Mercer Advisors joins EP Wealth and Beacon Pointe in using debt financing to support growth and acquisitions
Consolidators handled 53% of deals through September as smaller sellers stalled amid market volatility, DeVoe & Company finds.
Advisor Brett Hoge says ownership culture at Captrust beat launching his own firm with private equity backing, and he plans for immediate growth
Gabriel Rodriguez, whose professional record also includes time at Vanguard and Bain Capital, will lead AI and platform integration at the Parthenon-backed RIA
A Chicago team departs an RIA consolidator while a Bay Area veteran leaves a wirehouse, both choosing full independence.
Chicago-based aggregator, which has absorbed 19 firms and $7.5 billion in assets in just two years, secures private credit backing.
The insurance giant's new holding company unites three RIA firms and $27 billion in assets under one independent brand.
Serial acquirers add a 35-year-old Oregon wealth manager and a New York practice focused on women navigating life transitions.
Mara Glassel and Julie Fox will co-lead the fast-growing hybrid RIA’s ultra-high-net-worth and private wealth businesses.
Matt Humphrey, a West Point graduate and former Goldman Sachs advisor, will lead the employee advisor arm of the $65B RIA
Carlyle-backed RIA hires Matt Barthel to target advisor lift-outs as wirehouse attrition climbs and independent firms vie for talent.
Also, Summit Wealth Group nabs a Commonwealth advisor in Tennessee, Oxford Financial adds two managing directors, and Verdence draws an ultra-high-net-worth advisor from Fidelity.
Somerville-based firm departs LPL to gain planning resources and technology it says would have taken years to build independently.
Merit's 10th Commonwealth addition deepens its Western New York reach, while another Hightower partner joins its Signature Wealth platform in Michigan.
Multi-family office adds a macro voice from Blackstone Private Wealth, extending a string of senior hires since June.
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The Sussex County wealth firm, built around business-owner clients, extends the California-based aggregator's footprint in the East Coast.
The Kestra-owned RIA acquirer merges the planning firm into KDI Wealth Management, creating a majority woman-led advisor team
Former Global Head of Multi-Asset Research at Morningstar Investment Management joins Mesirow Wealth Management.
