Pioneering RIA acquired by Creative Planning

Pioneering RIA acquired by Creative Planning
The purchase of Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney will add $5 billion in AUM to the $76 billion firm.
MAY 04, 2021

Creative Planning Inc., an Overland Park, Kansas-based registered investment adviser managing more than $76 billion, has acquired Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blayney, a pioneering RIA based in McLean, Virginia, that manages $5 billion.

SBSB was formed in 1991 and now has more than 60 employees. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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