RIA Concurrent Stakes Asset Manager

$12B Concurrent Makes Minority Investment in Florida-Based Asset Manager Concurrent Investment Advisors, a hybrid registered investment…

Building a $2.9B Mission-Driven RIA

This episode serves as a powerful reminder that the best businesses are built not just on…

Former Steward Advisors Launch $850M RIA with Dynasty

A father-son duo has left registered investment advisor Steward Partners to launch their own shop on…

RIA Merit Acquires $860M Commonwealth Team

Merit Financial, one of the country’s most acquisitive registered investment advisors by deal count, has made…

Fidelity Reports Fierce Market in 2025 for RIA Buyers

Fidelity Investments’ M&A watchers have a message for current and potential registered investment advisor acquirers: the…

RIA Merit Acquires $860M Commonwealth Team

Merit Financial, one of the country’s most acquisitive registered investment advisors by deal count, has made…

When should a new RIA hire more staff

This is the 13th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on…

Main Street Launches New RIA In Pa.; Steward Snags Ameriprise Team

Main Street Backs New RIA Of Merrill, LPL Breakaways Main Street Financial Solutions, a Newtown, Pa.-based…

Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Against Dynasty-Backed RIA Team

A federal appeals court upheld an injunction against a team of advisors who left a Virginia-based…

RIA Sellers Urged to Look Beyond Highest Bids

When Shari Greco Reiches and her team finalized the deal to sell the $1.2 billion registered…

Key to RIA Efficiency and Growth

As our industry continues to evolve from a collection of small lifestyle practices into complex, growing…

Russell Leans into Retail, RIA Channels with Leadership Moves

Russell Investments, a Seattle-based investment manager and OCIO, is doubling down on efforts to increase its…

Maridea Adds RIA Led By Former Motley Fool Wealth Founder

Maridea Wealth Management, a Brooklyn-based registered investment advisor founded in 2023 and recently backed by private…

Merit Acquires RIA Working With First Responders

Merit Financial Advisors, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based registered investment advisor with $20 billion in client assets, has…

Unique branding, strategic outsourcing for RIA growth

What do a Colorado farm kid turned succession planning attorney, an Atlanta-based flat-fee planner for “elder…

Sanctuary Partner Launches $400M RIA; Wealth Enhancement Snags $164M Firm

Mergers and acquisitions and advisor recruiting have stayed strong this summer in the registered investment advisor…

RIA Holding Company Aspen Standard Wealth Acquires $1.1B Boston Firm

Aspen Standard Wealth, a new holding company taking majority stakes in registered investment advisors, has acquired another…

How should an RIA create a marketing plan?

This is the 12th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on…

Merchant Invests in Trust Company to Bring Those Services to RIA Network

Merchant Investment Management, a New York-based investment firm that provides growth capital and other support to independent…

Arax Investment Partners Pens 3rd $1B RIA Deal In 2025

Arax Investment Partners, a wealth management platform backed by private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners, has…

Touchstone Investments Revamps RIA Strategy with Key Leadership Hires

Touchstone Investments, a Cincinnati-based fund manager and subsidiary of Western & Southern Financial Group, is boosting…

How EBITDA multiples are misleading RIA sellers in wealth

Marc Schechter says it was right about the time the RIA he ran hit $1 billion…