The top-ranked fee-only U.S. RIAs by region

Meet the leading RIA firms in the Northeast, South, Midwest and West, ranked by total assets
DEC 06, 2014

Northeastern RIAs

FirmTotal Assets ($M)Total AccountsDiscretionary Assets ($M)Discretionary AccountsNondiscretionary Assets ($M)Nondiscretionary AccountsEmployees
Chevy Chase Trust Company$18,944.00 2,861$18,944.00 2,861$0.00 076
Silvercrest Asset Management Group Llc$15,870.00 813$10,596.10 792$5,273.90 2197
Veritable Lp$12,945.00 2,811$12,389.10 2,616$555.90 19581
Rockefeller & Co., Inc.$10,906.70 2,102$9,644.50 1,754$1,262.20 348122
Summit Rock Advisors, Llc$9,233.00 63$3,975.00 36$5,258.00 2739
Tag Associates Llc$8,354.10 1,116$351.90 35$8,002.20 1,08168
Bbr Partners, Llc$7,347.90 1,196$6,175.10 1,163$1,172.80 3375
Mycio Wealth Partners, Llc$6,459.40 4,790$2,830.00 2,721$3,629.40 2,06934
Kls Professional Advisors Group, Llc$5,626.50 8,382$4,897.60 5,586$728.90 2,79639
Tiedemann Wealth Management, Llc$5,352.20 1,211$4,743.50 957$608.70 25435
Athena Capital Advisors Llc$5,095.10 421$2,424.40 229$2,670.70 19253
Ballentine Partners$4,777.80 3,006$2,268.30 1,375$2,509.50 1,63151
Bp Wealth Management$4,489.70 5,388$3,305.50 5,047$1,184.20 34180
East End Advisors, Llc$4,474.10 24$596.90 9$3,877.20 1515
Welch & Forbes Llc$3,948.60 2,429$3,593.80 2,295$354.80 13453

Southern RIAs

FirmTotal Assets ($M)Total AccountsDiscretionary Assets ($M)Discretionary AccountsNondiscretionary Assets ($M)Nondiscretionary AccountsEmployees
Ronald Blue & Co. Llc$7,827.70 16,606$7,012.20 16,394$815.50 212272
Banyan Partners, Llc$4,581.00 5,392$3,712.00 5,142$869.00 25090
Finaccess Advisors, Llc$4,072.10 233$0.00 0$4,072.10 2339
Homrich Berg$3,373.90 5,054$3,038.90 4,938$335.10 11665
We Family Offices$3,260.90 63$0.00 0$3,260.90 6337
Signature$3,133.10 978$3,133.10 978$0.00 037
Cv Advisors Llc$3,111.20 78$102.30 5$3,009.00 7322
Robertson, Griege & Thoele, Financial Advisors$2,337.00 3,596$1,653.00 3,558$684.00 3850
Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Management, Llc$2,313.00 3,380$2,280.10 3,359$32.90 2132
South Texas Money Management, Ltd.$2,170.10 2,296$2,085.80 2,254$84.30 4255
Paul Comstock Partners$2,054.20 148$0.00 0$2,054.20 1488
Century Management$2,039.90 1,914$2,039.90 1,914$0.00 041
Foundation Resource Management, Inc.$1,979.60 446$1,979.60 446$0.00 010
Retirement Advisors Of America$1,964.30 3,678$1,920.80 3,404$43.50 27434
Palladium Registered Investment Advisors$1,694.50 1,561$1,665.20 1,547$29.30 1424

Midwestern RIAs

FirmTotal Assets ($M)Total AccountsDiscretionary Assets ($M)Discretionary AccountsNondiscretionary Assets ($M)Nondiscretionary AccountsEmployees
Oxford Financial Group, Ltd$12,452.16,460$1,742.71,690$10,709.44,770130
The Mutual Fund Store$9,620.080,168$9,620.080,168$0.00314
Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc.$8,194.67,925$8,194.67,925$0.00105
Capital Strategies Investment Group Llc$7,500.1154$700.163$6,800.09117
Bahl & Gaynor Inc$7,263.51,756$6,864.51,715$398.94116
Reinhart Partners, Inc.$4,851.15,163$4,834.05,144$17.11939
Fiduciary Counselling Inc$4,633.81,256$2,209.0994$2,424.926274
Gresham Partners, Llc$4,571.61,954$2,396.868$2,174.71,88626
Savant Capital Management$4,096.73,251$4,064.43,250$32.21102
Rmb Capital Management$3,977.710,362$2,959.38,858$1,018.41,50475
Altair Advisers, Llc$3,729.0478$670.2197$3,058.928140
Gofen And Glossberg, L.L.C.$3,512.52,850$3,298.72,733$213.911727
Bartlett & Co. Llc$3,305.42,693$3,210.42,562$95.013147
Orgel Wealth Management, Llc$2,807.06,247$2,807.06,247$0.0029
Balasa Dinverno Foltz Llc$2,769.24,026$2,631.53,977$137.74927

Western RIAs

FirmTotal Assets ($M)Total AccountsDiscretionary Assets ($M)Discretionary AccountsNondiscretionary Assets ($M)Nondiscretionary AccountsEmployees
Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C.$88,200.00 835,107$88,200.00 835,107$0.00 0429
Fisher Investments$53,827.10 39,135$53,827.10 39,135$0.00 01,036
Hall Capital Partners Llc$30,269.50 162$6,147.20 39$24,122.30 123124
Comprehensive Financial Management Llc$11,200.00 23$11,200.00 23$0.00 024
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, Llc$9,036.90 12,842$7,717.60 7,105$1,319.30 5,73772
Aspiriant, Llc$8,091.00 5,241$4,892.10 3,762$3,198.90 1,479124
Litman Gregory Asset Management, Llc$7,706.20 1,069$1,361.00 1,064$6,345.20 569
Aperio Group, Llc$7,060.30 1,436$7,060.30 1,436$0.00 026
Mercer Global Advisors Inc.$5,766.00 16,280$5,630.20 15,125$135.80 1,155105
Baker Street Advisors, Llc$5,200.00 1,300$0.00 0$5,200.00 1,30031
Halbert Hargrove$3,974.60 3,111$2,112.70 3,091$1,861.90 2039
Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc.$3,834.40 2,120$3,834.40 2,120$0.00 041
Seven Post Private Investment Office$3,753.30 165$3,367.40 87$385.90 7813
Wetherby Asset Management$3,645.30 2,834$3,502.80 2,761$142.40 7356
Churchill Management Group$3,390.60 9,162$3,365.30 9,101$25.20 6137

Source: InvestmentNews Data

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