Focus buys Wespac RIA

Focus Financial has acquired Wespac, an Oakland, Calif.-based RIA and benefits administrator.
JUL 28, 2008
By  Bloomberg
Focus Financial Partners LLC has acquired another registered investment adviser. Focus Financial of New York today announced that it had acquired Wespac, an Oakland, Calif.-based registered investment adviser and benefits administrator. Wespac has more than $1 billion in assets under advisement. Earlier this year, Focus Financial acquired Greystone Financial Services of Manchester, U.K. The firms in the Focus Financial network manage more than $29 billion in assets. Terms of Focus Financial’s deal for Wespac were not disclosed.

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