Simon Quick Advisors Acquires Red Hook Management; Cerity Partners Acquires Permit Capital
May 3, 2022
Gladstone Associates advised on two buy-side RIA transactions announced in April/May 2022: Simon Quick Advisors acquired Morristown, New Jersey-based Red Hook Management (reported $385 million AUM) and Cerity Partners acquired Conshohocken, Pennsylvania-based Permit Capital (reported $1.6 billion AUM). Both transactions expand the buyers’ wealth management footprints in the Philadelphia/New Jersey region.
- Buyers
- Simon Quick Advisors, Cerity Partners
- Targets
- Red Hook Management, Permit Capital
- Industry
- Wealth Management
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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