JHS Capital Advisors, a registered securities broker dealer and registered investment advisor, has moved into a new office in Portland, OR.

The new branch houses 20 employees, making it the second largest center for the firm after its headquarters in Tampa, FL.

The firm was launched in 2009 and is aiming to create a “seamless network” between the west and east coasts. So far, this has included the launch of an office with 13 staff in Salem, OR.

Early this year the firm hired Jeffery Iseler and Tom Prendergast as financial advisors. Iseler joined from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Prendergast joined from Oppenheimer & Co.

The firm was founded by John Sykes and is a subsidiary of JHS Capital Holdings.