E.A. Buck Financial Services Secures Strategic Investment from LNC Partners

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Republic Capital Group has advised E.A. Buck Financial Services on a strategic minority investment from LNC Partners, aimed at accelerating the firm's growth strategy. E.A. Buck, a second-generation financial services organization founded in Honolulu in 1980, has built an integrated platform to serve clients across the full arc of their financial lives, from workplace retirement plans to wealth management and private wealth advisory services. The investment from LNC Partners will provide E.A. Buck with additional capital and strategic resources to support its growth strategy, which includes continued mergers and acquisitions, geographic expansion, advisor growth, and further investment in its people, technology, platform, and capabilities. E.A. Buck's existing ownership and executive leadership team will retain control of the company and continue to lead the organization.

LNC Partners, which has managed over $1 billion of capital since 2012 across a family of investment funds focused on supporting the growth of lower middle market businesses, will provide customized capital solutions and strategic support to E.A. Buck.

Republic Capital Group, a middle-market investment bank specializing in M&A, capital markets, and private investments for wealth and asset management firms, entrepreneurs, and private companies, was instrumental in bringing this partnership together. Since 2022, the firm has completed transactions representing approximately $300 billion in assets under management. Republic Capital Group was recently recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the Best Workplaces and Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America, reflecting its ongoing commitment to excellence and innovation.

E.A. Buck Financial Services is a second-generation financial services organization providing integrated financial guidance and services to individuals, families, businesses, and institutions across multiple regions of the United States. Through its "Retirement Made Simple" philosophy, E.A. Buck seeks to make sophisticated financial guidance easier to understand and more accessible while maintaining the personal relationships at the center of financial advice.

Founded in Honolulu in 1980, E.A. Buck has built an integrated platform designed to serve clients across the full arc of their financial lives, from an employee making a first contribution to a workplace retirement plan through wealth accumulation, retirement, and private wealth management. The firm's capabilities span wealth management and private wealth advisory services, retirement and financial planning, workplace 401(k) and retirement plan services, federal employee benefits, and accounting and tax services.

Republic Capital Group is headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Dallas, Chicago, Winter Park (FL), and Houston. Securities are offered through Republic Capital Group Holdings, LLC, a member of FINRA (www.finra.org)/SIPC (www.sipc.org).