Plymouth, Minnesota-based Wealth Enhancement Group acquired Oakwood Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based independent RIA with $1.04 billion in total client assets.
The purchase, which closed on June 30, boosted Wealth Enhancement Group's advisor count to 224 and total client assets to $37.23 billion in client brokerage, advisory and trust assets as of July 1, it said on Thursday.
Oakwood was the firm's second Southern California acquisition, following its purchase of Pillar Pacific Capital Management on June 1. Other acquisitions by Wealth Enhancement Group this year included Reby Advisors, an RIA based in Danbury, Connecticut, with about $727 million in client brokerage and advisory assets, announced in January.
The latest acquisition "demonstrates that Wealth Enhancement Group is moving quickly to build significant local scale in the strategically critical Southern California market," it said.
Oakwood was founded in 1998 by Bruce Mandel, its CEO and president, and has five financial advisors among its 14 employees. The RIA specializes in wealth management, investment management, asset management and financial planning for a mostly West Coast-based book of clients. The practice serves high-net-worth professionals, retirees and younger, tech-savvy clients.
The RIA is now called the Oakwood Team at Wealth Enhancement Group, and Mandel is its managing director.
