{"id":624887,"date":"2026-10-09T01:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624887\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T01:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T01:06:11","slug":"hightower-signature-folds-in-1b-michigan-based-ria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624887\/","title":{"rendered":"Hightower Signature Folds in $1B Michigan-based RIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">Hightower Signature Wealth, the branded W-2 RIA for Hightower Advisors, announced its sixth affiliate advisor addition with a deal to add Synergy Capital Solutions, a Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based RIA with $1 billion in assets under management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">The move brings Hightower Signature Wealth\u2019s total AUM to $40 billion across more than 160 advisors and 35 locations nationwide. It has made four external acquisitions to date, and last January <a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthmanagement.com\/ria-news\/hightower-signature-wealth-channel-adds-five-advisor-practices\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced five partner firms had joined<\/a>, not including Dallas-based affiliate Frontier Investment Management, which had seeded the new channel in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">The brand\u2019s continued growth is fulfilling a goal that CEO Larry Restieri set when he<a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthmanagement.com\/ria-news\/hightower-launches-ria-channel-called-hightower-signature-wealth\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> launched the division about one year ago<\/a>. In September, Restieri <a class=\"ContentText-BodyTextChunk ContentText-BodyTextChunk_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthmanagement.com\/ria-news\/hightower-advisors-names-marco-de-freitas-president\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">appointed the first president <\/a>of the division, Jennifer Frazier, who had previously been a partner at Frontier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">\u201cSynergy has built its practice around the idea that wealth should enable clients to live with greater purpose and confidence,\u201d Frazier said in a statement. \u201cThis philosophy is one we share, and we are thrilled to build on our longstanding relationship as we formally welcome the Synergy team to HTSW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"related-article\" class=\"RelatedArticle\">Related:<a class=\"RelatedArticle-RelatedContent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wealthmanagement.com\/ria-news\/mercer-advisors-completes-19-billion-refinancing\" target=\"_self\" data-discover=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mercer Advisors Completes $1.9B Debt Refinancing, Adds $340M Credit Facility<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">Synergy, which had been a Hightower partner since 2017, will bring 15 employees to Hightower Signature Wealth, including seven advisors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">The firm was co-founded by CEO and Chief Investment Officer Mark Burns, who said in a statement that the move will give Synergy a \u201cstronger foundation to carry on the legacy we have created over the past 42 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ContentParagraph ContentParagraph_align_left\" data-testid=\"content-paragraph\">The firm also has offices in Naples, Fla., and Lebanon, Pa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hightower Signature Wealth, the branded W-2 RIA for Hightower Advisors, announced its sixth affiliate advisor addition with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,111,139,69,244,245],"class_list":["post-624887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}