Modern Wealth Management Acquires Public Safety Financial/Galloway

GALLS Acquires Pittsburgh Public Safety Supply, Inc.

June 17, 2025

Retail

GALLS, a national supplier of public safety uniforms and equipment, acquired Pittsburgh Public Safety Supply, Inc., a regional provider serving the greater Pittsburgh area. The acquisition expands GALLS' retail and distribution footprint in western Pennsylvania and aims to provide enhanced product availability and operational continuity to local public safety agencies.

Modern Wealth Management Acquires Fiser Group; To Acquire Gardey Financial Advisors and LFM Wealth Management

December 10, 2024

Wealth Management

Modern Wealth Management has acquired Lenexa, Kansas-based Fiser Group and announced plans to complete asset purchases of Saginaw, Michigan-based Gardey Financial Advisors and Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based LFM Wealth Management, adding over $500 million in expected AUM. The transactions (asset purchases) bring small advisory teams into Modern Wealth's platform—enhancing its tax capabilities, expanding its Midwest and Southern footprints, and growing the firm's office network and client-facing resources.

GALLS Acquires Phoenix Safety Outfitters

August 11, 2025

Industrial Services

GALLS has acquired Phoenix Safety Outfitters, a regional provider of fire PPE, uniforms, and related services based in Springfield, Ohio. The acquisition expands GALLS' footprint and service capabilities for fire departments and first responders, bringing Phoenix's distribution center, SCBA service center and mobile service fleet into GALLS' platform.

Modern Wealth Management Acquires Petso Financial Consultants

October 24, 2024

Financial Services

Modern Wealth Management has acquired Boise-based Petso Financial Consultants, a fee-only RIA with approximately $1.4 billion in AUM and a 10-person team. The asset purchase brings Modern Wealth's total AUM to over $6 billion and expands the firm's presence into the Pacific Northwest; Petso founder David Petso joins Modern Wealth as a managing director.

Modern Wealth Management Acquires Barber Financial Group

April 25, 2023

Wealth Management

Modern Wealth Management, an RIA backed by Crestview Partners, has acquired the assets of Barber Financial Group, Osiwala Financial Group and Financial Security. The acquisition adds offices in the Kansas City metro and Detroit, brings roughly $1.5 billion of client AUM and about 50 employees to Modern Wealth's platform as its first deal following a $200 million equity backing from Crestview.

Modern Wealth Management Acquires Wade Financial Advisory and Planned Asset Management

April 9, 2025

Wealth Management

Modern Wealth Management has completed the acquisition of Wade Financial Advisory and expects to close on the acquisition of Planned Asset Management, adding roughly $1 billion in AUM and bringing Modern Wealth's assets under management to over $7 billion. The deals establish Modern Wealth's first client-facing offices in California, integrate Wade Financial's tax planning business into Modern Wealth's tax platform, and support a leadership succession plan at Planned Asset Management.