Whereas it wasn’t an enormous week for offers within the registered funding advisor area, there have been some notable strikes impacting the RIA area. Dynasty Monetary Companions, as an illustration, introduced some senior government shuffling, hiring a brand new chief working officer and creating the brand new roles of chief progress officer and head of core companies.
In earlier reported information, $18 billion RIA Homrich Berg has agreed to promote a minority stake within the agency to TPG, the San Francisco-headquartered non-public fairness agency, in a deal that will worth it at round $1 billion. Kingswood U.S. acquired Nashville-based Eudaimonia Group, three RIAs managing greater than $1 billion in belongings throughout 17 advisors. Carina Diamond, who left Dakota Wealth Administration final yr to launch her personal consulting enterprise, has joined Gries Monetary Companions, a Cleveland-based RIA, as chief progress officer in a newly created position. And Carson Group acquired True North Monetary, a Billings, Mont.-based RIA with about $400 million in belongings, marking its sixth acquisition of the yr.
Dynasty Names Tim Oden Chief Development Officer
Dynasty Monetary Companions introduced some adjustments to its senior management group this week.
Tim Oden, a former managing director of enterprise growth at Schwab Advisor Providers, was appointed chief progress officer, a brand new place. Oden joined Dynasty earlier this yr as executive-in-residence for 2024. Oden left Schwab late final yr after greater than 30 years on the firm.
Dynasty launched the executive-in-residence program final yr as a part of its “Advisor-to-CEO” program, which tailors content material and training for CEOs on the RIAs in its community. Andrew Marsh, co-founder of Richardson Wealth, a Canadian wealth administration agency that went public in 2020, was Dynasty’s first executive-in-residence. Final September, Marsh was appointed Dynasty’s first vice chairman. This week, he was named head of core companies, a brand new position during which he’ll architect the companies that Dynasty supplies to its community of corporations.
Additionally, Marc Hineman joined the agency as chief working officer. Most not too long ago, he served as COO of Pico, a expertise supplier for monetary companies corporations. Dynasty’s former COO, Ed Swenson, left the agency final yr to hitch Osaic.
Service provider Stakes Republic Capital Group
Service provider Funding Administration has taken a minority, non-controlling curiosity in Republic Capital Group, a boutique funding financial institution for wealth and asset managers.
Based in late 2015 by Managing Associate John Langston, RCG has quietly turn into probably the most dominant M&A gamers within the unbiased wealth administration area, chargeable for advising on greater than $150 billion in consumer belongings transacted in 2022 and 2023.
In the meantime, Service provider’s footprint contains $180 billion in belongings within the wealth and asset administration business. It has additionally invested in a number of service suppliers within the area.
Focus Associate Acquires Denver RIA
Focus Monetary Companions has facilitated a subacquisition by one among its associate corporations, with Rework Wealth shopping for fellow Denver agency Customized Portfolio Group.
CPG was based in 2011 by President David Twibell, and had about $176 million in consumer belongings, in line with the agency’s most up-to-date Kind ADV. Rework Wealth had about $2.5 billion in belongings as of the tip of 2023, in line with its Kind ADV.
Rework turned a Focus associate in 2016. With places of work in Denver, Colorado Springs, Colo. and Houston, the RIA is led by brothers Nathan and David Kubik.
Cetera-Owned TRPG Provides $185M Agency
The Retirement Planning Group, a $2.6 billion RIA within the southern Kansas Metropolis suburbs, has acquired Parrott Wealth Administration, an Austin-based agency with roughly $185 million in belongings underneath administration. This represents TRPG’s fourth acquisition because it was acquired by Cetera in 2023.
William Parrott leads Parrott Wealth Administration, and the agency’s three full-time professionals will turn into staff of Cetera.
Cetera Holdings, the holding firm of Cetera Monetary Group, introduced the acquisition of TRPG a couple of yr in the past. That represented its first acquisition of a pure RIA.
