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February 23, 2017 at 01:46 AM
Triad Advisors, a hybrid advisor-focused independent broker-dealer, says a group with 11 advisors and some $5 billion in client assets is now affiliated with its platform: Resources Investment Advisors, a super OSJ, is based in Overland Park, Kansas, and formerly was affiliated with LPL Financial.
“We’re delighted to welcome Resources Investment Advisors to Triad’s broker-dealer and hybrid-RIA platform,” said Nathan Stibbs, chief strategy officer at Triad Advisors, in a statement. “This is a unique organization that has an impressive track record of growth and is one of the premier retirement planning providers in the industry.”
Resources Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser that offers compliance, practice and portfolio management, technology support, and business development assistance to its affiliated firms: Bukaty Companies Financial Services (Overland Park); Channel Financial (Golden Valley, Minnesota); Chepenik Financial (Winter Park, Florida); Oakeson Steiner Wealth and Retirement (Hastings, Nebraska); SHA Retirement Group (Troy, Michigan); and SLW Retirement Plan Advisors (Lafayette, California), as well as offices in Austin, St. Louis, Spokane, Washington, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Triad Advisors a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services.
Echelon Hirings
Echelon Partners says the former head of LPL Financial’ s consulting group is now working for the firm as a new managing director. Carolyn Armitage joined the Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based M&A firm earlier this year.
Armitage had been with LPL since 2013. During her time with LPL, she had referred clients to Echelon for business evaluation. LPL eliminated the enterprise consulting division last year, Armitage says, making a move to Echelon “a natural fit.”
“It’s my first venture moving onto the truly independent platform,” she explained in a statement. “Echelon is transforming consulting and M&A through a total platform approach.”
Executives with Echelon expect the hectic pace of M&A activity in the advisory field to continue.
“We’re experiencing record activity in the RIA and wealth-tech sectors,” said Echelon CEO Dan Seivert, in a statement. “Never before has there been as much change happening in wealth management than today. We are excited to be aggressively adding top-tier team members to meet that increased demand.”
