RIA Edge: EP Wealth’s Ryan Parker on Natural Progress, Acquisitions

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On this episode of the RIA Edge Podcast, David Armstrong, managing director of editorial and content material methods for the Wealth Administration Group at Informa, talks with Ryan Parker, CEO of EP Wealth, on the corporate’s strong progress in recent times by considering large however retaining small. Sensible acquisitions and steering their focus towards providing family-office stage providers has made complete monetary planning enticing to a broader clientele.  

Particularly, David and Ryan focus on:

• His skilled journey from the asset administration aspect of the enterprise to the advisory aspect, with stints at LPL Monetary and as CEO of Edelman Monetary Providers.
• The challenges of mixing an M&A technique with a double-digit natural progress price that has seen the agency develop in AUM by virtually 10X in six years. 
• How the agency approaches acquisitions, balancing native autonomy for the acquired companies with a construction of a nationwide RIA, and embedding transition groups with the focused RIA earlier than the deal closes.
• The imaginative and prescient to turn out to be the “household workplace” for the “millionaire-next-door,” partially by bringing tax preparation and belief and property providers in home. 

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As CEO of EP Wealth, Ryan is energized by the chance to create circumstances for others’ success, which he considers the best contribution any chief could make.

Ryan joined EP Wealth Advisors in 2021 and has been keen about serving to individuals obtain their objectives for over twenty-five years. Beforehand, Ryan was President and CEO of Wealth Administration at Residents Financial institution, CEO of Edelman Monetary Providers, and a Managing Director at LPL Monetary. Earlier than turning his focus to wealth administration, he started his profession on the asset administration aspect at Putnam Funding, Franklin Templeton Investments, and Russell Investments. Ryan has been energetic in different elements of the trade as properly, beforehand serving as Vice Chairman for Lefteris Acquisition Corp. and as an advisor to numerous personal fairness, enterprise capital, and administration consulting companies.

Ryan earned a B.A. from the College of Michigan, and a Certificates in Finance and Accounting from Stanford Graduate College of Enterprise

Ryan lives together with his spouse and three youngsters in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.