Success stories: Northeast

Success stories: Northeast
Top fee-only RIAs ranked by total assets under management.
DEC 08, 2018
Rank Firm Phone/website Total Discretionary Nondiscretionary Employees
assets ($M) accounts assets ($M) accounts assets ($M) accounts
1 Silvercrest Asset Management Group
1330 Avenue Of The Americas, 38th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 649-0600
silvercrestgroup.com
$21,340.20 1,219 $15,998.10 1,190 $5,342.20 29 122
2 BBR Partners
Two Grand Central Tower, 140 East 45th Street, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212) 313-9870
bbrpartners.com
$14,199.20 3,200 $12,214.80 3,000 $1,984.40 200 90
3 Summit Rock Advisors
9 West 57th Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 993-7150
summit-rock.com
$13,376.80 128 $6,421.30 92 $6,955.60 36 58
4 Tiedemann Advisors
520 Madison Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 396-5900
linkedin.com/company/tiedemann-advisors
$12,301.60 452 $9,778.90 379 $2,522.90 73 124
5 Appleton Partners Inc.
One Post Office Square, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 338-0700
appletonpartners.com
$9,144.20 5,770 $9,144.20 5,770 $0.00 0 47
6 Tag Associates
810 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 275-1500
tagassoc.com
$8,679.20 1,187 $344.50 82 $8,334.70 1,105 67
7 Pathstone Federal Street
10 Sterling Boulevard, Suite 402
Englewood, NJ 07631
(201) 944-7284
pathstone.com
$8,548.70 4,821 $3,195.30 2,089 $5,353.40 2,732 101
8 HPM Partners
335 Madison Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212) 850-4260
linkedin.com/company/hpm-partners
$7,433.40 1,439 $5,896.70 1,326 $1,536.70 113 100
9 Boston Private Wealth
One Federal Street, 30th Floor
(617) 223-0200
bostonprivate.com/personal/wealth-management
$7,424.30 6,224 $6,955.60 6,035 $468.70 189 105
10 Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors
230 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 523-6531
lwcotrust.com
$7,228.30 2,798 $7,038.50 2,776 $189.90 22 90
11 Ballentine Partners
230 Third Avenue, Suite 6
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 341-1300
ballentinepartners.com
$6,698.60 4,023 $4,060.40 2,253 $2,638.20 1,770 72
12 Pinnacle Associates
335 Madison Avenue, Suite 1100
New York, NY 10017
(212) 652-3200
pinnacleinsights.org
$6,496.60 4,156 $6,496.60 4,156 $0.00 0 53
13 East End Advisors
610 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10020
(212) 218-8137 $6,468.40 31 $1,011.20 14 $5,457.20 17 16
14 Shepherd Kaplan
125 Summer Street, 22nd Floor
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 896-1600
sk-llc.com
$6,209.20 1,257 $861.60 224 $5,347.60 1,033 39
15 KLS Professional Advisors Group
1325 Avenue Of The Americas, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10019
(212) 355-0346
klsadvisors.com
$6,202.40 8,703 $5,611.90 5,668 $590.50 3,035 45

InvestmentNews qualified 2,141 firms headquartered in the United States based on data reported on Form ADV to the Securities and Exchange Commission as of Nov. 1, 2018. To qualify, firms must have met the following criteria: (1) Latest ADV filing date is on or after Jan. 1, 2017, (2) total AUM is at least $100M, (3) does not have employees who are registered representatives of a broker-dealer, (4) provided investment advisory services to clients during its most recently completed fiscal year, (5) no more than 50% of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies), (6) no more than 25% of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pension and profit-sharing plans (but not the plan participants), (7) no more than 25% of regulatory assets under management is attributable to corporations or other businesses, (8) does not receive commissions, (9) provides financial planning services, (10) is not actively engaged in business as a broker-dealer (registered or unregistered), (11) is not actively engaged in business as a registered representative of a broker-dealer, (12) has neither a related person who is a broker-dealer/municipal securities dealer/government securities broker, nor a dealer (registered or unregistered) who is an insurance company or agency.
Source: InvestmentNews Data

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