Watch as Founder and Co-Chairman, Eric Schwartz, shares why internal control matters and how Cambridge plans to remain committed to independence.
As a financial advisor, you need the flexibility to make decisions that most benefit your clients and your practice.
This is why the influx of merger and acquisition activity in the financial services industry is so unsettling. Consolidation can rob you of your independence — the control and the flexibility to run your practice your way. More concerning, it can blindside you and come when you least expect it.
That’s why aligning with a broker-dealer/RIA that is internally controlled and positioned to protect the independence of its financial advisors is so important.
In The Pillars of True Independence white paper, you will read about:
$1.87B
Total Revenue1
$185B
Assets Under Advisement (AUA)2
3,800
Producing Financial Advisors
900
Associates
1981
Founded In3
No. 7
Largest independent
broker-dealer4
No. 9
Independent broker-dealer in
total account assets5
No. 9
Fastest-growing independent
broker-dealer6
*All data as of 3/31/25
1 Year-to-date actual annualized
2 AUA (Assets Under Advisement) reflects fee-based and independent RIA assets plus commission assets.
3 Cambridge and its predecessor broker-dealer.
4 Based on total revenue. Ranking received in InvestmentNews Magazine's 2024 independent broker-dealer industry survey rankings.
5 Ranking received in Financial Planning Magazine’s 2024 IBD Elite survey rankings.
6 Based on revenue growth. Ranking received in Financial Planning Magazine's 2024 IBD Elite survey rankings.
Since Eric Schwartz founded the firm in 19811, Cambridge has helped financial advisors serve clients and build their businesses. Our mutual independence allows financial advisors control by offering a flexible range of products, solutions, technology platforms, and more.
Everybody talks about helping financial advisors and enterprise leaders grow, but Cambridge actually does it. I don’t know of another firm that has the coaching, recruiting support, and product footprint that Cambridge has.
Greg Raines
TAG Advisors
I was like a kid at a candy store when I first got to Cambridge because we had so many products and sponsors to choose from. We never had that before. I was previously in a captive environment and had limited selection and shelf space. When I came to Cambridge, that all changed.
Monte Ferguson
Pivotal Financial Advisors
Kindness is very important to me and is another big positive reason why I enjoy my time at Cambridge. I've always been impressed with the culture and felt very welcomed here.
Lisa Sappenfield Boyer
Boyer and Sappenfield Investment Advisors
1Cambridge and its predecessor broker-dealer.
Testimonials may not be representative of the experience of other financial professionals and are no guarantee of future performance or success.
Get our succession strategy outlining Cambridge’s commitment to internal control and preserving the independence of the financial advisors we serve.
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