Hightower Launches Signature Wealth, a New DTC Advisor Channel 

Hightower announced the launch of Hightower Signature Wealth (HTSW), its first national direct-to-consumer advisory practice, representing a strategic expansion of the firm’s business model and a milestone in its platform evolution. The new initiative serves as a unified advisor channel under the Hightower brand, designed to enhance efficiency, streamline operations, and leverage the firm’s growing scale. 

HTSW complements Hightower’s existing advisor community by offering a fully integrated platform that delivers operational support, marketing resources, technology infrastructure, and centralized investment management. 

“Signature Wealth gives us a tangible, scalable way to showcase what sophisticated wealth management looks like,” said Larry Restieri, CEO of Hightower. “It’s also a feedback loop—bringing innovation and best practices from our community into our center, then pushing them back out to every advisor at Hightower.” 

The platform is anchored by Stephanie Link, Hightower’s Chief Investment Strategist and CNBC contributor, supported by Randy Bullard and the firm’s partnership with NEPC—the $1.7 trillion institutional consultant in which Hightower took a majority stake in 2024. 

Frontier Investment Management, one of Hightower’s largest and fastest-growing practices, is the first to adopt the Signature Wealth brand. The firm plans to expand the new channel nationwide in the coming months, with additional advisor teams expected to join in early 2026. 

“At Hightower, we’re building the future of wealth management,” added Restieri. “With the addition of Signature Wealth, we can support advisors who value independence as well as those who want to be part of a cohesive, national brand and culture.” 

As of June 30, 2025, Hightower and its affiliates oversaw approximately $324.3 billion in assets under management across practices in 34 states and the District of Columbia.