The Mather Group Lands Fourth Bay Space-Primarily based RIA
The Mather Group, a Chicago-based registered funding advisor with $14 billion below administration and advisement, has acquired a $200 million AUM RIA in Walnut Creek, Calif.—Mather’s fourth within the San Francisco Bay space.
The acquisition of Pillar Wealth Administration Inc. expands Mather’s regional footprint in serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth people and households. Pillar’s Hutch Ashoo and Chris Synder work focuses on funding administration, retirement planning, tax methods and property planning.
Pillar, which is able to tackle the Mather model identify, is the RIA’s twenty first deal since 2018, however its first since Could 2023. Mather has personal fairness backing from The Vistria Group.
Dynasty Community Agency Nice Diamond Brings on $125M Wealth Advisor
Nice Diamond Companions, a Portland, Maine Dynasty Community RIA, has introduced on the $125 million AUM agency of Stephen Poulos, who will probably be a senior monetary advisor.
Poulos joins Nice Diamond from HeadInvest, a roughly $970 million RIA additionally based mostly in Portland, in keeping with its newest Type ADV.
His addition may doubtlessly increase Nice Diamond’s AUM to $765 million from its present $640 million, the agency stated in an announcement. He’ll deal with monetary planning, funding technique and tax-focused advisory work.
Nice Diamond additionally famous it has employed portfolio supervisor Mark Doehla, previously with Portland-based advisory H.M. Payson.
The Dynasty Community consists of unbiased RIAs with entry to Dynasty Monetary Companions’ wealth administration platform and operational help.
Aspiriant Names Six New Companions Throughout Los Angeles and Silicon Valley Places of work
Aspiriant, a Los Angeles-based wealth agency with $15 billion in consumer property, has added six new companions to its employee-owned enterprise.
The transfer so as to add further companions signifies that one-third of the agency’s 230 staff now personal a stake within the RIA.
The six new companions are:
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Chris Kazmer, director in wealth administration;
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Mike King, director in wealth administration;
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Mike Lavalle, common counsel;
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Rachel Lee, director in strategic planning;
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Daniel Moas, senior supervisor in wealth administration;
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Lina Sanchez, senior supervisor in wealth administration
Aspiriant operates out of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Diego, Orange County, New York, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Austin.
QTR Household Wealth Broadcasts $1.8B RIA
QTR Household Wealth has formally introduced its transfer out of Bison Wealth to develop into an unbiased RIA run by Wes and Chad Hunter, managing $1.8 billion in consumer property.
The Hunter brothers operated as a crew below Bison Wealth, the RIA division of Bison Holdings, earlier than leaving in August 2024 below a special identify, as initially reported by WealthManagement.com. The brothers had joined Bison from Merrill Lynch in Could 2022.
QTR, based mostly in Orlando, is concentrated on monetary planning, personal market investments and tax optimization. Chad is the CEO and managing companion, and Wes is the co-founder and companion.
“True wealth is measured in time effectively spent,” Wes Hunter stated in an announcement. “That’s the essence of QTR: your High quality Time Remaining.”
LPL’s Momentum Poaches $850M Beacon Monetary from Cetera
LPL Monetary’s Momentum Wealth Companions has snagged an $850 million Toledo, Ohio-based advisory from Cetera.
Beacon Monetary, led by principal proprietor and CEO Greg Kopan, has joined LPL’s dealer/vendor, RIA and custodial platform, by way of Momentum, which is predicated in Mount Laurel, N.J. Kopan, who based the agency in 1997, will probably be joined by his crew of 9 advisors.
Beacon made the transfer after 10 months of analysis and due diligence.
Kopan stated in an announcement that LPL stood out for its strategic succession planning crew, its “built-in and streamlined expertise” that features a single sign-on for older shoppers, its cybersecurity focus and $500 million in investments to bolster safety.
