Wealth Management Acquisitions in Idaho

Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors) has acquired McConnell Financial Advisors, a boutique Boise, Idaho-based financial planning firm with approximately $130 million in AUM. The deal expands Mercer’s presence across Boise and Sun Valley and bolsters its Women & Wealth-focused advisory capabilities while preserving McConnell’s relationship-driven planning approach.

Mercer Global Advisors, a national RIA headquartered in Denver, acquired West Oak Capital, an Eagle, Idaho-based wealth advisory firm managing approximately $500 million in client assets. The deal expands Mercer’s presence in Idaho and Southern California and brings West Oak’s team and multigenerational family-office capabilities onto Mercer’s platform.

EP Wealth Advisors has entered a strategic partnership with Boise-based Buffington Mohr McNeal (BMM), onboarding the BMM team and approximately $900 million of AUM. Eleven BMM employees, including co-founders Carey McNeal and Bruce Mohr, will join EP Wealth as the firm expands its footprint in the Intermountain West; financial terms were not disclosed.

Merit Financial Advisors has acquired Sanctuary Wealth Management, LLC and its subsidiary Fiduciary Services, LLC, expanding Merit's presence into Idaho and adding approximately $1.6 billion in assets. The deal brings Sanctuary's wealth management and ESOP/fiduciary capabilities onto Merit's platform; the three firm owners will join Merit as wealth managers.

TA Associates has signed a definitive agreement to make a strategic growth investment in Caprock, a privately owned multi-family office. Financial terms were not disclosed; TA will partner with Caprock to scale the firm's platform and solution set, and TA principals Clara Jackson and Roy Burns will join Caprock's board.