Philadelphia, Pa.-based Janney Montgomery Scott LLC added 16 professionals to its private client group in the last quarter of 2018, including 12 financial advisers with reportedly almost $1 billion in client assets.

The advisers who joined Janney in the fourth quarter of 2018 included three teams of advisers and five individual advisers.

The financial advisory firm also opened two new branch offices in Amelia Island, Fla., and Fredericksburg, Va., in the three months ended Dec. 31, 2018.

As of Dec. 31, 2018, Janney had more than $84 billion in assets under advisement.