RIA Roundup: 3 Groups Go away Advisor Group Forward of Rebrand/Unification

After Advisor Group introduced it should deliver all advisors underneath one model and onto a centralized platform final month, two groups have left its affiliate Securities America and one other has departed SagePoint Monetary.

In different information, Dynasty gained a brand new platform associate serving Latin American shoppers and represented its first funding banking shopper in offers introduced this week, whereas one other Dynasty associate launched its personal M&A advisory follow and employed a former head of funding administration for Saudi Aramco to guide it.

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Sowell Administration additionally introduced the addition of two RIAs and eight unbiased advisor representatives because the fourth quarter of final 12 months.

Reported earlier this week: Adviser Investments joined forces with Ropes Wealth Administration to create a $15 billion RIA, Prime Capital Funding Advisors added Goldman Sachs as its latest custodian and Mike Durbin is leaving Constancy Investments to run Cetera Holdings.  

Three Groups Go away Advisor Group Forward of Main Rebrand/Unification

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Lower than a month after Advisor Group introduced plans to unify its sprawling, multibrand community of dealer/sellers and RIAs on one platform and underneath a brand new model, affiliated corporations have misplaced groups to Commonwealth Monetary Community, LaSalle St. and LPL Monetary.

Trusted Wealth Companions, primarily based in Omaha, Neb., brings some $465 million in shopper belongings to Commonwealth from Securities America. The 12-person staff is led by companions Clint Eikmeier, Jim Lammers, Mark Slattery, Matt Peters and Nathan Brobst.

Hyperlink Monetary Advisory additionally left Securities America—to affix LaSalle St.’s dealer/vendor and RIA platforms. The agency, which features a staff of 5 advisors, CEO Richard London and a assist workers member, oversees some $150 million in shopper belongings and has workplaces in Las Vegas and Missoula, Mo.

Hedberg Wealth Administration, led by Jeff Hedberg, left SagePoint Monetary to function on LPL Monetary’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. With workplaces in Fort Myers, Fla., and Newington, Conn., Hedberg and his staff oversaw round $150 million in shopper belongings at SagePoint. He will likely be joined by Department Operations Supervisor Michelle Doffek and Devin Moore and Giuseppe Terranova, each of whom are working to turn out to be licensed advisors.

“After an incredible quantity of due diligence, we stored coming to the conclusion that LaSalle St. is the suitable place for our agency and shoppers,” Hyperlink Monetary’s London stated in an announcement. He stated he selected LaSalle to participate within the agency’s not too long ago introduced fairness possession program. “They foster a tradition of true independence and exhibit the flexibility to assist our present enterprise in addition to our future progress.”

Hedberg stated LPL’s entrepreneurial spirit attracted him there. 

“From the agency’s built-in expertise platform to the flexibility to offer shoppers with differentiated experiences, we’re assured this transfer will assist guarantee Hedberg Wealth Administration has the instruments essential to exceed our shoppers’ expectations,” he stated. 

The Advisor Group community includes round 11,000 affiliated advisors throughout eight associates overseeing some $565 billion in shopper belongings. Many corporations which have joined through the years did so with assurances they’d be capable of retain branding and unbiased processes and final month’s announcement represented a major pivot by administration—however CEO Jamie Worth stated nearly all of advisors are on board with the upcoming adjustments.

Within two years, the agency expects to have introduced all its completely different corporations and types underneath a single authorized entity with a new title and transition all affiliated advisors to a single expertise stack and set of processes.

Welcy Capital Advisors Joins Dynasty to Serve LatAm Purchasers, Pursue Inorganic Progress

Welcy Capital Advisors in Miami, Fla., has turn out to be the most recent agency to affix the Dynasty Monetary Companions community, in line with an announcement.

With a concentrate on serving the Latin American neighborhood, Welcy has specialised expertise in Latin American markets and worldwide buying and selling. It was based by executives and shareholders from Prival—which provides non-public, company and funding banking in Panama and Costa Rica—and LW Companions, an asset administration store and funding financial institution serving non-public shoppers, companies and institutional buyers.

Beforehand referred to as Precept Asset Administration, the founding companions renamed the agency to signify three pillars of service: wellness, wealth and legacy.

Welcy has partnered with Dynasty to leverage the community’s tech-enabled platform because it seeks to develop by recruitment and M&A. The agency has chosen Charles Schwab as custodian.

The agency intends to pursue M&A alternatives with advisors within the Miami space and has plans to broaden into extra Latin American nations sooner or later. Welcy at present serves shoppers from Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Curacao and the US.

