Kandor, which serves international clients, comes under Summit s custom capital model, launched in January.
Summit Financial has taken a minority, non-controlling stake in Kandor Global, a Miami-based registered investment advisor with $450 million in client assets. The firm joins under its new custom capital model, Summit Growth Partners, which was launched in January with the help of Merchant Investment Management.
Kandor, which specializes in serving the Latin American business community, represents Summit’s 13th such investment and its first aimed at serving international clients. The RIA was launched late last year by CEO Guillermo Vernet, who stepped down from his role as head of Insigneo Wealth Advisors, the RIA owned by Insigneo Financial Group, a financial services firm that specializes in serving non-U.S. clients.
Wealth Management’s Week in M&A A succinct summary of the mergers, acquisitions and movements in the wealth management industry over the first week of March.
The first week of March saw a flurry of movement among advisors and the assets they manage. In the wealthtech space came news of Betterment’s purchase of Canadia-based Wealthsimple’s U.S. business.
The RIA space saw more consolidation as Wealth Enhancement Group announced its acquisition of North American Management, a firm managing $1.75 billion in assets, to build out additional services for ultra-high-net-worth clients. It also saw new firms crop up as Dynasty Financial Partners helped a former Bank of America Merrill Lynch team that managed $1.2 billion get their bearings as a new independent firm. Snowden Lane also captured a Miami-based team from a major bank. It announced it recruited Armando Ureña of Ureña Wealth Management and his team from Wells Fargo.
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