Clarity Point’s move into the W-2 channel extends Hightower’s run of internal conversions in a record-pace year for RIA M&A
A 20-year financial services veteran brings values-driven planning expertise to the St. Louis-based RIA.
Two longtime Ohio collaborators bring their combined billion-dollar books to LPL's independent platform.
The ex-Carson and Commonwealth executive will build out ultra-high-net-worth services as enterprise RIAs compete beyond scale.
The $17B RIA’s hybrid debt-and-equity raise lands as private capital keeps flowing into aggregators and advisor platforms.
The $100 billion-plus RIA adds an in-house charitable giving team for family office clients as wealthy donors plan to give more.
Wealthspire’s Ground Control is also expanding in London, adding a business manager focused on music and global touring.
Pittsburgh-based independent RIA, managing over $6 billion in assets, deepens its ownership bench as succession pressures mount across the industry.
The $8.7 billion flat-fee RIA taps a golfer who quit to sell mortgages before Lord Abbett bankrolled his comeback
The RIA aggregator adds a New York and Los Angeles firm serving film and TV talent as it deepens its business management bench
From ROTC to the C-suite, Beacon Pointe’s new growth chief says military leadership lessons translate directly to wealth management
Meanwhile, Janney picks up a $280 million Merrill Lynch veteran in Scranton as independent and hybrid platforms keep drawing teams
The breakaway-focused minority investor has staked 15 RIAs since 2024 as private sponsors increasingly trade stakes
Osaic subsidiary continues to forge new routes to US high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth people.
Carson's M&A chief cites a foreign-client policy that makes Miami a hard fit, but eyes expansion into Manhattan, Philadelphia and Boise.
Incoming veterans from Goldman, Northern Trust, and Baker Tilly are arriving to serve ultra-high-net-worth clients in New York, LA and Milwaukee.
San Diego advisory team brings private bank expertise and $225M in assets as the firm targets technology professionals nationwide.
Winners at the InvestmentNews awards said awareness, mentorship and AI can help close the advisor industry’s gender gap.
“I am excited about what AI will do for us,” said Racquel Oden of HSBC.
“We all know that adult daughters, we bear the weight of it all,” said Arvette Reid of Signature Estate & Investment Advisors.
