Top 10 RIA Firms in the Dallas 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 25 RIAs with AUMs ranging from $25B to $81M in Dallas that meet our criteria. We actively call on these RIAs, and all 25 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 Dallas and around the country. We just wanted to give you a place to start.

1. First Command Financial Planning
AUM: $25,000,000,000
https://www.firstcommand.com/ 

2. Avantax Wealth Management
AUM: $9,997,015,164
https://www.avantaxwealth.com/ 

3. Tolleson Private Wealth Management
AUM: $2,411,135,433
http://www.tollesonwealth.com/ 

4. True North Advisors, Inc.
AUM: $2,000,000,000
http://truenorthadvisors.com/ 

5. Crow Holdings Capital
AUM: $10,641,043,456
http://www.crowholdingscapital.com/ 

6. Lee Financial
AUM: $1,124,605,809
https://www.leefin.com/ 

7. View Capital
AUM: $1,003,350,773
http://www.view-cap.com/ 

8. Diesslin Group Inc.
AUM: $799,758,005
http://diesslin.com/ 

9. Annandale Capital, LLC
AUM: $629,292,500
http://www.annandalecap.com/

10. HFS Wealth Management
AUM: $624,615,188
http://hfs-wm.com/index.html