Team managing $350 million joins Fairport Wealth

Team managing $350 million joins Fairport Wealth
Hightower facilitated the merger for Cleveland, Ohio-based Fairport, which is a Hightower advisory business.
AUG 18, 2022

A team managing $350 million at Linwood Investment Advisors in Buffalo, New York, will join Cleveland, Ohio-based Fairport Wealth, bringing that firm’s assets under management to $3.3 billion.

Chicago-based Hightower helped facilitate the merger for Fairport Wealth, a Hightower advisory business, the firm said in a press release Thursday.

Geary and his team specialize in tax-aware wealth management for high-net-worth clients, and retirement plan consulting for corporations. The business will operate under the Fairport Wealth brand name.

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