RIA deal tracker
Announced RIA transactions, newest first. Size, location and structure appear only where the announcement disclosed them, in its own words.
As of Oct 5, 2026, AdvisorIQ's deal tracker lists 25 announced RIA transactions since Jul 7, 2026, each linked to its announcement.
25 deals
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Oct 1, 2026
Cerity Partners and Cornerstone Capital, Inc.
- Seller assets
- approximately $1.4 billion in assets under management
- Seller location
- Palo Alto, California
- Structure
- Merger, completed; financial terms not stated
Cerity Partners announced it has merged with Cornerstone Capital, a wealth manager founded in 1978, and the combined firm operates under the Cerity Partners name.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 30, 2026
Hightower Advisors and Sandy Cove Advisors
- Seller assets
- approximately $752 million in assets under management
- Seller location
- Hingham, Massachusetts
- Structure
- Joined Hightower Signature Wealth, described as its third external acquisition of 2026; financial terms not stated
Hightower announced that Sandy Cove Advisors, a Hingham wealth management firm, has joined Hightower Signature Wealth.
Source: hightowersignature.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 30, 2026
Wealth Enhancement and RWA Wealth Partners
- Seller assets
- approximately $22.46 billion in client assets as of June 30, 2026
- Seller location
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Structure
- Agreement to acquire; expected to close in the fourth quarter; financial terms not stated
Wealth Enhancement agreed to acquire RWA Wealth Partners, which delivers wealth management through its Family Office and Private Wealth businesses.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 29, 2026
Waverly Advisors and Heartwood Wealth Advisors
- Seller assets
- approximately $1.7 billion in assets under management (as of 9.22.2026)
- Seller location
- Richmond, Virginia
- Structure
- Acquisition, closed Sept. 25, 2026; financial and legal terms not disclosed
Waverly Advisors acquired Heartwood Wealth Advisors, a Richmond wealth management firm.
Source: waverly-advisors.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 23, 2026
Modern Wealth Management and AWA Wealth Management
- Seller assets
- approximately $290 million in client assets
- Seller location
- Auburn, California
- Structure
- Acquisition; financial terms not stated
Modern Wealth acquired AWA Wealth Management, a 32-year-old firm based in Auburn, just outside Sacramento.
Source: modwm.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 23, 2026
CAPTRUST and Compass Advisors and Long Island Wealth Management
- Seller assets
- a combined $1.2 billion in assets
- Seller location
- Melville, New York
- Structure
- Joined CAPTRUST; financial terms not stated
CAPTRUST announced that two long-time affiliated Melville firms, with seven professionals, have joined the organization.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 18, 2026
Cerity Partners and Gilbert & Cook
- Seller assets
- approximately $2 billion in assets under management
- Seller location
- West Des Moines, Iowa
- Structure
- Merger, effective at the end of September; financial terms not stated
Cerity Partners and Gilbert & Cook announced their intention to merge, and Gilbert & Cook will operate under the Cerity Partners name.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 14, 2026
Carson Group and Elios Financial Group
- Seller assets
- approximately $367 million AUM
- Seller location
- Ohio
- Structure
- Acquisition; financial terms not stated
Carson Group announced the acquisition of Elios Financial Group, which becomes a Carson Wealth office in Westlake and Carson's 50th integrated office.
Source: carsongroup.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 1, 2026
Wealth Enhancement and Dickerson Jackson & Associates
- Seller assets
- over $376 million in client assets
- Seller location
- Glen Allen, Virginia
- Structure
- Acquisition of the investment advisory business, closed Aug. 31, 2026; financial terms not stated
Wealth Enhancement acquired the investment advisory business of Dickerson Jackson & Associates, a hybrid RIA.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 1, 2026
Sequoia Financial Group and BSW Wealth Partners
- Seller assets
- approximately $2.3 billion in client assets (as of June 30, 2026)
- Seller location
- Colorado (offices in Boulder and Denver)
- Structure
- Acquisition; terms not disclosed
Sequoia Financial Group acquired BSW Wealth Partners, an independent wealth management firm founded in 1992.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Sep 1, 2026
Allworth Financial and High Falls Advisors, Inc. and Holistic Financial Partners
- Seller assets
- $665 million (High Falls) and approximately $282 million (Holistic) in assets under management
- Seller location
- Rochester, New York and Indianapolis, Indiana
- Structure
- Acquisition of two firms; financial terms not stated
Allworth announced the acquisition of a Rochester wealth management and tax advisory firm and an Indianapolis RIA, adding 23 professionals.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 25, 2026
The Vistria Group and Curi Capital
- Seller assets
- over $14 billion in assets under advisement
- Seller location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Structure
- Strategic investment; Vistria becomes an ownership partner alongside existing owners; financial terms not stated
Curi Capital announced a strategic investment from The Vistria Group, a middle market private investment firm.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 24, 2026
Constellation Wealth Capital and Confluence Financial Partners
- Seller assets
- approximately $7.6 billion in assets under management and an additional $400 million in 401(k) plan assets as of August 18, 2026
- Seller location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Structure
- Minority investment as part of a strategic partnership; financial terms not stated
Confluence Financial Partners announced a strategic partnership in which Constellation Wealth Capital will make a minority investment in the firm.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 12, 2026
Merit Financial Advisors and The Bridgeway Group
- Seller assets
- approximately $900 million in total assets
- Seller location
- Pasadena and Covina, California
- Structure
- Acquisition; financial and legal terms not disclosed
Merit Financial Advisors announced the acquisition of The Bridgeway Group, a Southern California wealth management firm.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 11, 2026
Hightower Advisors and Valley Financial Group
- Seller assets
- approximately $275 million in assets under management
- Seller location
- Ambler, Pennsylvania
- Structure
- Joining Hightower Signature Wealth; expected to close later this summer; terms not stated
Hightower announced that Valley Financial Group, an independent wealth management practice, will join Hightower Signature Wealth.
