Tuck-in

In the tuck-in model, an advisor or small team joins an existing RIA and operates under that firm’s registration and compliance framework instead of maintaining their own — skipping their own Form ADV filing and the SEC registration wait. It is a common path for advisors who want independence from a wirehouse without the overhead of building and running a firm.

Operationally, a tuck-in still requires repapering the incoming book onto the acquiring firm’s custodian and systems — the same data collection, form-filling, and ACATS transfers as any other transition, just absorbed by the acquirer’s operations team. Doing that without adding headcount is exactly where transition automation earns its keep.