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Below are more deals that occurred this week:
Focus Financial Acquires St. Louis–Based RIA
Focus Financial Partners, a publicly traded acquirer of RIAs, said it has acquired Hill Investment Group, a St. Louis–based firm. Terms of the deal, expected to close later this quarter, were not revealed. Hill Investment Group manages close to $700 million with 12 employees, focused mostly on high-net-worth families.
Morgan Stanley Team Departs to Form All Source Investment Management
RZ Wealth Joined Diversified Lifelong Advisors
The combining of Wayne, Penn.–based RZ Wealth and Diversified Lifelong Advisors in Wilmington, Del., has created an RIA with $900 million in assets under management. RZ’s founder and president, Irvin W. Rosenzweig, will join Diversified’s executive and investment management teams.
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DENVER, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ( Mercer Advisors ), a national Registered Investment Adviser ( RIA ), today announced the acquisition of McGee Wealth Management, Inc. ( MWM ), a respected wealth management firm located in Portland, Oregon. MWM serves approximately 800 clients with assets under management ( AUM ) of approximately $815 million. MWM was founded by Judith A. McGee, L.H.D., CFP®, ChFC® ( Judith ) joined by her daughter D. Linette Dobbins, CFP® ( Linette ), focusing on delivering comprehensive wealth management services to their high net worth (HNW) clients. MWM has four shareholders that include Judith, Linette, Jennifer Currin Gutridge, CFP® ( Jennifer ), and Sarah Elise Berry, Vice President ( Sarah ). In all, fifteen (15) MWM team members will be joining the Mercer Advisors team. The MWM transaction closed December 31, 2020.
Mercer Global buys second woman-led RIA in a week
McGee Wealth Management, a Portland, Oregon-based firm with 800 clients and $815 million in assets under management, is leveraging the sale for succession planning.
January 11, 2021
Mercer Global Advisors is buying McGee Wealth Management, a Portland, Oregon-based firm serving 800 clients and managing $815 million, in its third acquisition this month of a firm with more than $800 million under management.
McGee Wealth, co-founded by Judith McGee and Linette Dobbins, is the second woman-led RIA Mercer has acquired in less than two weeks.
Mercer also announced last week that it is buying Kays Financial Advisory, another Atlanta-based RIA managing $800 million.