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Sikich
Sikich built a national platform of advisory services — accounting, technology implementation, managed IT, cybersecurity, and regulatory consulting — and...
Sikich
Sikich built a national platform of advisory services — accounting, technology implementation, managed IT, cybersecurity, and regulatory consulting — and then layered wealth management and investment banking onto that client base. The firm positions its Wealth Management, Investment Banking, and Transaction Advisory groups as integral parts of a unified delivery model, not as separate subsidiaries. A principal-level professional services firm rather than a pure-family-office or RIA, Sikich targets privately held companies and their owners with bundled compliance and strategic advice, most visibly through services like outsourced accounting, ERP selection, and M&A transaction support. The strategic logic is cross-selling: a client engaged for a NetSuite implementation or an audit can be introduced to retirement plan services, business-succession planning, or corporate finance mandates without handing the relationship to an outside advisor. Sikich names discrete practices in Investment Banking, Wealth Management, and Insurance Services alongside its technology and compliance groups. The firm publishes thought leadership on family office risk — flagging converged cybersecurity and physical-security threats — signaling an active line of business serving single-family offices. Geographic delivery spans multiple US markets, with physical offices designed to cover clients nationally, though the firm has not publicly broken out deployment figures or disclosed AUM. Sikich maintains a publicly stated acquisition strategy and has not disclosed total professional headcount or wealth-management-specific personnel numbers. A recent personnel milestone is the May 2026 recognition of principal Matt Gorman on The Chamber ALX’s 40 Under 40 list, highlighting leadership development inside the firm at a principal level. No dedicated philanthropic foundation or spinout vehicle is disclosed, though the firm operates a corporate giving program branded Sikich Cares and an employee-led community initiative called FORCE. Sikich’s most distinctive structural feature is its status as a professional services partnership that competes directly with both standalone RIAs and regional investment banks by embedding financial advice inside a compliance-and-technology firm. This design ties wealth conversations to operational IT systems and ERP roadmaps, creating a bundled value proposition that an isolated wealth manager cannot replicate — but it also means the firm’s incentives are tied to professional services revenue architecture, not to pure investment performance tracking.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Chicago
Corporate office
Chicago, IL, United States
Principals
Matt Gorman
Principal
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Does Sikich operate a dedicated wealth management entity or is it embedded inside a larger professional services firm?
Sikich operates wealth management as one practice line within a multi-disciplinary professional services partnership that also includes audit, tax, technology implementation, and cybersecurity. The firm's website lists Wealth Management alongside Investment Banking, Insurance Services, and Retirement Plan Services, all under a common brand with no separately registered RIA entity publicly identified. This structure means wealth advisors sit inside the same partnership that delivers ERP consulting and managed IT, which the firm markets as an integrated delivery model for mid-market business owners and family offices.
What is Sikich's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Sikich has not publicly disclosed a co-investment program or a fund-of-funds platform. The firm's website focuses on advisory services — transaction advisory, business succession planning, and retirement plan services — rather than on deploying proprietary capital into external private-market funds. The absence of published fund commitments or co-investment track records suggests the firm operates primarily as a fee-for-service advisor rather than as an institutional LP deploying a disclosed pool of capital.
Which sectors does Sikich explicitly avoid?
Sikich has not published a list of excluded sectors. The firm's industry-vertical page on its website references practices serving Construction and Real Estate, Dealer Management, Manufacturing and Distribution, Insurance, Life Sciences, Nonprofit, Government, Private Equity, and Professional Services. No negative screens are mentioned, and the firm does not operate a publicly described ESG or impact-investing mandate that would require sector exclusions.
How does Sikich source wealth-management clients?
Sikich sources wealth-management clients through its existing professional services relationships. Because the firm delivers audit, tax, ERP implementation, and cybersecurity services to privately held companies and their owners, the wealth advisory and business-succession practices draw on a warm pipeline of operating-business clients. The firm does not market a standalone digital-acquisition funnel or a national wealth-management brand separate from the Sikich partnership, which makes its sourcing model dependent on cross-referrals from CPA and technology partners rather than on retail advertising or wirehouse recruiting.
Does Sikich maintain philanthropic structures, and how are they separated?
Sikich does not operate a separate philanthropic foundation or donor-advised fund platform. It runs an internal corporate giving program called Sikich Cares, centered on annual donations to selected philanthropies, and an employee-led community engagement initiative branded FORCE. These programs are internal to the firm and are not described as client-facing philanthropic advisory vehicles. No family-office-style philanthropic governance or dedicated charitable entity has been publicly disclosed.
What investment stages does Sikich typically target?
Sikich's Investment Banking practice serves mid-market companies, typically in sell-side and buy-side M&A, capital raising, and transaction advisory, rather than venture-stage or growth-equity investing on its own balance sheet. No stage-specific fund vehicle or proprietary direct-investment platform has been publicly disclosed. The firm's Retirement Plan Services and Wealth Management groups advise on asset allocation and succession planning for business owners, but Sikich does not operate as a principal investor with a stated stage mandate.
Is Sikich structured as a single family office or does it operate more like a venture firm?
Sikich is neither a single family office nor a venture firm. It is a privately held professional services partnership organized as an LLC that sells advisory, technology, and compliance services to external clients. While the firm serves family offices as customers — and publishes thought leadership on family office cybersecurity risks — it does not manage the consolidated wealth of a single family and does not deploy proprietary venture capital. Its wealth-management and investment-banking activities are fee-for-service lines inside a larger multidisciplinary platform.
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