Good Life Companies, one of the nation’s fastest-growing independent hybrid RIA firms, announced the successful recruitment of two independent financial advisor businesses to its platform with approximately $150 million in total client assets. Former bank channel financial advisor Paul Castro has launched Pathway Wealth Management, an independent practice affiliated with Good Life Companies. At the same time, Erik Steudle, CRPC®, APMA®, also a seasoned former bank channel advisor, has joined Good Life of NOVA (Northern Virginia), an independent team affiliated with Good Life Companies, as a Senior Partner.
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Based in Reading, Pennsylvania, Good Life Companies is a national network of over 200 financial advisors and 350 insurance professionals with offices in 42 states, overseeing over $4 billion in total client assets. With the additions of Mr. Castro and Mr. Steudle, Good Life has added approximately $415 million over the last 12 months.
With a home office team of over 40 professionals, Good Life Companies delivers a comprehensive range of services to its affiliated advisors, spanning everything from financial planning and investment research to group medical insurance, business coaching and lead generation. By going above and beyond what is traditionally available across the independent wealth management space, Good Life Companies provides independent financial advisors with a glide path to accelerated business growth and success.
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Conor Delaney, CEO of Good Life Companies, said, “We are thrilled to welcome Paul and Erik to the Good Life community, and to support their ability to spread their wings and reach their full potential for growth and success. At the core of our organization is a commitment to providing our financial advisors with the ability to lead a truly good life – In what they can accomplish, how they can grow, and how their clients are served. By bringing together a culture of service versus a culture of sales, a unique level of advisor support from day one, and an ability to continuously create the right solutions for different types of advisors, Good Life Companies is increasingly recognized as the new gold standard for what independent advisors expect and deserve.”
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