Firmly Establishing One of the Most Robust Investment Banks in the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) Space
Providing Deep Industry Knowledge, Market Leading M&A Advisory, and Debt and Equity Financing as Strategic Growth Advisors to Clients Across Wealth and Asset Management
Dynasty Financial Partners, advocate of the independent wealth management movement, announced that Sam Anderson and Harris Baltch have been named Co-Heads of Dynasty Investment Bank. This announcement signifies the next stage in the development of the bank and the continued dynamic growth of Dynasty's industry-leading platform. Anderson and Baltch will report to Justin Weinkle, Dynasty's Chief Financial Officer, who was concurrently named chair of Dynasty's Capital Committee. This expansion of executive leadership will provide Dynasty Investment Bank with the increased focus, talent, and resources necessary to source the best opportunities and deliver optimal outcomes for its investment banking clients.
Officially launched in 2023, Dynasty Investment Bank provides specialized services to both wealth management and asset management firms, including merger and acquisition advice and execution to both buyers and sellers, capital underwriting, valuations, and succession planning. In 2024, the Dynasty Investment Bank advised on 15 M&A and capital-raising deals, which included cross-border public company M&A, domestic sell-side transactions, strategic recapitalizations, valuations, and capital-raising mandates.
Prior to joining Dynasty, Anderson and Baltch covered complementary sectors of the financial services industry as investment bankers at Goldman Sachs and UBS, respectively. During their combined careers, they have executed over $50 billion in M&A transaction value and over $100 billion in financing. During their three years at Dynasty, they have already collaborated on numerous transactions on behalf of the Dynasty Network. Dynasty Investment Bank exclusively advised Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL), a leading publicly traded global alternative asset manager, on its $200 million acquisition of Carlisle Management Co., an alternative asset manager based in Luxembourg. The deal closed in December 2024. More recently, the bank exclusively advised Jenkins Wealth, a Denver-based RIA with $250 million under management, on its January 2025 announced sale to Mariner, a Kansas-based RIA overseeing $258 billion nationwide.
According to Shirl Penney, Founder and CEO of Dynasty Financial Partners: "In a similar fashion as many areas of our business, the official launch of Dynasty Investment Bank two years ago and this expanded leadership team we announced today developed naturally from activity already underway supporting our network of firms. We are proud of the way our business has progressed through the alignment and close partnership we have with our clients. It's that same partnership mentality that Sam and Harris will embody as they expand Dynasty Investment Bank and execute on behalf of our clients. The potential for this area of our business is limitless."
Dynasty is one of the top liberators in the wealth management industry, helping advisors gain their independence while supporting them with tools to better grow their businesses and take better care of their clients. Dynasty's network consists mostly of clients who own and operate independent registered investment advisories (RIAs) that leverage Dynasty's integrated technology, services, robust turnkey asset management program (TAMP), digital lead generation services, capital solutions, and investment bank. This top tier, integrated RIA platform model provides synthetic scale and allows Dynasty-powered RIAs to be Independent But Not Alone™. Currently, Dynasty has 57 Network Partner firms representing over 500 advisors and over $105 billion in platform assets.
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About Dynasty Investment Bank
Dynasty Investment Bank is a leading investment bank dedicated to serving the asset and wealth management industry and is provided through Dynasty Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer, member FINRA/SIPC. Our firm specializes in buy-and sell-side M&A, succession planning strategies, strategic advisory services, valuations, and providing flexible capital solutions to help firms achieve their strategic objectives. As an affiliate of Dynasty Financial Partners, a premier wealth management technology middle and back-office service provider to over $100 billion in assets under administration across the US, our investment banking team leverages the synthetic scale to provide our clients with unique market perspectives and deliver high quality execution.
About Dynasty
Dynasty is a provider of technology-enabled wealth management solutions and business services for financial advisory firms primarily focused on serving high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients. Dynasty provides access to a comprehensive platform of software and technology tools, business services, and holistic investment management capabilities through an open-architecture platform delivered via a suite of proprietary and third-party technologies. Dynasty's technology, tools, and services provide advisory firms the supported independence to launch their business, scale their operations, and grow their firms — both organically and inorganically — while also allowing them to be more focused on and better equipped to serve their clients.
For nearly a decade and a half, Dynasty has championed the benefits of independent wealth management for high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients and has contributed to the movement of assets from traditional brokerage channels to the independent channels of wealth management. A recognized industry leader, Dynasty has differentiated itself by developing competitive strengths, including a deep understanding of and strong relationship with its clients; a comprehensive offering of services and technology-enabled solutions; the ability to leverage its size and breadth to invest; the flexibility and seamlessness enabled by a modular technology solution; an entrepreneurial culture; and an experienced and committed management team. Dynasty is committed to continually growing its business by facilitating existing advisory firm clients' growth, onboarding new clients, increasing clients' use of its broader capabilities, launching additional solutions, and facilitating complementary acquisitions.
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