Focus Financial Partners, an independent wealth management firms, has added Gratus Capital Management as partner firm in Atlanta.
With over $800 million in client assets, Gratus provides investment and wealth management services to clients in Atlanta, and Palm Beach, Sarasota, and Naples, Fla.
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"Gratus’ high-touch client-centric service model and entrepreneurial spirit makes them a natural addition to our partnership," said Rajini Kodialam, co-founder and managing director of Focus. "Focus has successfully supported more than 40 mergers for our partner firms and we plan to do the same for Gratus as they look to acquire new talent to further establish a regional presence in Georgia and Florida."
Founded in 2006 and based in Atlanta, Gratus Capital Management, has grown to become one of the most successful RIAs in the greater Atlanta region through providing comprehensive wealth management services to its predominantly high net worth clients. Hank McLarty founded the firm in early 2006, after departing from Morgan Stanley where his practice was one of the most successful in the nation, earning him the recognition of a Barron’s Top 100 Advisor.
"Our decision to join Focus was influenced by their entrepreneurial business model and the depth and quality of the partnership providing capabilities and resources in satisfying our growth objectives," said Hank McLarty, founder and president at Gratus. "As a partner firm, Focus provides us with the capital and deal expertise to grow through strategic acquisitions, while still allowing us to maintain our boutique service model and focus on our clients."
Since founding Gratus, Hank has been part of the "Best of Best" Financial Advisors at Barron’s Winners Circle Summit and he has led Gratus to be recognized as one of the Top Ten Wealth Managers in Atlanta, and Top 10 NAPFA Fee-Only Advisors in Atlanta (2011, 2012). Hank has been quoted in several industry publications and has been featured as an "expert on the markets" on the CNN Saturday Morning Show with Randi Kaye.
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By GlobalDataGratus has ten total employees, which includes Hank and three other advisors, who bring more than 100 years of combined investment and wealth management experience to their client base. In 2013, InvestmentNews magazine recognized the team as one of the Top RIAs – Largest Fee-Only Registered Investment Advisory Firms in the U.S.
