As its multicustodial strategy bears fruit, Steward Partners has recruited Ensign Wealth Partners from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, bringing the firm's total assets with Pershing to over $1 billion.
No fewer than seven M&A deals were announced this week, while three new RIAs launched on industry platforms and three key hires were made in support of growth.
It was a slower week for dealmaking in the RIA space, but Carson made its first full acquisition of the year, and Buckingham Strategic Wealth announced its third.
Digital marketing and home-grown planning software, FP Alpha, has launched RIA Altfest into a new phase of tech-enabled growth as the firm looks to expand into new locations.