Top regional fee-only RIAs

Top regional fee-only RIAs
DEC 04, 2016

Northeastern success stories

Rank Firm Phone Website Total assets ($M) Total accounts Employees
1 Silvercrest Asset Management Group (212) 649-0600 silvercrestgroup.com $31,199.2 1,068 117
2 Veritable (610) 640-9551 veritablelp.com $13,588.5 2,999 85
3 BBR Partners, LLC (212) 313-9870 bbrpartners.com $10,858.4 2,552 95
4 Summit Rock Advisors, L.P. (212) 993-7150 summit-rock.com $10,735.0 100 51
5 Rockefeller & Co., Inc. (212) 549-5100 rockco.com $10,497.4 2,732 154
6 Tiedemann Wealth Management, LLC (212) 396-5900 tiedemannwealth.com $8,342.2 407 85
7 TAG Associates LLC (212) 275-1500 tagassoc.com $8,125.4 1,186 67
8 Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (617) 338-3800 anchorcapital.com $8,104.7 24,359 49
9 Boston Private Wealth LLC (800) 422-6172 bostonprivatewm.com $7,108.5 7,280 140
10 Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. (212) 652-3200 pinnacleinsights.org $6,020.8 3,735 50
11 Athena Capital Advisors LLC (781) 274-9300 athenacapital.com $5,998.7 446 47
12 Ballentine Partners (781)341-1300 ballentinepartners.com $5,989.7 3,376 55
13 KLS Professional Advisors Group, LLC (212) 355-0346 klsadvisors.com $5,515.7 8,991 49
14 East End Advisors, LLC (212) 218-8137 $4,998.1 22 15
15 The Colony Group, LLC (617) 723-8200 thecolonygroup.com $4,862.8 6,766 90

Midwestern success stories

Rank Firm Phone website Total assets ($M) Total accounts Employees
1 Oxford Financial Group, Ltd (317) 843-5678 ofgltd.com $13,577.0 8,468 145
2 Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth (312) 346-5850 brfinc.com $9,870.1 532 57
3 Bahl & Gaynor Inc (513) 287-6100 bahl-gaynor.com $8,593.3 2,005 17
4 Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. (513) 661-3100 johnsoninv.com $8,347.4 8,650 109
5 FCI Advisors (816) 329-1500 fciadvisors.com $6,771.5 10,649 59
6 Gresham Partners, LLC (312) 960-0200 greshampartners.com $5,522.3 1,457 31
7 RMB Capital Management (312) 993-5800 rmbcap.com $4,722.3 12,764 119
8 Fiduciary Counselling Inc. (651) 228-0935 fidcouns.com $4,603.8 1,361 72
9 Savant Capital Management (815) 227-0300 savantcapital.com $4,224.4 3,946 136
10 Altair Advisers, LLC (312) 429-3000 altairadvisers.com $3,773.9 588 47
11 Gofen And Glossberg, LLC (312) 828-1100 gofen.com $3,766.4 3,009 27
12 Bartlett & Co. LLC (513) 621-4612 bartlett1898.com $3,358.3 1,159 47
13 Zacks Investment Management, Inc. 312-265-9266 http://www.zacksim.com/ $3,335.4 4,797 95
14 Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC (630) 875-4900 bdfllc.com $3,071.9 4,665 37
15 Orgel Wealth Management, LLC (715) 835-6525 orgelwealth.com $3,032.0 7,026 34

Southern success stories

Rank Firm Phone Website Total assets ($M) Total accounts Employees
1 Chevy Chase Trust Company (240) 497-5000 chevychasetrust.com $23,172.7 3,615 84
2 Edelman Financial Services, LLC (703) 818-0800 rescue.ricedelman.com $14,880.0 69,807 397
3 Jasper Ridge Partners, L.P. (817) 333-0027 jasperridge.com $13,317.7 2,743 68
4 Ronald Blue & Co., LLC (770) 280-6000 rbis.ronblue.com $6,636.5 16,436 275
5 Global Financial Private Capital, LLC (866) 641-2186 gf-pc.com $5,864.3 66,671 350
6 WE Family Offices (305) 825-2225 wefamilyoffices.com $5,015.1 69 43
7 Convergent Wealth Advisors, LLC (301) 770-6300 convergentwealth.com $4,693.4 2,961 56
8 Tolleson Private Wealth Management (214) 252-3250 tollesonwealth.com $4,532.2 2,905 58
9 Finaccess Advisors, LLC (305) 377-1112 $4,387.5 153 12
10 RGT Wealth Advisors (214) 360-7000 rgtadvisors.com $4,361.6 4,930 72
11 CV Advisors LLC (305) 358-5990 cv-advisors.com $4,231.8 103 27
12 Homrich Berg (404) 264-1400 homrichbergfamilyoffice.com $4,082.0 5,801 80
13 Signature Family Wealth Advisors (757) 625-7670 signaturefamilywealth.com $3,316.5 1,024 38
14 WMS Partners, LLC (410) 337-7575 wmsfamilyoffice.com $2,887.5 421 48
15 South Texas Money Management, Ltd. (210) 824-8916 stmmltd.com $2,759.1 2,848 60

Western success stories

Rank Firm Phone Website Total assets ($M) Total accounts Employees
1 Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C. (408) 498-6000 financialengines.com $113,423.8 932,089 531
2 Fisher Investments (800) 851-8845 fisherinvestments.com $65,441.6 57,982 1,110
3 Hall Capital Partners LLC (415) 288-0544 hallcapital.com $31,899.2 167 133
4 Aperio Group, LLC (415) 339-4300 aperiogroup.com $13,243.1 2,512 50
5 Comprehensive Financial Management LLC (408) 358-3316 $11,295.0 29 26
6 Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC (310) 556-2721 kayne.com $9,629.3 14,629 81
7 Aspiriant, LLC (415) 371-7800 aspiriant.com $9,306.1 7,041 154
8 Mercer Global Advisors Inc. (800) 258-1559 merceradvisors.com $6,908.0 19,525 120
9 Litman Gregory Asset Management, LLC (925) 254-8999 lgam.com $6,148.7 1,194 68
10 Scharf Investments, LLC (831) 429-6513 scharfinvestments.com $5,118.0 2,640 21
11 Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, Inc. (503) 226-1444 fergusonwellman.com $4,311.9 2,414 44
12 Seven Post Investment Office LP (415) 341-9300 sevenpost.com $4,178.9 372 14
13 Churchill Management Group (323) 937-7110 churchillmanagement.com $4,069.5 13,034 55
14 Wetherby Asset Management (415) 399-9159 wetherby.com $3,839.7 3,193 60
15 Halbert Hargrove (562) 435-5657 halberthargrove.com $3,817.8 3,259 43
Note: InvestmentNews qualified 1,778 firms headquartered in the United States based on data reported on Form ADV to the Securities and Exchange Commission as of November 1, 2016. To qualify, firms must have met the following criteria: (1) latest ADV filing date is either on or after January 1, 2016, (2) total AUM is at least $100M, (3) does not have employees who are registered representatives of a broker-dealer, (4) provided investment advisory services to clients during its most recently completed fiscal year, (5) no more than 50% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies), (6) no more than 25% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pension and profit-sharing plans (but not the plan participants), (7) no more than 25% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to corporations or other businesses, (8) does not receive commissions, (9) provides financial planning services, (10) is not actively engaged in business as a broker-dealer (registered or unregistered), (11) is not actively engaged in business as a registered representative of a broker-dealer, (12) has neither a related person who is a broker-dealer/municipal securities dealer/government securities broker or dealer (registered or unregistered) not one who is an insurance company or agency.

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