Rockefeller hauls in $2.3 billion First Republic group

Rockefeller hauls in $2.3 billion First Republic group
New York City-based Liberty Wealth Partners is just the latest team to leave First Republic in the wake of the turmoil that struck regional and West Coast banks.
APR 20, 2023

Rockefeller Global Family Office said Wednesday that it had hired Liberty Wealth Partners, previously a First Republic Bank team. Liberty Wealth Partners manages $2.3 billion of client assets, according to Forbes.

First Republic, which has been one of the most prominent firms hiring experienced wirehouse financial advisors for the past decade, has been losing high-profile teams and financial advisors since March, when turmoil struck regional and West Coast banks, customers began pulling deposits and two banks shut down.

For example, near the end of March, San Francisco-based Marchetti Porter Wealth Partners with $1 billion in client assets left First Republic and also joined Rockefeller Family Global Office. And earlier this month, a New York-based First Republic team with $10.8 billion in client assets led by Adam Zipper and Joseph Duarte jumped to Morgan Stanley. 

A First Republic spokesperson didn't return a call Thursday morning to comment about Liberty Wealth Partners leaving the bank's wealth management group.

Liberty Wealth Partners, which is also based in the New York metropolitan region, includes managing directors and private advisors Larry Rothenberg, Shaun Van Vliet, David Farber and Schuyler Perry, and senior vice president and private advisor Timothy Deygoo, according to a statement from Rockefeller Family Global Office.

Before he started work at First Republic Securities Co. in early 2017, Rothenberg had been registered with Merrill Lynch for almost 21 years, according to his BrokerCheck report profile.

Liberty Wealth Partners was recently recognized by Forbes as a top advisor team.

Rockefeller Capital Management is a longtime family office that five years ago plunged into the broader wealth management business, and by all indications, it's intent on hiring top-producing financial advisors. Earlier this month the firm said it had sold a 20.5% stake for $622 million, putting its valuation in the neighborhood of $3.1 billion.

As of the end of last month, the firm oversaw $100 billion in client assets across its three businesses: Rockefeller Global Family Office, Rockefeller Asset Management and Rockefeller Strategic Advisory.

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