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Apella Wealth Acquires $1 Billion Chicago Financial Advice Firm
The addition of Park Piedmont Advisors is Apella’s 13th deal since it took an investment from Wealth Partners Capital Group in 2021.
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Morgan Stanley Advisor Team That Managed $1.1 Billion Joins United Capital
United Capital Financial Advisors is a different firm from the United Capital that Goldman Sachs bought in 2019 and then sold to Creative Planning.
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Mercer Buys 2 More Advisory Practices, Bringing Its Total for the Year to 11
The latest acquisitions are West Oak Capital in Idaho and Eagle Wealth Management in Oregon.
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MAI Capital Management Is Buying Evoke Advisors. It Will Nearly Double in Size.
The deal will create a combined firm overseeing about $60 billion in assets for wealthy clients, including athletes and entertainers.
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Winston Justice: Making the Switch from Football to Financial Advice
The former offensive tackle applies many lessons from sports to the world of financial advice as CEO of SageSpring Private Wealth.
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Mariner Buys 2 RIAs and a $5 Billion Consultancy
The private-equity backed “Mega-RIA” has more than doubled its assets under advisement this year.
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Merit Financial Acquires $860 Million Ex-Commonwealth Team
The acquisition is Merit’s ninth this year and its 41st since it sold a minority stake in December 2020 to private-equity investors.
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Cresset’s Merger With Monticello Will Create a Firm Overseeing Nearly $200 Billion in Assets
Monticello provides investment consulting to foundations, endowments, and family offices, which should help Cresset crack the institutional market.
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Fidelity: RIA Mergers and Acquisitions on Pace for Record 2025
Acquisitions in the registered investment advisory segment remain strong, despite an uncertain macroeconomic environment, a new report finds.
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Wealth Management Veteran Randy Price and Team Leave Steward Partners to Launch Their Own Firm
Price has launched Clear Trail Advisors, a Houston-based firm with $850 million of client assets, and serves as chair. His son Matt is CEO.
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UBS Advisors With $1.2 Billion in Client Assets Jump to Sanctuary Wealth
The departure of Jim Chiate and Tony Guinane marks another loss of experienced U.S. advisors by the Swiss bank after it made changes to advisor compensation.
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Corient Acquires $1.5 Billion Texas Wealth Management Firm
The acquisition is the third of the year for the U.S. wealth management arm of Canada’s CI Financial.
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SageView Acquires $25 Billion Retirement Consultancy and Wealth Manager
The acquisition of Cap Strat strengthens SageView’s presence in the Chicago market and brings it a team of 23.
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Cameron Rogers: Why It’s Important to Build a Real Connection With Clients
Cameron Rogers, a new partner at Angeles Wealth Management, explains how generosity and shared fun help her start and build client relationships.
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Women-Owned Firms Are Helping to Change How Wealth Is Managed
Next-generation female founders are using newer fee structures to serve a wider range of people and launching initiatives to bring more young people into the industry.
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Aspen Standard Wealth Is Less Than a Year Old. It Just Made Its Fourth Big Acquisition.
The firm, founded in November 2024, has made four deals in the last 12 months.
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Dave Welling: How Mercer’s M&A Push Made It a $70 Billion Juggernaut
Welling discusses the philosophy behind Mercer’s aggressive acquisition strategy, which has increased assets under management sevenfold since he joined the company in 2017.
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Mercer Lures $1.2 Billion Florida Advisory Firm From Raymond James
The acquisition of Family Wealth Planning Group is Mercer’s third purchase of a $1 billion-plus firm in three months.
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RIA Deal Activity Sets Record in First Half of 2025
If the brisk pace keeps up, this year will top 2024’s record of 272 transactions.
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LPL Recruits $750 Million Advisory Team From Osaic
The Waznik Heike Group in northwestern Wisconsin counts 11 advisors and specializes in retirement planning.
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LPL Hires Two Advisors From Baird for Its Employee Channel
The advisors, Charlie Narmi and Theresa Rynaski, managed $870 million in client assets at Robert W. Baird.
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SEC Sues Chicago Wealth Manager, Alleging It ‘Deceptively’ Charged Unauthorized Fees
Regulators allege that P/E Capital Investment Management Partners circumvented its broker-dealer’s authentication requirements to inflate advisory fees by $2.4 million.
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Modern Wealth Scoops Up $1 Billion Southern California Firm
The acquisition of Kaye Capital Management is Modern Wealth’s 17th deal since launching in 2023.
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Beacon Pointe’s Latest Acquisitions Add $2.7 Billion in Assets. See the Firms.
The Southern California firm continues its aggressive acquisition campaign with the addition of six firms in two months.
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Want to Be Considered for Our Ranking of Top RIA Firms? Here’s How to Apply.
Barron’s Advisor is seeking nominations from registered investment advisory firms for its annual ranking of RIAs.
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