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Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Lido Advisors, Stuart Chaussée & Associates

Editorial Staff December 10, 2025

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Lido Advisors, Stuart Chaussée & Associates

The latest news in investment offerings, financial products and other services relevant to wealth advisors and their clients.

Lido Advisors, a wealth advisory firm with more than $38 billion in regulatory assets under management (RAuM), is partnering with Stuart ChaussĂ©e & Associates, an independent wealth management firm based in Palos Verdes, California. 

SC&A has more than $500 million in RAuM and was founded by Stuart Chaussée.

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. 

Brightstar Law Group is serving as legal advisor to SC&A. Sidley Austin LLP is serving as legal advisor to Lido.

In November, Lido Advisors bought a New Jersey firm, Fountainhead Advisors, a wealth manager with more than $1.2 billion in regulatory assets under management (RAuM).

See this video interview from 2024 by this publication of Ken Stern, Lido's president.

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