Pitcairn Acquires Brightside Partners

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March 12, 2025

On January 29, 2025, Pitcairn announced that it acquired Brightside Partners.

Pitcairn announced, on January 29, 2025, that it acquired Brightside Partners (“Brightside”) and launched a new registered investment advisor, Pitcairn Wealth Advisors LLC. Under the terms of the transaction, Brightside’s three partners, Pace Kessenich, Ryan Pollard, and Justin Bakewell, will join Pitcairn’s Strategic Leadership Council. Further terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Pitcairn, based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, is a family office providing wealth management services to ultra-high-net-worth families. With the addition of Brightside, Pitcairn has over $9 billion in assets under advisement.

Brightside, based in Baltimore, Maryland, is a registered investment advisor that provides wealth solutions to business owners and entrepreneurs, general partners, and families of multigenerational wealth. Brightside has over $2.5 billion in assets under advisement.

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