Hightower Signature Adds 3 Firms, Lifting AUM to $35 Billion

3 articles · Updated · Wealth Management · Jul 7

$5 billion in client assets, six locations and more than 40 team members moved into Hightower Signature Wealth through the additions of Private Vista, Hightower Great Lakes and The McGuirk & De Nevi Group.
The branded W-2 channel, launched in October 2025, now spans about $35 billion in assets, more than 140 advisors and 40 locations after adding more than $25 billion this year from internal and external deals.
Hightower built the latest expansion partly from existing ties: it invested in Private Vista in 2020, while Hightower Great Lakes joined the network in 2009 and McGuirk & De Nevi in 2010.
The push is a key part of CEO Larry Restieri's strategy to turn selected partner firms and recruits into a more integrated national wealth business that can compete more directly with large RIAs.

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