LPL Financial Acquires Commonwealth Financial Network

LPL Financial Acquires Crown Capital Securities' Wealth Management Business

May 8, 2024

Wealth Management

LPL Financial has closed its acquisition of the wealth management business of Crown Capital Securities, L.P., a full-service broker-dealer and registered investment advisor based in Orange County, California. Approximately 125 advisors representing about $1.3 billion of brokerage and advisory assets have been onboarded to LPL as of May 8, 2024, with roughly $3.7 billion expected to transfer in the coming months.

LPL Financial Acquires Minority Stake in Private Advisor Group

November 20, 2025

Wealth Management

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. has acquired a minority ownership stake in Private Advisor Group, the Morristown, New Jersey–based RIA with $41.3 billion in AUM. Republic Capital Group served as the investment banking advisor to Private Advisor Group. The investment joins LPL with existing minority owner Merchant Investment Management and six legacy shareholders to deepen strategic ties and expand programs, technology, and operational support for advisors.

LPL Financial Acquires The Investment Center, Inc.

September 4, 2024

Financial Services

LPL Financial has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Investment Center, Inc., a Bedminster, New Jersey-based broker-dealer and registered investment adviser that supports approximately 240 advisors and services about $9 billion of brokerage and advisory assets. The Investment Center will be converted onto LPL's platform; the transaction is expected to close and convert in the first half of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

LPL Financial Acquires Private Client Group Business of Boenning & Scattergood

July 8, 2022

Financial Services

LPL Financial has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Private Client Group business of Boenning & Scattergood, a 108-year-old family-owned broker/dealer and RIA based in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The asset purchase will onboard approximately 40 advisors and about $5 billion of advisory and brokerage assets onto LPL's employee advisor model, and is expected to close in early 2023 subject to regulatory approvals.

Simplicity Group Acquires Commonwealth Capital Brokerage

April 18, 2023

Insurance

Simplicity Group Holdings, Inc. has acquired Commonwealth Capital Brokerage, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based life and annuity brokerage agency led by Drew Grifo and Stephen Ruggieri. The two leaders join Simplicity as partners to access the group's sales, marketing, lead generation and proprietary technology to accelerate growth and better serve their network of advisors.

Macquarie Asset Management Acquires Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.

April 30, 2021

Financial Services

Macquarie Asset Management completed its acquisition of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., retaining the asset management business and adding approximately $76 billion in AUM. Concurrently, Macquarie sold Waddell & Reed's wealth management platform to LPL Financial, and the firms entered a long-term strategic partnership.