WA Asset Management acquires $270 million RIA

WA Asset Management acquires $270 million RIA
Both WA Asset Management and the firm it acquired, Clark Financial Advisors, are based in Birmingham, Alabama.
APR 04, 2022

WA Asset Management, a Birmingham, Alabama-based registered investment adviser managing $4.3 billion, has acquired Clark Financial Advisors, an RIA firm that manages $270 million and is also based in Birmingham.

The acquisition is the first that WA Asset Management has made since it received an equity investment in December from Wealth Partners Capital Group and HGGC.

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