06/17/2026
The advisors moving today aren't running from something. They're building toward something.
In 2025, more than 25,000 advisors managing over $3 trillion in client assets changed firms. By 2026, independent RIAs are projected to hold roughly a third of all advisor-managed assets, and the advisors leading that shift now cite scalability and control, not frustration, as the reason they made the move.
The story has changed. Independence is no longer the exit, it's the strategy. It's how entrepreneurial-minded advisors build enterprise value, own their growth, and create a legacy that's genuinely theirs.
That's the premise GCG Advisory Partners was built on.
Because we believe in Independence, Redefined.
Sources: Cerulli Associates (advisor movement and 2026 RIA asset-share projections); ISS Market Intelligence (drivers of breakaway moves).