Executive appointment
Marco De Freitas
Vanguard → Hightower
What changed
Named one of two new Hightower presidents; will undertake the massive switch from Vanguard in November.
- Reported / discovered
- Oct 2, 2026
- Effective
- Not reported
- New role
- president
- Previous role
- Not reported
- Market
- Not reported
- Reported book
- Not disclosed
- Reported team size
- Not disclosed
- Named people
- 1
Reported book AUM is not a confirmed transfer. Team size may include support staff. A missing effective date means it was not established from the available evidence.
Sources & evidence
RIABiz ↗Oct 2, 2026 · Reporting
This record is supported by reporting. It has not been independently corroborated by a linked registration observation.
Record history
2 observations consolidated into one event.
Oct 6, 2026Source evidence reconciled
Oct 3, 2026Source evidence reconciled