Kestra Financial

Kestra Financial is an industry-leading independent broker-dealer/RIA platform committed to cultivating a collaborative culture of like-minded, high-performing financial advisors. We equip our premier advisor network with best-in-class resources, innovative technology, and award-winning support so they can create scalable growth and provide deeper value to their clients.

Kestra Financial is a complete wealth management platform that operates as both a registered broker-dealer (Kestra Investment Services) and a registered investment adviser (Kestra Advisory Services), allowing advisors to offer a full range of investment solutions.

Kestra combines the scale and resources of a national firm with the personalized support of a boutique partner—empowering advisors to deliver an exceptional client experience without sacrificing independence.

Kestra Private Wealth Services is an independent hybrid registered investment advisor established for the purpose of empowering wirehouse advisors to achieve independence and build equity in their own businesses. Kestra PWS was established by wirehouse veterans who are experts at independence. Our fully supported model is designed to remove barriers of entry for wirehouse and W2 advisors to achieve independence. This includes the technology, equipment, compliance, real estate, and staffing foundation advisors need to evolve their businesses to new levels.

Kestra Financial supports a collaborative community of established top-tier independent wealth management firms serving clients as a hybrid or traditional RIA. Kestra Private Wealth Services is an end-to-end service partner that offers a turnkey model for advisors looking to leave the wirehouse, who want independence but prefer operational and infrastructure support. Both sets of advisors are fully supported by Kestra Financial’s platform, tools and technology.

Kestra supports 1,400+ independent financial professionals, including solo practitioners, teams and ensemble organizations, and wirehouse exiters.

Kestra Financial is headquartered in Austin, Texas with a secondary home office location in Tempe, Arizona.

Kestra Financial is a part of Kestra Holdings, a multi-channel, nationwide wealth management ecosystem committed to delivering an end-to-end suite of solutions to independent financial advisors.

Kestra was established as a broker dealer in 1997 a part of NFP. In 2016, Stone Point Capital, a leading private equity firm, supported our spin-out as a private company from NFP. Today, Stone Point Capital remains the majority investor, along with minority equity positions held by the Kestra Holdings management team, a large number of Kestra-affiliated advisors, and private equity firm Oak Hill Capital.

We’re guided by our mission of powering financial independence and our core values of SERVE, MAKE IT HAPPEN, and ONE TEAM. That means we stay ahead of advisor and client needs, act with urgency to deliver meaningful results, and work collaboratively to achieve shared goals.

Kestra partners with experienced, growth-minded financial advisors from across the country who are looking for the flexibility of independence with the strength of a national platform. We are committed to serving the highest quality of advisors instead of the largest quantity, which separates us and our advisor network from other firms. To learn more about working with us, use our contact form, email us at advisors@kestraholdings.com or call 800-508-7626.

Interested financial professionals should start by connecting with our business development team so that we can learn more about your practice, goals, and client base. From there, we design transition plans to minimize disruption and maximize long-term success. To learn more about working with us, use our contact form, email us at advisors@kestraholdings.com or call 800-508-7626.

As part of Kestra Holdings, advisors on the Kestra Financial and Kestra Private Wealth Services platforms can tap into a broad network of affiliated companies and specialized services. These include Kestra Investment Management for investment solutions and market insights, Arden Trust for personal trust services, Kestra Insurance Planning for comprehensive insurance strategies, and Bluespring Wealth Partners for M&A, monetization and succession support.

Advisors also have access to a robust set of resources to help them optimize their businesses including a team of transition consultants to help move books of business to Kestra while retaining clients, a team of business consulting and practice management experts to help optimize growth, a team of CFP® professionals and paraplanners to supplement financial planning capabilities, a proprietary technology platform that acts as the centralized hub for all activities, and a dedicated team of service specialists that help ensure firms run smoothly day-to-day.

Transition packages are discussed on an individual basis with each advisor we are recruiting. We’ll always be competitive with firms that have a business mix we can serve well and are culturally aligned with the Kestra community. TTo learn more about working with us, use our contact form, email us at advisors@kestraholdings.com or call 800-508-7626.

Most advisors complete onboarding in 60–90 days, with dedicated support from our transition team every step of the way. To learn more about working with us, use our contact form, email us at advisors@kestraholdings.com or call 800-508-7626.

Kestra Investment Services, LLC is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Kestra Advisory Services, LLC is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

As a network of companies that power the financial independence of wealth management professionals and firms, Kestra equips its advisors with expert consulting, resources, technology, and support so they can create scalable growth and provide deeper value to their end clients. To learn more about working with us, use our contact form, email us at advisors@kestraholdings.com or call 800-508-7626.