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We are pleased to present the Monthly Report of Recently Registered RIAs - July 2026.
We are continuously blown away by the large number of newly independent wealth management RIAs and investment firms from the SEC report with a total of 100.
As part of our monthly process, our data team reviewed and scrubbed this month’s raw file of new filings, identifying 75 wealth manager RIAs. We then researched the appropriate contacts and related information before uploading everything to Dakota Marketplace.
Over the past decade, the RIA market has grown fivefold, and Dakota’s real-time database of 17,000+ RIAs delivers the insights and connections firms need to stay ahead in a rapidly expanding investment landscape.
In this article we’re giving you 10 noteworthy and newly independent RIAs that we’ve added to our marketplace.
To view all newly independent wealth management RIAs and key contact information, book a demo of Dakota Marketplace here.
Top 10 RIAs from July 2026
1. Ravenstone Capital Management Inc.
- AUM: $370.8M
- Metro Area: Toronto, ON
Founded in 2019 and led by CEO Daymon Loeb, CIM — who spent nearly two decades at Dynamic Funds and 1832 Asset Management (Scotiabank) before co-founding the firm — Ravenstone Capital Management is a boutique investment management and advisory firm serving high-net-worth families. The firm specializes in managing equity and balanced portfolios, tailoring asset allocation strategies to each client's investment objectives, income needs, time horizon, liquidity requirements, and risk tolerance. Its integrated advisory platform extends to estate planning, proactive tax and multigenerational planning, and business and family governance, positioning the firm as a comprehensive financial partner for affluent families rather than a standalone portfolio manager.
- AUM: $301.0M
- Metro Area: Cambridge, UK
Headway Wealth is a UK-based independent financial advisory firm authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, providing cross-border financial planning and investment advisory services to British expats and internationally mobile individuals. Through its affiliated entity Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited, the firm delivers SEC-registered investment advisory services to US-based clients. Its advisory platform covers pension planning, investment management, tax-efficient structuring, estate planning, insurance, and mortgage and property financing, with a particular focus on the complexities faced by individuals moving between the UK and US tax and regulatory environments.
3. Paladin Partners
- AUM: $198.5M
- Metro Area: Milwaukee, WI
Paladin Partners is an independent, fee-only RIA led by Managing Partner Bill Baxter, serving entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals with comprehensive financial planning, portfolio management, pension consulting, and adviser selection services. The firm acts as a capital allocator, selecting third-party managers when appropriate, and offers flexible fee arrangements across percentage-of-AUM, hourly, and fixed-fee structures. Services span general retirement planning, income planning, annuities, wealth management, and tax-loss harvesting, with a planning-first process focused on goal clarification, written plan development, implementation, and ongoing review.
4. Aeternitas Investment Management, LLC
- AUM: $172.5M
- Metro Area: Philadelphia, PA
Aeternitas Investment Management is a Philadelphia-area RIA providing discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals, families, and institutional clients. As a newly SEC-registered firm, Aeternitas reflects the continued migration of experienced advisors into the independent fiduciary model. Its name — Latin for "eternity" — signals a long-term, multigenerational orientation to wealth management, consistent with the firm's focus on durable portfolio construction and comprehensive client planning across the full wealth lifecycle.
5. The Financial Zen Group, Inc.
- AUM: $167.6M
- Metro Area: San Francisco, CA
Founded by Richard Valenzi, The Financial Zen Group is a San Francisco-based firm that specializes in financial planning, investment management, and wealth management for Gen X and Gen Y professionals and young families navigating financial complexity. The firm's advisory platform includes its Foundations Program, Foundations Fast Track, Mastery Program, and Retirement Planning services, reflecting a structured, life-stage-oriented approach to building financial health. Valenzi holds both a California State Bar license and a Bureau of Real Estate license alongside his investment advisory registrations, reflecting the breadth of financial disciplines the firm draws on in serving clients.
6. J.P. Capital Management, Inc.
- AUM: $166.6M
- Metro Area: Portland, OR
J.P. Capital Management is an investment management advisory firm serving high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and pension plans. Led by Jason Polansky, CFA®, the firm provides discretionary portfolio management for individuals and small businesses with a focus on personalized, long-term investment strategies. The firm's client base spans approximately 43 accounts per advisor, reflecting a high-touch service model consistent with its focus on HNW individuals and institutional clients with complex investment management requirements.
7. River Raisin Investment Partners
- AUM: $163.5M
- Metro Area: Detroit, MI
River Raisin Investment Partners is an independent fiduciary RIA built on the principle that true wealth management requires both a disciplined investment approach and comprehensive personal planning delivered under one relationship. Led by advisor Scott Burns, who brings 19 years of industry experience including prior roles at LPL Financial and Fifth Third Securities, the firm provides portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, and business entities. Its investment strategy employs ETFs, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, and other securities, with accounts reviewed regularly to maintain alignment with client objectives and risk tolerance.
8. KI Capital Wealth Management US LLC
- AUM: $145.9M
- Metro Area: Miami, FL
KI Capital Wealth Management US is the SEC-registered US entity of KI Capital, a wealth management platform serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families across international markets. Operating out of Miami — a hub for cross-border Latin American and international private wealth — the firm provides discretionary investment management and advisory services with a focus on globally diversified portfolio construction, multigenerational wealth planning, and family governance. Miami's position as a gateway between North and Latin America makes it a strategically important market for internationally oriented wealth management practices of this type.
9. EGSI Investment Management
- AUM: $144.7M
- Metro Area: Columbus, OH
EGSI Investment Management, led by President and Founder Ed Siddell, is a Dublin, Ohio-based RIA serving individuals, trusts, estates, businesses, non-profit organizations, and institutional public funds across retirement planning, wealth accumulation, asset protection, and insurance planning. The firm applies a top-down, economic and cyclical framework to set strategic allocations and makes tactical adjustments as market conditions evolve, offering model portfolios ranging from Capital Preservation to Aggressive Growth using mutual funds, ETFs, and insurance-linked vehicles. EGSI also provides fiduciary retirement plan services in 3(21) and 3(38) roles, and its advisory team hosts The Retirement Trainer podcast, reflecting a strong client education ethos alongside its investment management practice.
10. Stability Partners Advisory Group, LLC
- AUM: $140.9M
- Metro Area: Houston, TX
Founded by Jean and Bryan, Stability Partners Advisory Group is a fee-based fiduciary RIA built around retirement income planning, annuities, and safe money alternatives for clients approaching or in retirement. Its investment platform is centered on third-party model portfolios — spanning strategic, tactical, preservation, and private wealth models — alongside ERISA plan advisory services, co-advisor arrangements with a registered portfolio manager, and personalized asset allocation built around each client's risk tolerance, income needs, and retirement objectives.
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