HighTower to make strategic investment in Clear Perspective Advisors

HighTower Holding LLC is making an strategic investment in Clear Perspective Advisors LLC, a $700 million wealth management firm with offices in Aurora and St. Charles, Ill.

Clear Perspective is joining HighTower to leverage the firm's consulting services, middle and back office operations, scaling support and infrastructure to expand its service offering to new and existing clients, according to a press release.

Clear Perspective was founded in 2011 and provides financial planning and investment management services to individual and institutional clients. The firm has 10 employees, including seven advisers, who serve entrepreneurs, business owners, corporate executives, and other clients and their families.