Paulson Wealth Advisors, the independent investment advisory arm of Portland, Oregon-based Paulson Investment Company, has added two financial advisors to help grow this newly-launched division in the Pacific Northwest.

Brent Norman and Erik Lawrence have been appointed to work with John Noble, managing director of PWA, who has been spearheading the wealth arm since its launch late last year. They are charged with working with Noble to expand the division.

Lawrence is a board director for both the Dougy Center and the Portland State University Foundation, while Norman was formerly a financial advisor at Kidder Peabody, a UBS predecessor firm. He has also served as a board member or president for several Portland-based businesses.

Noble has said he believes there is a resurgence ongoing within regional brokerage firms, as Wall Street firms struggle with advisor retention, and the firm intends to capitalize on this.

Paulson Investment Company is a subsidiary of Paulson Capital, the Portland-based independent brokerage firm that assists firms with capital needs of $5 million to $45 million.