Independent Advisor

Michael Nathanson has led the company since April 2024. Prior to that he led The Colony Group, one of its predecessor firms.

The RIA acquisition arm of Kestra Holdings marks the end of the first full year of President Pradeep Jayaraman’s tenure.

Dane Sauer, 32, explains how curiosity—and a willingness to relocate—put him on the career fast track.

The acquisition brings 23 employees and five offices to the Minneapolis wealth manager.

The Houston practice caters to ultrahigh-net-worth families and business owners and entrepreneurs.

The acquisition is the latest in a string of deals by Creative Planning aimed at growing their assets under management.

For these financial advisors, finding partners and establishing niches proved invaluable, but they still say there were some lean early years.

The purchase of Hemington Wealth Management adds a team of 16 and continues Beacon Pointe’s aggressive acquisition campaign.

Jamie Gilbert is bringing his ultrahigh-net-worth practice to Cresset’s Atlanta office with plans to open a new location in Wyoming.

The departure of the team, led by Denis Cleary and Greg Devine, adds to the list of experienced advisors who have left the Swiss Bank this year.

Increasingly, next-generation advisors are passing on inviting clients to winter holiday blowouts. Instead, they’re opting for more intimate social events that combine activities like fishing, golf, or poker with financial education.

Mercer already has a sizable tax practice, but the purchase of Beach Freeman Lim & Cleland in Southern California marks its first acquisition of such a firm.

The purchase of Apexium Financial is United Capital’s second acquisition of the year, and more are in the pipeline.

Certain traits consistently stand out to buyers—strong organic growth, a solid management team, and profitability—but there are many more variables to consider.

The 36-year-old founder of one of the fastest growing hybrid RIAs talks about how founders can start to cash out of their business while helping the next-gen advisors they employ.

The moves reflect this year’s record-breaking growth in M&A activity among registered investment advisors.

Newly reconstituted Wealthspire will have $580 billion in client assets in private accounts and retirement plans.

The addition of Spahn Financial Partners is the largest to date for OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners, which is backed by Joe Duran’s Rise Growth Partners.

The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based breakaways are calling their practice Ascend Private Wealth Partners.

The president of Cetera Wealth Management talks with Barron’s Advisor about his open recruiting pitches to Commonwealth advisors, his role in Cetera’s acquisition of Avantax, and more.

The 34-year-old founder of NewSpring Wealth Partners in Minneapolis explains how she won clients’ trust when she was just starting out and why she decided to go independent when she was eight months pregnant.

Krilogy, an 85-person firm, says it will use the minority investment from Rise to finance technology, advisor training, and geographic expansion.

The addition of SPC Financial will bring AlphaCore’s assets under management to more than $8.5 billion.

The addition of Cobblestone Capital Partners establishes Captrust’s first office in upstate New York.

In the first major initiative under CEO Larry Restieri, Hightower’s new Signature Wealth channel will create a national, direct-to-consumer brand.