Sequoia Monetary Group, an Akron, Ohio-headquartered registered funding advisor with greater than $21.5 billion in belongings beneath administration, has acquired Household Asset Administration, a Charleston, S.C.-based RIA with greater than $300 million in consumer belongings.
The deal expands Sequoia’s Southeast footprint, bringing the RIA to 16 workplaces in 10 states. This represents its seventh acquisition since 2023.
FAM was based in 2004, and it offers monetary planning and funding administration to high-net-worth shoppers, multi-generational households, companies and foundations. It’s led by Andrew Barrett, chief working officer and associate, and Dan Russler, chief funding officer and a founding associate.
“Turning into a part of Sequoia Monetary is the end result of a considerate, strategic seek for the suitable associate that can permit us to proceed our service-first strategy to wealth administration that we’ve had for twenty years,” mentioned Russler.
“With Sequoia Monetary and the specialised companies of the Sequoia Sentinel household workplace, we may have a broader and deeper set of assets and funding choices that can profit our shoppers, a lot of whom are multigenerational,” mentioned Barrett.
Sequoia launched its household workplace division, Sequoia Sentinel, late final yr for its ultra-high-net-worth shoppers. Sentinel represents about 55% of the agency’s belongings and serves shoppers with a minimal of $20 million.
This follows information in August that Sequoia acquired the wealth administration enterprise of Eide Bailly, an accounting agency in Fargo, N.D., which encompasses about $1.58 billion in consumer belongings. Eide Bailly’s RIA will develop into a part of Sequoia, and the accounting agency will take a stake in Sequoia.
