Wealth Management Acquisitions in New Mexico

EP Wealth Advisors has partnered with and acquired LongView Asset Management, a Santa Fe-based RIA, adding more than $390 million in AUM and expanding EP Wealth's presence in New Mexico. LongView founder David Cantor and seven team members will join EP Wealth, and the move is intended to broaden the firm's planning and advisory capabilities for LongView's clients.

Clearstead Advisors has acquired Avalon Trust, a Santa Fe-based wealth management and trust firm, expanding Clearstead's presence in the Southwest and bolstering its trust capabilities. Avalon — which manages approximately $2 billion in assets and has 13 employees — will join Clearstead's platform, with Avalon leaders becoming partners and the combined firm overseeing roughly $28 billion in assets under advisement and management.

Allworth Financial has acquired UAS Wealth Advisors of Albuquerque, New Mexico; financial terms were not disclosed. UAS manages about $427 million in assets for roughly 290 clients and the deal expands Allworth's Southwest footprint while enabling a leadership succession plan for the UAS advisors.