Creative Planning Inc., an Overland Park, Kansas-based registered investment adviser managing more than $76 billion, has acquired Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney, a pioneering RIA based in McLean, Virginia, that manages $5 billion.
SBSB was formed in 1991 and now has more than 60 employees. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The proposal would end decades of paper-first delivery rules, but keeps a paper opt-out and draws early praise from fund and annuity industry groups.
The Trump accounts are “generationally changing” and bring financial literacy to youth, said IRS chief Frank Bisignano.
The Kansas-based RIA giant's latest purchase extends a run of specialized acquisitions that has defined its growth strategy through 2026.
Deal adds a $299 million tax-and-wealth practice as the RIA aggregator advances acquisition strategy around integrated financial and tax planning.
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