Osaic Acquires CW Advisors
June 17, 2025
Osaic, a portfolio company of Reverence Capital Partners, has acquired Boston-based CW Advisors, a registered investment advisor managing roughly $13.5–14.5 billion in fee-only client assets. The deal (purchased from Audax Private Equity) expands Osaic’s scale and capabilities in the fee-only channel and high-net-worth / ultra-high-net-worth wealth management market while allowing CW Advisors to remain operationally independent.
- Buyers
- Osaic, Inc., Reverence Capital Partners
- Targets
- CW Advisors, LLC
- Sellers
- Audax Private Equity
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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