Source: hightoweradvisors.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 7, 2026
Carlyle (Global Credit platform) and Prime Capital Financial
- Seller assets
- nearly $50 billion in AUM
- Seller location
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Structure
- Strategic partnership including a minority ownership interest, through an approximately $600 million hybrid capital solution; the release says it values Prime Capital Financial at an enterprise value of more than $1.8 billion
Prime Capital Financial announced that Carlyle's Global Credit platform agreed to provide an approximately $600 million hybrid capital solution that includes a minority ownership interest.
Source: primefinancial.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 5, 2026
Corient and Summit Trail Advisors
- Seller assets
- more than $21 billion in assets
- Seller location
- New York, New York
- Structure
- Joining Corient; expected to close in the third quarter of 2026; terms not disclosed
Corient announced that Summit Trail Advisors, an RIA focused exclusively on ultra-high-net-worth clients, will join Corient.
Source: corient.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 4, 2026
Wealth Enhancement and Miramar Capital
- Seller assets
- more than $592 million in client assets
- Seller location
- Northbrook, Illinois
- Structure
- Acquisition of the investment advisory business, closed July 31, 2026; financial terms not stated
Wealth Enhancement acquired the investment advisory business of Miramar Capital, an independent RIA.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Aug 4, 2026
Allworth Financial and Sachetta
- Seller assets
- $1.1 billion in assets under management (AUM)
- Seller location
- Lynnfield, Massachusetts
- Structure
- Acquisition; financial terms not stated
Allworth announced the acquisition of Sachetta, a wealth management and tax advisory firm, along with Arthur Stein Financial of Bethesda, Maryland.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Jul 29, 2026
Investcorp and Berger Financial Group, Inc.
- Seller assets
- more than $3 billion in assets under management (AUM)
- Seller location
- Minnesota
- Structure
- Investment; Berger's management team and advisors stay significant owners; terms not stated
Investcorp announced it has invested in Berger Financial Group, a wealth management platform with nine offices.
Source: investcorp.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Jul 29, 2026
Bixby Wealth Solutions and F.L.Putnam Investment Management Company
- Seller assets
- more than $11 billion in assets as of July 1, 2026
- Seller location
- Lynnfield, Massachusetts
- Structure
- Minority investment; financial terms not disclosed
F.L.Putnam announced that Bixby Wealth Solutions, an arm of Moontower Group, has made a minority investment in the firm.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Jul 23, 2026
Arax Advisory Partners and Transcend Capital Advisors
- Seller assets
- more than $3 billion (as of June 30, 2026)
- Seller location
- Madison, New Jersey
- Structure
- Definitive agreement to acquire; expected to close in Q3
Arax announced a definitive agreement to acquire Transcend Capital Advisors, a multi-state RIA serving high-net-worth individuals and families.
Source: globenewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Jul 14, 2026
Caprock and Venturi Private Wealth
- Seller assets
- approximately $4 billion in assets under management
- Seller location
- Austin, Texas
- Structure
- Acquisition; terms not disclosed
Caprock, a multi-family office RIA, announced the acquisition of Venturi Private Wealth.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Jul 8, 2026
Choreo and Resource Financial Group
- Seller assets
- approximately $700 million in assets under management (AUM) as of April 30, 2026
- Seller location
- Wilmette, Illinois
- Structure
- Acquisition of substantially all the assets; price not disclosed
Choreo announced it has acquired substantially all the assets of Resource Financial Group, a registered investment adviser.
Source: prnewswire.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
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Jul 7, 2026
Aspen Standard Wealth and CWS Financial Advisors
- Seller assets
- approximately $1.3 billion in client assets
- Seller location
- Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Structure
- Joined the Aspen platform; terms not stated
Aspen Standard Wealth announced that CWS Financial Advisors, a boutique wealth management firm, has joined its RIA platform.
Source: aspenstandardwealth.com, checked Oct 5, 2026.
How we pick deals
A deal is listed only when we can confirm it from the buyer's, seller's or investor's own announcement or an SEC filing; trade press can point us to a deal but is not the source. Seller assets are the figure the announcement gave, in its words, usually as of the announcement. This is not a complete list of every transaction, and listing a deal is not a view on its terms or the firms involved.
For how these deals are put together, see asset sale or equity sale, how the price gets paid and minority stakes.
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