Advisory M&A News – 11/4/2026

Creative Planning Acquires Rockbridge Investment Management

Creative Planning LLC, an independent wealth management firm, acquired Rockbridge Investment Management, a fee-only fiduciary wealth management firm based in Syracuse, New York. The transaction closed on November 2.

The acquisition adds approximately $2.2 billion in assets under management and 23 employees to Creative Planning.

Founded in 1991, Rockbridge provides retirement planning, investment management, and estate, insurance, business succession and tax planning.

Prospera Financial Services Buys Cornerstone Wealth Management

Prospera Financial Services Inc., a wealth management firm, added Cornerstone Wealth Management to its platform.

Based in Rochester, New York, Cornerstone is led by Founders Marc Johnson and Gene Richardson, who are bringing six other financial advisers and associate advisers to affiliate with Prospera. Two members of the firm’s support staff are also part of the move.

The practice provides retirement planning, estate strategies, risk management and multi-generational wealth management. Cornerstone has $600 million in assets under management and serves clients in 25 states.

Prospera supports more than 240 independent financial advisers and more than $32 billion in client assets.

Beacon Pointe Advisors Adds ACT Wealth Management 

Beacon Pointe Advisors acquired ACT Wealth Management LLC, a wealth management firm with offices across North Carolina. The addition brings Beacon Pointe’s total assets under advisement to approximately $71 billion and adds specialized experience serving airline professionals and their families.

Founded in 2010 by Daniel Archer Jr., Brennan Cross and Ray Tanner Jr., ACT serves affluent clients and develops individualized investment portfolios. ACT has approximately $637 million in assets under management.

The firm helps airline pilots, crew members and their families evaluate airline retirement benefits and plan distributions, required minimum distributions and Roth IRA conversions.

Aprio Acquires Garner Asset Management Corp.

Aprio Wealth Management, a business advisory and accounting firm, acquired Asset Management Corp., a fee-only, registered investment adviser based in Plano, Texas, effective November 2.  

Garner, which joins as a partner, represents Aprio’s first standalone wealth management acquisition. Founded in 1998 by Robert Garner, Garner Asset Management advises high-net-worth individuals, retirees and those approaching retirement, holders of concentrated stock positions, and multigenerational families.

Aprio had approximately $6.1 billion in assets under advisement as of September 30.

Carson Group Welcomes Marietta Wealth Management

Carson Group, a wealth advisory firm with over $66 billion in assets under management, added Marietta Wealth Management to the firm’s integrated channel as a Carson Wealth office in Marietta, Georgia. Marietta oversees approximately $1.6 billion in assets under advisement.

Led by Managing Partners and Wealth Advisers Scott Keller, Charlie Holloway, Ben Crowe and Wes Hackney, the multigenerational firm provides financial planning, investment management, tax planning and retirement planning.

Through the new partnership, the firm’s clients will continue working with their current advisers and service teams, while advisers gain access to Carson’s broader platform, including expanded planning solutions, Carson’s Private Client Services, investment research and operational support.

LPL Financial Taps 2 Adviser Teams

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. has added  the advisory firm Anchor Financial Partners and Financial Adviser Joe Borgese of Contour Wealth Management LLC to LPL Financial’s broker/dealer and registered investment adviser platforms.

Anchor Financial, which reported approximately $525 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets as of year-end 2025, joins LPL from Northwestern Mutual.

Based in Vinings, Georgia, Anchor Financial is led by Frank Conner, Andrew Runnion, Josh Eisenberg, Brandon Porter, Kyle Brooker and Trey Beavers. The team offers affluent and high-net-worth clients wealth services, tax strategies and estate planning.

Borgese joined LPL from Cetera, where he reported serving approximately $390 million in assets as of year-end 2025.

Based in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, Contour Wealth works with educators, medical professionals, business owners and multigenerational families.

LPL supports more than 32,000 financial advisers and approximately 1,100 financial institutions, servicing and custodying approximately $2.6 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets.