{"id":870222,"date":"2025-08-04T14:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/washington-trust-welcomes-lighthouse-financial-clients-and-team-in-strategic-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:15:35","slug":"washington-trust-welcomes-lighthouse-financial-clients-and-team-in-strategic-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/washington-trust-welcomes-lighthouse-financial-clients-and-team-in-strategic-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Trust welcomes Lighthouse Financial clients and team in strategic acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-location\">WESTERLY, R.I.<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 4, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4480934-1&amp;h=83167225&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washtrust.com%2F&amp;a=Washington+Trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Washington Trust<\/a> Advisors, Inc. has finalized a transaction with <span class=\"xn-location\">Westerly<\/span>-based Lighthouse Financial Management, LLC, an advisory firm with assets under management valued at approximately <b><span class=\"xn-money\">$190 million<\/span><\/b>, resulting in the Lighthouse Financial team joining Washington Trust Wealth Management. The\u00a0deal closed on <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 31<\/span> and supports Washington Trust&#8217;s focus on growing its wealth management division.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2743506\/WT_ICON_type_Whatwevalue_Master_2024_WT_ICON_type_WealthMgt___4C_FLAT_stacked.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2743506\/WT_ICON_type_Whatwevalue_Master_2024_WT_ICON_type_WealthMgt___4C_FLAT_stacked.jpg\" title=\"Washington Trust Wealth Management\" alt=\"Washington Trust Wealth Management\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. is a Registered Investment Advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Trust Company and operates under the name &#8220;Washington Trust Wealth Management.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lighthouse Financial is a registered wealth advisory firm that provides investment, tax and retirement planning services.\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Stephen C. Poplaski<\/span>, PhD, CPA, CFP\u00ae established the financial management firm in 2003, after operating his own public accounting and tax service firm for more than 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stephen and his team bring client-focused experience in tax and business planning, as well as unique expertise in behavioral personal finance and planning, to Washington Trust Wealth Management,&#8221; <b>said Executive Vice President and Chief Wealth Management Officer <span class=\"xn-person\">Kathleen Ryan<\/span><\/b>. &#8220;We are excited by the opportunities presented with combining our firms. Our expanded team and recent investments in technology will provide clients with additional resources to enhance their service experience.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Poplaski and several other colleagues will join the Washington Trust Wealth Management team through this transaction, including: Vice President and Wealth Advisor <span class=\"xn-person\">Aaron Wade<\/span>, CFP\u00ae, Enrolled Agent <span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Drechsler-Martell<\/span>, and Wealth Associate and Enrolled Agent Larry &#8220;Matt&#8221; Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>ABOUT\u00a0WASHINGTON\u00a0TRUST WEALTH MANAGEMENT<\/b><br \/>\n        <sup>\u00ae<br \/><\/sup>Washington Trust Wealth Management (&#8220;WTWM&#8221;) is a premier regional wealth advisory group with more than\u00a0$7.2 billion\u00a0in assets under administration, as of\u00a0June 30, 2025. WTWM provides client-focused financial solutions to individuals, families, foundations, endowments, municipalities, and businesses. WTWM delivers customized financial planning, broad investment management, and full trust services to clients from its offices in\u00a0Rhode Island,\u00a0Massachusetts, and\u00a0Connecticut. Washington Trust Wealth Management is a registered trademark of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4480934-1&amp;h=2447670683&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fc212.net%252Fc%252Flink%252F%253Ft%253D0%2526l%253Den%2526o%253D3359070-1%2526h%253D1062489358%2526u%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.washtrust.com%25252F%2526a%253DThe%252BWashington%252BTrust%252BCompany%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cclbirchell%2540washtrust.com%257C57591ced119c4aa240d108ddaffd3ffe%257Ce5f8170454f345c09d6b4e5cc08d57a3%257C0%257C0%257C638860224756420773%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DtupGB1QRO4sAEEG2iulpSrkbuJcenJOUPzHgVhJX9x8%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;a=The+Washington+Trust+Company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>The Washington Trust Company<\/b><\/a>, \u00a0which has licensed its use to its parent, affiliates, and subsidiaries, including Washington Trust Advisors, Inc., an SEC-registered investment adviser. 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The\u00a0deal closed on July 31 and supports Washington Trust&#8217;s focus on growing its wealth management division. Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. is a Registered Investment Advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Trust Company and operates under the name &#8220;Washington Trust Wealth Management.&#8221;\u00a0 Lighthouse Financial is a registered wealth advisory firm that provides investment, tax and retirement planning services.\u00a0 Stephen C. Poplaski, PhD, CPA, CFP\u00ae established the financial management firm in 2003, after operating &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/washington-trust-welcomes-lighthouse-financial-clients-and-team-in-strategic-acquisition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Washington Trust welcomes Lighthouse Financial clients and team in strategic acquisition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Washington Trust welcomes Lighthouse Financial clients and team in strategic acquisition - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/washington-trust-welcomes-lighthouse-financial-clients-and-team-in-strategic-acquisition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington Trust welcomes Lighthouse Financial clients and team in strategic acquisition - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire WESTERLY, R.I. , Aug. 4, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. has finalized a transaction with Westerly-based Lighthouse Financial Management, LLC, an advisory firm with assets under management valued at approximately $190 million, resulting in the Lighthouse Financial team joining Washington Trust Wealth Management. 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