Hightower Signature Wealth Adds $5 Billion Across Three Practices

Hightower Advisors has added Private Vista LLC, Hightower Great Lakes, and The McGuirk & De Nevi Group to Hightower Signature Wealth, its integrated wealth management platform, bringing a combined $5 billion in assets under management, six office locations, and more than 40 team members to the brand.

The additions bring Hightower Signature Wealth to approximately $35 billion in AUM, more than 140 advisers, and more than 40 locations nationwide as of June 30. Launched in 2025, the platform combines local advisory relationships with centralized investment management, operations, technology, compliance, marketing, and client service.

“These advisers share our commitment to delivering an exceptional client experience and recognize the value of giving advisers back more time in their days,” said Larry Restieri, chief executive officer of Hightower. “The continued growth of Hightower Signature Wealth reflects the demand for a wealth management model that combines local relationships with institutional-quality capabilities.”

Jim Weil, managing partner of Private Vista, said the move builds on a longstanding relationship with Hightower. Tim Scannell, managing partner of Hightower Great Lakes, cited the firm’s integrated platform, Hightower One, as a key factor in the decision. Michael De Nevi, managing partner of McGuirk & De Nevi, said the move gives his firm access to additional resources while preserving its client experience.

The transaction extends a period of rapid growth for Hightower under Restieri, who took over as chief executive in 2025 after leading Goldman Sachs’ Ayco business. Hightower said it has added more than $25 billion in AUM to the Signature Wealth brand so far in 2026 through internal and external acquisitions. The firm’s broader mergers and acquisitions activity this year has also included an agreement to acquire The Bahnsen Group, an affiliated registered investment adviser with approximately $9.5 billion in AUM, formalizing a relationship that began in 2015.

Hightower said it expects to announce additional acquisitions into Hightower Signature Wealth in the coming months.

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