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We help wealth management firms unlock liquidity, growth, and lasting performance.

About

Discover Nesvold Capital Partners

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Nesvold Capital Partners (NCP) is a preeminent merchant bank specializing in wealth management and its broader ecosystem. As the most exclusive M&A advisory boutique in the sector, we stand apart by avoiding overlapping engagements with competing firms and focusing our sell-side processes on a select group of pre-vetted, highly qualified buyers. Our founder, a recognized M&A authority, has authored four books with McGraw-Hill, teaches M&A at a top business school, and invests in exceptional wealth management firms alongside his clients—setting us apart from any competing investment banking boutique. 

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NCP delivers CEO-level advisory services tailored to firms experiencing exponential growth or navigating transformative events. 

Such events include mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, significant organic growth strategies, and partner liquidity or succession planning. NCP also makes supportive, non-control investments in innovating financial services firms led by exceptional management teams. Since launching in 2020, we have advised, or invested in, firms managing over $250 billion of client assets.

Leadership

Peter Nesvold • JD, CFA, CPA

Managing Partner

 

Peter is a seasoned finance executive with a rare blend of legal, financial, and strategic expertise, holding credentials as a lawyer, CPA, and CFA charterholder. With over 25 years of experience on Wall Street, he has built a distinguished career in asset and wealth management, earning recognition as one of the top five most impactful M&A bankers in the industry. Peter advises CEOs, fiduciary boards, and senior leaders on complex M&A transactions, succession planning, compensation and equity strategies, brand building, and recruitment.

 

Previously, Peter was a partner and Chief Strategy Officer at Silver Lane Advisors, where he played a pivotal role in scaling the firm from startup to a top-ranked M&A advisor in wealth management, culminating in its sale to a Fortune 500 company. Prior to Silver Lane, he was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns and a “five-star” portfolio manager at Lazard Asset Management.

 

Beyond his professional achievements, Peter is an Adjunct Professor at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University, an accomplished author of four books on M&A with McGraw-Hill, and an active member of multiple fiduciary and advisory boards. He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Fordham Law, and previously was a dedicated long-distance runner, having completed 19 full marathons.

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Transactions

Since our founding in 2020, NCP has advised, or invested in, 22 wealth management firms managing over $250 billion of client assets. We are steadfast in our commitment to the industry.

 

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Insights & Media

NCP is committed to thought leadership ― not only in wealth management, but also investment banking broadly. Peter has co-authored the best-selling M&A series with over 100,000 copies sold.

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