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Wealth Management Daily Memo

MARCH 11, 2025

Wealth and Tax Planning Match-Ups Gain Steam, But Models Differ

Carson, Mesirow and Sequoia are recent RIA dealmakers in the growing push to add tax planning and services.

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Alaris Acquisitions Launches Matchmaking App for RIA M&A

The new tech platform sets aside the typical financial auction process for matchmaking in favor of an AI algorithm that narrows the pool by measuring the compatibility between buyers and sellers.

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Family Office Execs Launch Affiliation Model for UHNW Advisors

Advisors join LinePoint Partners as independent contractors and determine how much of the firm’s platform fee to pass onto clients.

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Americana Partners Acquires Sister Dynasty Firm Based in Metro L.A.

Houston-based Americana, a Dynasty firm fresh off a capital infusion from Lovell Minnick, adds its first team outside of Texas with an Los Angeles-area firm focused on the UHNW market.

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Trending Podcasts

RIA Edge Podcast: Wescott’s Commitment to Community, Client Retention with Grant Rawdin

Wescott Financial Advisory Group’s Grant Rawdin discusses the firm’s focus on social justice and mindful approach to acquisitions.

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The WealthStack Podcast: How RIAs Can Leverage Alternative Investments with Saira Rahman

Fundrise's Saira Rahman details how advisors can harness the power of alternatives to enhance client outcomes.

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Carson Group Hires Former Envestnet Executive as CTO

Ramesh Vaswani will take over as Carson Group CTO, which has been run by a technology council for the past year and a half.

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COMMENTARY

What RIAs Can Learn from Ellevest’s Decision to Sell Its Robo Advisor

Follow its lead and rethink the “more AUM is better” mindset.

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Wealth Manager Starts NY-Based Multi-Family Office for UHNW Families

Andrew Crofton, formerly a managing director at an RIA, took about one year to bring together his full-service, multi-family office, Five Eleven Partners, targeting wealthy families.

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Breaking Away: One Year Later

About a year and a half ago, Trent Leyda and his team broke away from Morgan Stanley to create SpirePoint Private Client, with Goldman Sachs as its primary custodian. Here’s how it’s going.

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AlTi Tiedemann Buys $15B German Family Office

The deal with Kontora represents AlTi’s first European acquisition since taking investments from Allianz X and Constellation Wealth Capital last year.

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COLUMN

Actual AI Usage Across the Advisory World

Our grumpy technology columnist chewed on three recent advisor-specific surveys seeking AI insights, including this week's T3; here's what he found.

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LGBTQ+ Specialist Advisor Moves from LPL to Carson’s Independent Channel

Laura LaTourette says the move is partly for succession planning even as her firm has seen an uptick in clients from the LGBTQ+ community.

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