Focus Financial adds $2.3 billion Texas RIA

Brownlie & Braden Advisors in Dallas joins partnership.
JUL 19, 2017

Brownlie & Braden Advisors, a registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that manages $2.3 billion in assets, has joined Focus Financial Partners. The RIA firm was founded in 1997 by Smith A. Brownlie III and James E. Braden to serve ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families. The two formerly worked at Peat Marwick. Their firm also operates an office in Fort Worth, Texas. (More: Private equity firms take controlling interest in Focus Financial) The addition of Brownlie & Braden to the partnership further expands Focus' footprint in Texas and represents the eighth partner firm to join Focus since the beginning of 2017.

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