2018 – Argent Mineral Management (AMM), a division of Argent Financial Group, announced today that it has hired Robert Turnbull...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 1, 2018 – Argent Trust Company announced today that it has hired Tasha Rae Digre as assistant trust officer in the firm’s Nashville...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 SHREVEPORT, La., Oct. 2, 2018 – Timothy Quinn has joined Argent Trust Company as senior vice president/trust officer in its Shreveport office. Reporting...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 17, 2018 – Argent Trust Company today announced the opening of a new office in New Orleans, the company’s 29th overall. Market...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren, Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com  |  318.251.5812 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, August 27, 2018 – Deanna Rankin has joined Argent Trust Company as chief compliance officer. Based in San Antonio and reporting to Charles...

Argent Financial Group has been named one of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies through its inclusion on the 37th annual Inc. 5000 List, published by Inc. Magazine. Argent ranked #4377 on a list of 5,000 small and mid-sized businesses across the country....

Oklahoma Company Now Part of Largest Independent Trust-Based Wealth Management Company in the South Tulsa, Oklahoma-based AmeriTrust Companies announced today it is merging with Argent Financial Group, the largest independent trust-based wealth management company the...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com 318.251.5812 AUSTIN, Texas, June 21, 2018 – Argent Trust Company has hired Stephanie Allen as a wealth advisor in its Austin office. Allen will work in a fiduciary role with...

Based in Birmingham, Seymour will serve as senior vice president and trust officer MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Sarah Warren Argent Financial Group, Inc. swarren@heritagetrust.com 318.251.5812 BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 18, 2018 – Mollie Seymour has joined Argent Trust Company...

Based in Fort Worth, Brender will work directly with clients in a fiduciary role MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 FORT WORTH, Texas, June 7, 2018 – Argent Trust Company has hired Brittyn...

Based in Dallas, Coane will work directly with clients in a fiduciary role   MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks M. Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 DALLAS, Texas, May 17, 2018 – Argent Trust Company has hired Mary Coane as a...

New Program Initially Offered to Funeral Homes & Cemeteries in Alabama & Arizona   MEDIA RELEASE TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 17, 2018 – Argent Trust Company (Argent) and Funeral Services, Inc. (FSI) have jointly developed a master trust program that offers...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 RUSTON, Louisiana, May 16, 2018 – Argent Financial Group has been named the winner of a Stevie Award for Company of the Year in the 16th Annual American Business...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 RUSTON, Louisiana, April 18, 2018 – Origin Bancorp, Inc., in partnership with Argent Trust Company, Argent Advisors and 401k Plus, was presented with the national...

Based in New Orleans, Milton will focus on retirement consulting, institutional custody and funeral trust services MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 16, 2018 – Argent...

Veteran financial planner and trust officer will join Nashville office MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12, 2018 – Argent Trust Company announced today that David...

Team recognized by the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Taryn Clark Heritage Trust tclark@heritagetrust.com 405.608.8645 February 9, 2018 - Heritage Institutional Services was recently named by the National Association of Plan...

Firm Recognized for Consistent Performance in Managing Investments MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Steven Stack, CRCP Chief Operating Officer Highland Capital Management sstack@highlandcap.com 407.926.7774 MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 6, 2018 - Highland Capital Management has been...

Linde Murphy to join as managing director MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 5, 2018) - Argent Institutional Services, a subsidiary of Argent Financial Group, has announced...

Offices in Corpus Christi and San Antonio join 12-state network, bringing more resources and opportunities to clients   MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, April 2, 2018 –...

Offices in San Antonio and Corpus Christi join 12-state network, bringing more resources and opportunities to clients   MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 2, 2018 –...

New Office Headed by Former Frost Bank EVP David Redding   MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 Austin, Texas, March 19, 2018 – Argent Trust Company has opened an office in Austin and former...

New Office Headed by Former Frost Bank EVP Linda Baker   MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 Dallas, Texas, March 19, 2018 – Argent Trust Company has opened an office in Dallas and former Frost...

New Office Headed by Former Frost Bank EVP Sue Turnage   MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 Fort Worth, Texas, March 19, 2018 – Argent Trust Company has opened an office in Fort Worth and...

J. Aaron Jack named Chief Development Officer of the trust-based wealth management company MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com 615.385.2345 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., February 20, 2018 – Kyle McDonald, CEO of Argent...

Consolidation Offers Clients Access to More Beneficial Trust Laws MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 7, 2018 – Argent Financial Group announced today that the Tennessee...

One of the largest wealth management firms in the South significantly expands its presence in Alabama MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 Birmingham, Alabama – Argent Financial Group is...

Argent Trust, Independence Trust Company to Combine MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 f:615.385.2818 Nashville, Tennessee – Argent Financial Group today announced that its subsidiary Argent Trust...

The Trust Company Adds Hutch Bryan to the Portfolio Management Team MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 f:615.385.2818 San Antonio, Texas (October 19, 2017) - Argent Financial Group and its...

Argent Trust Adds Industry Veteran Ray Kukreja to ESOP Team MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 f:615.385.2818 Atlanta, Georgia (October 23, 2017) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent...

Argent Trust Announces the Hire of Kevin Reed and New Orleans Office MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 f:615.385.2818 Ruston, Louisiana, September 18, 2017 – Kyle McDonald, Chairman of Argent...

Contact: Taryn Clark tclark@heritagetrust.com p:405.608.8645 f:405.848.8805 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (June 22, 2017) – Argent Financial Group and Heritage Trust Company are pleased to announce the promotion of Kevin Karpe to President of Heritage Trust Company. In his...

