Wealth Management Acquisitions in Alabama

Summit Financial, through its Summit Growth Partners platform, made a minority investment in Parsons Broach Financial Services, a Montgomery, Alabama-based wealth advisory firm that manages more than $250 million in assets. The deal brings the Parsons Broach team onto Summit's partnership platform to accelerate growth and provide the firm with additional resources, technology, and strategic support.

Long Ridge Equity Partners led a growth capital investment in RFG Advisory, a turn-key platform for independent financial advisors that supports more than 100 advisors and oversees over $4 billion in assets. The investment will fund enhancements to RFG’s technology and go-to-market capabilities and support executive team expansion; Andrew Cedar and Doug Nelson will join the Board of Managers.

WA Asset Management (WAAM), a Birmingham-based registered investment adviser, has acquired Clark Financial Advisors, a fee-only investment management and financial planning firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. The deal closed March 31, 2022, will add approximately $270 million of assets under management to WAAM, and brings the entire CFA team into WAAM; WAAM previously received a strategic growth investment from Wealth Partners Capital Group and HGGC in December 2021.