Top 10 RIA Firms in the San Francisco Metro Area

One of the biggest problems when selling to the RIA (Registered Investment Adviser) marketplace is the sheer size of the channel. The RIA marketplace across the United States consists of over 36,000 firms, which means that while there are plenty to choose from when looking for new clients, shrinking the list down to only those that allocate to outside managers is key. For example, here at Dakota, where we’ve raised over $6 billion from over 350 RIAs, and we qualify and curate our list to only RIAs that allocate to outside managers (which are the firms we sell for).

In an effort to help narrow down the sheer size of the market, we’ve put together a list of the top 10 RIAs in each major metro area across the country. To determine our list, we looked for three things:

1.  An AUM above $200 million
2.  A dedicated analyst team
3.  An RIA that actively allocates capital to outside investment management firms

We have qualified 59 RIAs with AUMs ranging from $41B to $175M in San Francisco that meet our criteria. We actively call on these RIAs, and all 59 are in our “shared CRM database,” Dakota Marketplace. Below are the top 10 RIAs from that list. However, this is by no means a “best of” list, as there are so many high quality RIAs in San Francisco and around the country. We just wanted to give you a place to start.  

1. Iconiq Capital
   AUM: $39,000,000,000
   http://www.iconiqcapital.com/  
    
2. Hall Capital Partners
   AUM: $36,253,881,136
   http://www.hallcapital.com/   
    
3. Makena Capital Management
   AUM: $22,000,000,000
   https://www.makenacap.com/ 
    
4. Northside Capital Management
   AUM: $5,025,270,346
   http://northsidecap.com/   
    
5. Wetherby Asset Management
   AUM: $4,851,933,986
   http://www.wetherby.com/
     
6. Bordeaux Wealth Advisors
   AUM: $2,476,129,264
   https://bordeauxwealthadvisors.com/  
    
7. EPIQ Capital Group
   AUM: $1,613,073,371
   https://epiqcg.com/  
    
8. Robertson Stephens Wealth Management
   AUM: $1,300,000,000
   https://rscapital.com/ 
    
9. Bitterroot Capital Advisors, LLC
   AUM: $1,083,114,004 
   http://www.bitterrootcapital.com/ 
    
10. Gordian Wealth Advisors
    AUM: $210,847,345 
    http://gordianwa.com/