Presently, Welcy oversees some $97 million in belongings for 15 shoppers, in line with a current Type ADV.

Pinnacle Associates Buys Funding Administration of Virginia in First Dynasty Funding Financial institution Deal

Pinnacle Associates acquired Funding Administration of Virginia, an RIA managing roughly $580 million in belongings for top net-worth people and establishments.

With workplaces in Richmond and Charlottesville, Va., IMVA was based in 1982 as a subsidiary of brokerage Scott & Stringfellow and supplies equity-based funding methods tailor-made to particular person shoppers. The agency turned unbiased following a administration buyout in 2000.

“Pinnacle appreciates the shut relationships we’ve got with our shoppers, our expertise and monitor file in managing belongings for each people and establishments, and our dedication to offering complete private shopper service,” IMVA Chairman John Bocock stated in an announcement. “We stay up for placing Pinnacle’s broad capabilities to work for our shoppers; these embrace deep expertise in home and international markets, complete monetary planning and spectacular again workplace and assist groups.”

IMVA represents the primary shopper served by Dynasty Funding Financial institution, Dynasty Monetary Companions’ new enterprise to deliver M&A recommendation and capital assist to corporations exterior its associate community.

Based in 1984, NYC-based Pinnacle manages some $6.6 billion for greater than 2,000 shoppers.

Former Head of Funding Banking at Saudi Aramco to Lead New M&A Advisory Follow for Aaron Wealth

Aaron Wealth Advisors, a Chicago-based multifamily workplace managing round $1.6 billion in shopper belongings, employed Christopher Mason as managing director of the agency’s new M&A advisory enterprise, Aaron Wealth M&A Advisory.

Mason spent greater than seven years in Saudi Arabia as head of banking funding administration for Saudi Aramco. Previous to that, he held senior positions at Ernst & Younger, the place he spent three years on worldwide M&A, and at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, the place he respectively spent 11 and three years centered on gross sales and portfolio administration. Most not too long ago, he was chief monetary officer for a telemedicine firm named STeM.

The M&A advisory enterprise is led by CEO Gary Hirschberg and Mason, with assist from Aaron President and CIO Invoice Andrakakos, M&A Advisory Senior Affiliate Charles Tucker and Managing Director Alex Fedynsky.

“The first goal of the M&A Advisory staff is to assist executives simplify and navigate sell-side transactions of a intently held non-public firm,” stated Mason. “These transactions can fluctuate from a founder searching for an exit, to managing a extra advanced multi-generational sale of a household enterprise.”

The brand new staff works with enterprise house owners and any professionals required to execute a profitable transaction, in line with an announcement. The follow supplies session, goal identification, information administration, authorized negotiation, valuation, pre-deal planning and post-deal integration.

A member of the Dynasty Monetary Companions community, Aaron Wealth serves fewer than 100 shoppers—primarily ultra-high-net-worth households—in 5 states.

Sowell Administration Provides 8 Advisors and a couple of RIAs in 8 Months

Sowell Administration, a privately held RIA primarily based in North Little Rock, Ark., has added eight new funding advisor representatives and two new RIAs to its platform because the finish of final 12 months, in line with an announcement.

Based in 2001, Sowell Administration at present serves greater than 100 IARs and 20 RIAs with greater than $4 billion in shopper belongings. in line with founder and CEO Invoice Sowell.

The brand new additions are in Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.

“We had been searching for a associate to assist asset administration and supply a platform and staff to assist us launch our follow,” acknowledged Stephen Carter, a associate at Weaver Capital Advisors. “Their partnership has helped information us and eliminated among the burdens of opening a follow – permitting us to concentrate on rising and increasing our shopper base.”

“It emphasizes that in a time when the monetary {industry} is being challenged, Sowell continues to develop,” Sowell Chief Income Officer Jason Inglis stated in an announcement.

Sowell President Daryl Seaton credited the agency’s flexibility in addition to the industry-wide motion towards the RIA mannequin.

“Our FLEX Join platform, a purpose-built, end-to-end resolution designed to empower advisors by each stage of the wealth administration life cycle, was constructed for affiliated IARs, nevertheless, we’ve got the expertise, experience and folks to make use of what we’ve got constructed to service unaffiliated RIAs as properly,” he stated.

Based in 2001, Sowell at present oversees round $2.8 billion throughout greater than 50 associate corporations for nearly 6,000 shoppers.