The freshly announced roles across finance, people, marketing and legal aim to support a larger, more complex organization serving clients in three countries.
Five years since its inception, the fast-growing RIA platform with $80 billion in assets is bringing in James Jesse to steer its next phase of expansion.
The mega-RIA and serial consolidator now has more than $131 billion in assets as it adds a veteran-led practice in the Midwest.
New research shows serial acquirers gaining massive ground while non-dealmakers fall behind.
Advisors racing to add on new platforms may find their legacy plumbing can't support the next wave, warns one expert.
Adviser’s driver posed as a money manager and left three investors with steep losses, SEC says
Shares of LPLA were trading Monday morning close to $370 for an increase of 918% in 15 years.
The deal in Maryland adds a decades-old planning practice, led by a father-son tandem, to MAI Capital Management's network
A later-recording win isn't guaranteed. The court sided with earlier investors in EquityBuild's Ponzi unwind
$1.8 trillion asset manager SEI completed the first stage in its planned takeover, with company executive Michael Lane highlighting its belief in "the sustainability of the revenues related to financial advice."
"They had to change their name," a business professor told CNBC.com. "Their old name had negative value to it."
Coming from US Bank, Eric Freedman takes charge of Northern Trust’s private client investment engine as his predecessor in the C-suite shifts into a key Northeast role.
The Parsipanny, New Jersey-based firm's latest minority investment adds more than $500 million in client assets, with more than $25 billion now across its network.
Cetera also extended its 2025 Commonwealth recruitment streak, while Citizens Private Wealth stepped into the retirement planning space with a 401(k)-focused advisory team.
Veteran dealmaker Jason Ehrlich steps into a newly created role as the Las Vegas-based hybrid RIA leans harder into M&A and strategic partnerships.
The independent broker-dealer and RIA giant says it has doubled revenue in five years as it leans on advisor recruiting, acquisitions, and agentic AI.
Mega-RIA Creative Planning and Chicago-based Waverly have also gained additional scale with hefty acquisitions.
Alaris Acquisitions CEO Allen Darby cautions of a 2026 slowdown in RIA M&A activity, as sellers find new homes this week at Creative Planning, Wealth Enhancement, Allworth Financial, and Sequoia Financial Group.
The family office planning trio, formerly with Bernstein Private Wealth Management, marks the latest step in Cresset's ongoing efforts to build a 100-plus year firm.
Sequoia Financial has also snapped up a $406 million indie RIA in California, while Allworth returns to the deal table with its own $460 million upmarket acquisition.