      MEDIA RELEASE  Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p: 615.385.2345 | f:615.2818 Greenville, South Carolina (May 1, 2017) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company are pleased to...

Birmingham, Alabama, October 14, 2016 – Kyle McDonald, Chairman of Argent Financial Group, and Ken Alderman, President of Argent Trust Company and Argent Timberland Group, announced today that Charlie Daniel will join Argent Timberland Group as Managing Director,...

MEDIA RELEASE Birmingham, Alabama, October 3, 2016 – Kyle McDonald, Chairman of Argent Trust Company, announced today the launch of Argent Timberland Group. Argent Timberland Group is a new service offering for institutions, high net worth individuals and family...

Media Release Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p: 615.385.2345 f: 615.385.2818 Birmingham, Alabama, August 23, 2016 – Kyle McDonald, Chairman of Argent Trust Company, announced today approval to open a Birmingham, Alabama...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345 f:615.2818 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, August 8, 2016 - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company are pleased to announce the...

MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Brooks Campany Argent Financial Group, Inc. bcampany@argenttrust.com p:615.385.2345  f:615.385.2818 Louisville, Kentucky,  August 1, 2016 – Kyle McDonald, CEO of Argent Financial Group and Chairman of Argent Trust Company, announced today the...

To Argent Clients and Partners: Financial markets around the world are reacting to news from Europe last night. Our investment team continues to closely monitor the situation. We want to provide you with some background and information to help put this matter in the...

For Immediate Release EY Announces Winners for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2016 Gulf Coast Area Award 2016 marks 30 years of ingenuity in America Houston, Texas, June 21, 2016 – EY announced that Kyle McDonald, CEO of Argent Financial Group, one of the largest...

Greenville, South Carolina, March 7, 2016 – John O. Allen, Jr., AEP® AIF® CTFA® has joined Southern regional trust and wealth management firm Argent Financial Group to serve as Market President of the Greenville, South Carolina location of Argent Trust Company....

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA (JANUARY 28, 2016) — Chris W. Shankle, Senior Vice President of Argent Trust Company, has been appointed to the Tax Executive Committee for the American Institute of CPAs. The TEC is the senior body on tax matters for the AICPA and sets all tax...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (January 8, 2016) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company are pleased to announce Maureen S. Cosgrove and Mark Shorthouse have been promoted to Senior Vice President and Micher Christophe was promoted to Vice President. ...

Ruston, Louisiana– Argent Financial Group today announced that its combination with Oklahoma City-based Heritage Trust Company and its subsidiaries continues with the combination of two subsidiaries focused on the management of client oil and gas interests. Heritage...

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, October 5, 2015 – Argent Financial Group is pleased to announce that John McCollum has joined the Southern regional wealth management firm to serve as Senior Vice President-Investments. McCollum brings more than 20 years of experience in trust and...

We are pleased to announce the opening of our Argent Mineral Management office in Southlake, Texas with Rosie Calvillo and Buffie Campbell. Heritage Wealth Management and Argent Financial Group are pleased to announce Buffie Drennan-Campbell, JD, CPL, and Rosie...

RUSTON, LOUISIANA, August 3, 2015 – Kyle McDonald, CEO of Argent Financial Group, announced today the election of Tom Murphy as Chairman of the Board. Murphy follows Bobby Jelks who requested to rotate from the position he has held for the past eight years. Jelks will...

Corpus Christi, Texas- James Pettus, Senior Vice President of The Trust Company, was recently honored at The 2015 Father of The Year Awards Dinner presented by American Diabetes Association and Corpus Christi Father’s Day Council as the 2015 Father of the Year.  ...

SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA (June 9, 2015) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company, N.A. are pleased to announce the addition of Chris Shankle, CPA, CGMA as Senior Vice President.   In his new role, Chris will serve as a retirement specialist...

Innovation in Wealth Outsourcing Earns FIS Commitment from Argent Financial   Key facts Argent Financial Group, one of the nation’s largest independent trust providers, has selected FIS for wealth operations and technology outsourcing solutions.   Greater...

Highland Capital, ICC Capital Merge     MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March. 31, 2015) – Highland Capital Management announced today it has acquired the assets of ICC Capital Management. The combination of ICC and Highland increases client assets under management by...

MEMPHIS, TENNESSE (March 17, 2015) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company are pleased to announce the addition of David Franks, CTFA, AIF® as Senior Vice President and Relationship Manager.   Franks will manage client relationships for...

Argent Hires Additional Portfolio manager   NASHVILLE, TENNESSE (March 16, 2015) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company are pleased to announce the addition of Shannon Harrington, CFA as Vice President and Portfolio Manager.   In...

Argent Financial Group today announced that it has entered into an agreement to combine the two firms with Oklahoma City-based Heritage Trust Company in a move that will significantly broaden Heritage Trust’s geographic reach and complement Argent Financial’s trust,...

CHARLOTTE, NC (February 3, 2015) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company, are pleased to announce the opening of an office in Charlotte, North Carolina under the leadership of Brenda Van Valen. Argent Trust Company, chartered as an independent...

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, January 13, 2015 – Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company are pleased to announce the election of Charles D. Wade as President of Argent Trust Company. Wade brings more than 30 years of experience in leading large...

LOUISVILLE, KY (January 8, 2015) - Argent Financial Group and its subsidiary Argent Trust Company, are pleased to announce the addition of Bridget F. Van Gansbeke as Trust Administrative Officer. In her new role, Van Gansbeke will work with the existing Louisville...