Chicago-based Hightower has acquired Bel Air Investment Advisors LLC from Fiera Capital Corporation for an undisclosed sum. The deal for Bel Air, with US$8 billion in assets under management, returns Los Angeles-based Bel Air to private ownership and represents Hightower's largest acquisition in its 12-year history. "Bel Air is a successful, multi-generational wealth management business led by a group of highly talented ...