Biggest RIA gainers

Biggest RIA gainers
$1B+ fee-only RIAs ranked by year-over-year growth in total assets.
JUN 09, 2018
Rank 2018 % change 2018 Total Discretionary Nondiscretionary
Firm Phone/website assets ($M) accounts assets ($M) accounts assets ($M) accounts Employees
1 Breed's Hill Capital 1 Thompson Square, Suite 301 Boston, MA 02129 (617) 580-3440 breedshillcapital.com 321% $1,126.30 348 $29.10 8 $1,097.10 340 4
2 AE Wealth Management 2950 SW McClure Road, Suite B Topeka, KS 66614 (866) 363-9595 wealth.advisorsexcel.com 304% $2,759.10 28,483 $2,759.10 28,483 $0.00 0 231
3 Bridges Investment Management Inc. 256 Durham Plaza, 8401 W. Dodge Road Omaha, NE 68114 (402) 397-4700 bridgesinv.com 194% $3,462.30 1,392 $3,360.60 1,301 $101.60 91 25
4 AdvicePeriod 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (424) 281-3600 adviceperiod.com 141% $2,266.40 2,146 $2,261.70 2,140 $4.70 6 46
5 Private Capital Management 210 University Blvd., Suite 400 Denver, CO 80206 (303) 370-0055 pcm-inc.com 121% $1,140.90 3,006 $1,140.70 3,002 $0.30 4 19
6 Berman Capital Advisors 3475 Lenox Road, Suite 760 Atlanta, GA 30326 (404) 554-4999 bermancapital.com 87% $2,160.00 547 $880.10 334 $1,279.90 213 20
7 Regis Management Co. 300 Hamilton Ave., Fourth Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 838-1030 regisllc.com 75% $3,649.60 58 $3,649.60 58 $0.00 0 18
8 Alpha Cubed Investments 3333 Michelson Dr., Suite 620 Irvine, CA 91612 (800) 701-2457 linkedin.com/company-beta/2716556 70% $1,114.40 2,963 $1,058.80 2,801 $55.60 162 30
9 Evergreen Capital Management 10500 NE Eighth St., Suite 950 Bellevue, WA 98004 (425) 467-4600 evergreencapital.net 68% $2,296.60 1,721 $2,172.30 1,705 $124.30 16 32
10 Personal Capital Advisors Corp. 250 Montgomery St., Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 800-5922 personalcapital.com 61% $6,489.00 37,793 $6,489.00 37,793 $0.00 0 213
11 Bitterroot Capital Advisors 118 East Main St. Bozeman, MT 59715 (406) 556-8200 bitterrootcapital.com 60% $1,083.10 15 $107.20 11 $975.90 4 6
12 The Clarius Group 999 Third Ave., Suite 3050 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 462-7400 clariusgroup.com 59% $1,138.50 429 $603.70 326 $534.80 103 20
13 RMB Capital Management 115 S. LaSalle St., 34th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 993-5800 rmbcap.com 58% $8,226.70 14,194 $7,448.10 12,253 $778.60 1,941 190
14 Massey Quick Simon & Co. 360 Mt. Kemble Ave. Morristown, NJ 7960 (973) 525-1000 mqsadvisors.com 57% $3,027.70 632 $1,876.90 396 $1,150.80 236 47
15 Circle Wealth Management 47 Maple St., Suite 201 Summit, NJ 7901 (908) 206-1306 circlewm.com 55% $1,649.30 638 $713.90 410 $935.30 228 12
16 Mercer Global Advisors Inc. 1801 East Cabrillo Blvd. Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (800) 258-1559 merceradvisors.com 55% $11,053.50 24,311 $10,656.30 22,802 $397.20 1,509 238
17 Port Capital 180 North Stetson Ave., Suite 5700 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 788-2400 portcapllc.com 54% $1,011.10 349 $1,011.10 349 $0.00 0 11
18 Rockefeller & Co. Inc. 10 Rockefeller Plaza, Third Floor New York, NY 10020 (212) 549-5100 rockco.com 53% $15,809.30 2,731 $15,505.10 2,586 $304.20 145 159
19 The Welch Group 3940 Montclair Road, Fifth Floor Birmingham, AL 35213 (205) 879-5001 welchgroup.com 53% $1,398.00 918 $1,398.00 918 $0.00 0 15
20 Aperio Group Three Harbor Drive, Suite 204 Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 339-4300 aperiogroup.com 52% $23,817.20 4,290 $23,817.20 4,290 $0.00 0 82
21 The Mather Group 353 N. Clark St., Suite 2775 Chicago, IL 60654 (630) 537-1078 themathergroup.com 52% $1,479.10 4,655 $1,170.10 2,671 $309.00 1,984 31
22 Private Ocean 100 Smith Ranch Road, Suite 300 San Rafael, CA 94903 (415) 526-2900 privateocean.com 51% $1,592.00 3,000 $1,576.30 2,839 $15.70 161 36
23 Tiedemann Wealth Management 520 Madison Ave., 26th Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 396-5900 tiedemannwealth.com 50% $12,301.60 452 $9,778.90 379 $2,522.70 73 119
24 TFO Phoenix Inc. 5060 N. 40th St., Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85018 (602) 466-3813 tfophoenix.com 48% $2,405.40 1,168 $1,671.10 1,148 $734.30 20 31
25 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Second Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 556-2721 kayne.com 48% $18,900.30 26,461 $15,732.50 16,261 $3,167.80 10,200 83
InvestmentNews qualified 2,172 firms headquartered in the United States based on data reported on Form ADV to the Securities and Exchange Commission as of May 1, 2018. To qualify, firms must have met the following criteria: (1) latest ADV filing date is either 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 amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies), (6) no more than 25% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pension and profit-sharing plans (but not the plan participants), (7) no more than 25% of amount 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 or dealer (registered or unregistered) not one who is an insurance company or agency.
Source: InvestmentNews Data. Visit data.InvestmentNews.com/ria for more-complete profiles and financials. Contact the InvestmentNews data team at [email protected] for more information.

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