
Hightower Buys $1B Massachusetts RIA for Sixth Deal of Year
Hybrid broker-dealer and registered investment advisor (RIA) Hightower announced its sixth deal of 2023 with the acquisition of fee-based RIA Boston Hill Advisors, a $1 billion firm with three locations across Massachusetts and headquartered in North Andover.
Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The deal expands the Chicago-based aggregator’s presence in New England following its recent purchase of Vigilant Wealth Management, a full-service wealth management firm with offices in Portland, ME and Portsmouth, NH.
Founded in 2006 by managing partners, Joseph Trainor and Michael Edwards, BHA said it opted to partner with Hightower because it expects to use its marketing, payroll and compliance resources as well as recruiting help and funding for tuck-in deals.
BHA employs 17 people, including eight advisors and about 1,000 clients.
Its earlier deals this year included Vigilant, TEN Capital Wealth Advisors and Bickling Financial Services, which had $3.9 billion in client assets combined. Hightower managed a total of $119 billion in assets by 132 teams as of the end of March.
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