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Wealth Management Daily Memo

APRIL 08, 2025

‘Trump Slump’ Unlikely To Scare PE Off RIA Deals After Robust Q1

Data from PitchBook shows private equity-backed acquisitions in the wealth space are on track to match 2024’s record, with M&A players seeing no cause for deal slowdown even if the current market tumult continues.

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Volatility, Higher Rates Didn’t Dull Q1 RIA M&A

The first quarter saw a record number of M&A deals in the RIA space, according to DeVoe & Co., with firms having “figured out how to do deals in higher interest-rate environments,” one consultant said.

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Tariff Fallout: The Day Advisor Cell Phones Died

The day after Trump announced a global tariff regime, one advisor fielded calls until his cell phone ran out of juice, another praised the virtue of alternatives and most everyone prepared clients for some volatile days ahead.

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Q&A: How John Thiel Aims to Put Advisors Back on Top

"The advisor keeps getting marginalized and resources taken away to give to shareholders. We felt like that was wrong."

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How RIAs Can Move Beyond Referral Networks For Organic Growth

Marketing and growth experts at RIA Edge Nashville discussed how advancements in client outreach and tracking have made it more realistic for even small RIAs to move beyond relying solely on referrals for new business.

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Trending Podcasts

The WealthStack Podcast: How AI Is Reshaping the Advisor Experience with Mark Gilbert

Zocks CEO Mark Gilbert details how AI enhances client intelligence, streamlines operations and empowers advisors to serve clients better.

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The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: Inside Focus Financial's Evolution

Michael Nathanson shares his vision for Focus Financial, offering an insider’s perspective on the firm’s evolution and differentiators and how that plays into the future of independence.

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Arbitrators Rule Against Enforcing Hightower Non-Compete on Washington Advisor

In their decision, arbitrators wrote that Hightower’s non-compete clause seemed “designed more to punish” former advisor Lars Knudsen, rather than protecting the firm’s “legitimate business interests.”

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Next Gen Advisors Don't Want to be Cold Callers

For RIAs to succeed in the next decade, panelists and attendees of RIA Edge Nashville point to professional businesses that offer recruits a chance to focus on clients.

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NewEdge Advisors Snags $1.4B Florida Team From Merrill Lynch

The team of six advisors in Destin, Fla. will use Goldman Sachs for custody.

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Modern Wealth Acquires California-Based RIAs with $1B in Assets

The RIA integrator, founded by United Capital advisors about two years ago, has booked its 14th and 15th deals since launch.

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Savvy Advisors Jumps to $1.5B AUM With 5 Additions

The RIA arm of Savvy Wealth has added $500 million with new advisors from Farther and Valeo.

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Stratos Wealth Partners Loses Two Teams

New York-based Holistic Wealth Advisors has launched its own RIA, while California-based Guardtower Financial Services moved to LPL’s corporate RIA.

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Goldman TAMP Partner GeoWealth Adding Direct Indexing, Private Markets By End of Q2

The CEO of GeoWealth and Goldman Sachs Asset Management executives are championing their approach to get alternative investments and more personalization down market via RIAs.

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