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Arax Adds Pinnacle Peak Private Client Group to Ashton Thomas
Arax Adds Pinnacle Peak Private Client Group to Ashton Thomas

Arax Investment Partners today announced that Pinnacle Peak Private Client Group (“Pinnacle Peak”) has joined Ashton Thomas Private Wealth (“Ashton Thomas”).

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AGM ALTS WEEKLY: PRIVATE EQUITY’S NEW ERA
AGM ALTS WEEKLY: PRIVATE EQUITY’S NEW ERA

Good morning from Washington, D.C. I’ve just returned from a week in Florida where I interviewed Arax Investment Partners Founder and CEO Haig Ariyan at PEI NEXUS as part of the conference’s Private Wealth Forum.

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$40B Arax Partners to ‘Turn Up Dial’ on Recruiting Breakaway Advisor Teams
$40B Arax Partners to ‘Turn Up Dial’ on Recruiting Breakaway Advisor Teams

CEO Haig Ariyan and his Arax Partners will be leaning into W-2 advisor team recruiting this year as he sees autonomy, economic incentives and wealthtech advancements making the RIA space ripe for breakaways.

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Arax Acquires $1.5B Cleveland RIA Led by Carina Diamond
Arax Acquires $1.5B Cleveland RIA Led by Carina Diamond

Arax has purchased GFP Private Wealth, expanding its Midwest presence, from its previous owner, 4100 Group Financial Services.

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Arax Investment Partners Acquires $1.5 Billion Cleveland Advisory Firm
Arax Investment Partners Acquires $1.5 Billion Cleveland Advisory Firm

The acquisition of GFP Private Wealth adds a team of 27 to Arax’s fast-growing operation.

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Arax’s Ashton Thomas Adds $1.5B Team, Names New CIO
Arax’s Ashton Thomas Adds $1.5B Team, Names New CIO

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth, an Arax-owned RIA, acquired asset and wealth manager Day Hagan and is tapping its co-founder as chief investment officer.

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U.S. Capital Wealth Ranked #1 on AdvizorPro’s List of Top 10 Independent RIAs in Houston
U.S. Capital Wealth Ranked #1 on AdvizorPro’s List of Top 10 Independent RIAs in Houston

Arax Investment Partners (“Arax” or the “Company”), a premier wealth platform company backed by RedBird Capital Partners (“RedBird”), is pleased to announce that partner firm U.S. Capital Wealth (“USCW”) was ranked first on AdvizorPro’s 2025 list of the Top 10 Independent RIAs in Houston.

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Arax Chief Growth Officer Amy Rizzo Named Finalist for ThinkAdvisor’s M&A Leader of the Year Award 2025
Arax Chief Growth Officer Amy Rizzo Named Finalist for ThinkAdvisor’s M&A Leader of the Year Award 2025

Arax Investment Partners (“Arax” or the “Company”), a premier wealth and asset management platform company with over $32 billion in AUM/A backed by RedBird Capital Partners (“RedBird”), today celebrated its Chief Growth Officer, Amy Rizzo, who was named a finalist for the 2025 ThinkAdvisor M&A Leader of the Year Luminaries award.

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Arax Partner Firms Named to Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms 2025
Arax Partner Firms Named to Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms 2025

Ashton Thomas and U.S. Capital Wealth secured top two rankings in the Southwest

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RedBird’s sports playbook fuels RIA growth for $30 billion Arax Investment Partners
RedBird’s sports playbook fuels RIA growth for $30 billion Arax Investment Partners

RedBird’s pedigree investing in sports and media has been thematically an important part of what we’re building,” Arax CEO Haig Ariyan told InvestmentNews.

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Why leading RIAs are choosing Arax as their growth partner
Why leading RIAs are choosing Arax as their growth partner

Earlier this month, Schechter Investment Advisors, a Birmingham, Mich.-based registered investment advisor with $4 billion in assets under management, announced its sale to Arax Investment Partners, a wealth management platform backed by private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners.

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Arax Buys $4 Billion RIA in Michigan
Arax Buys $4 Billion RIA in Michigan

Arax is acquiring another firm that specializes in multigenerational wealth planning and alternative investments.

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