Cresset acquires $500 million Cypress Wealth Advisors

Cresset acquires $500 million Cypress Wealth Advisors
Acquisition brings two-year-old Cresset's AUM to $4.5 billion.
MAY 02, 2019

Cresset Asset Management has acquired Cypress Wealth Advisors, a San Francisco-based RIA with more than $500 million in assets under management. With the acquisition, Cresset, which also is based in San Francisco, now manages $4.5 billion in assets. (More:​ Bronfman Rothschild acquisition creates $10 billion RIA) Cypress was founded in 2004. Its entire staff is joining Cresset, which was founded in 2017. In addition to San Francisco, the firm has offices in Chicago, Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis and West Palm Beach, Fla.

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