Next-Gen + Best-in-State · rank 17 · Rapid City, South Dakota · listed firm: RBC Wealth Management
Identity & firm
- Firm — RBC Wealth Management (high)
- “"firmName": "RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC", "iaOnly": "N", "registrationBeginDate": "10/25/2019"” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “Micah Williams, CFP® Senior Vice President - Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Manager” — firm_official
- Parent company — Royal Bank of Canada (high)
- “These services and information are provided by Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates, including RBC Capital Markets, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada.” — firm_official
- Firm type — wirehouse (high)
- “"firmName": "RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC", "firmBCScope": "ACTIVE", "firmIAScope": "ACTIVE", "iaSECNumber": "13059", "bdSECNumber": "45411"” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Team name — The Hillard Williams Group (high)
- “At The Hillard Williams Group, we are very proud that Financial Advisors David Hillard and Micah Williams have received several prestigious awards.” — firm_official
- Team size — 10 (high)
- “What could you accomplish with the strength of a ten-person team behind you?” — firm_official
- CRD — 6096266 (high)
- “"basicInformation": {"individualId": 6096266, "firstName": "MICAH", "lastName": "WILLIAMS", "otherNames": [], "bcScope": "Active", "iaScope": "Active", "daysInIndustryCalculatedDate": "10/19/2013"}” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Years experience — 14 (high)
- “Micah joined RBC Wealth Management in 2012 with a desire to help clients meet their financial goals.” — firm_official
- “"daysInIndustryCalculatedDate": "10/19/2013"” — sec_finra_regulatory
- Designations — CFP (high)
- “He earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® designation in 2016.” — firm_official
Book of business
- Team AUM ($M) — 2200 (high)
- “"Team Assets (Custodied)":"$2B"” — forbes_shook
- “Manages over $1.7 billion in assets” — firm_official
- Account minimum ($M) — 1 (high)
- “"Minimum account size for new business":"$1M"” — forbes_shook
- Typical client net worth ($M) — 11 (medium)
- “"Typical Net Worth of Relationships":"$2-20M"” — forbes_shook
- Client niche — foundations, endowments and multigenerational families; special needs trusts and long-term care planning (high)
- “Our group is extremely skilled in generating wealth, preserving capital, liability management, creating perpetual income streams and ultimately the tax efficient multi-generational transfer of assets within families and ” — firm_official
- “Prior to rejoining The Hillard Williams Group in 2019, he spent several years serving high-net-worth families as a wealth advisor at a private wealth management firm in Boston, Massachusetts.” — firm_official
- Custodians — gap: not_applicable
- Fee model — fee_plus_commission (medium)
- “"firmName": "RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC", "iaOnly": "N", "registrationBeginDate": "10/25/2019"” — sec_finra_regulatory
- “He passed the Series 7 and 66 exams and holds life and health insurance licenses.” — firm_official
Positioning & marketing
- Website url — https://us.rbcwealthmanagement.com/hillardwilliams/ (high)
- “The Hillard Williams Group Home About Meet your team The RBC Wealth Management difference Client experience Wealth management approach” — firm_official
- Value proposition (verbatim) — What could you accomplish with the strength of a ten-person team behind you? A team with a wide range of expertise, backed by a global giant like RBC Wealth Management, and committed to helping you grow more than wealth. (high)
- “What could you accomplish with the strength of a ten-person team behind you? A team with a wide range of expertise, backed by a global giant like RBC Wealth Management, and committed to helping you grow more than wealth.” — firm_official
- Differentiators — ten-person team backed by a global bank (RBC), proprietary WealthPlan and Growth and Protection Analysis tools that graphically display projected income streams, risk mitigation applied constantly throughout the investment process, five-step documented client process from discovery to ongoing collaboration, specialty capability in special needs trusts and long-term care planning (high)
- “Unique to the Hillard Wealth Solutions Group, we graphically display your projected income streams, as well as your risk/return characteristics, with our proprietary WealthPlan and Growth and Protection Analysis tools.” — firm_official
- “We have a disciplined wealth management process that is designed to optimize your returns and income while minimizing your risks. At the heart of this investment process is the constant application of risk mitigation str” — firm_official
- Content marketing — none (medium)
- “Global equity: Push and pull Aug 06, 2026 | Jim Allworth” — firm_official
- “Saving for college: 529 plans offer flexible and tax-smart education savings Jul 20, 2026 | RBC Wealth Management” — firm_official
- Has podcast — no (medium)
- “The Hillard Williams Group Home About Meet your team The RBC Wealth Management difference Client experience Wealth management approach Working with a CFP® Offerings RBC WealthPlan Advantages of credit Special Needs Trust” — firm_official
- Books published — 0 (medium)
- “Micah graduated from Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and finance.” — firm_official
- Linkedin url — gap: not_found_after_search
- Social presence — none (low)
- “Micah Williams, CFP® Senior Vice President - Financial Advisor, Senior Portfolio Manager 605-737-5901 605-431-1228 Email |” — firm_official
- Press awards — Barron's Top 1,500 Financial Advisors — 2026, Financial Planning Top 40 Regional list (high)
- “Micah Williams – Rapid City, SD” — firm_official
- “Micah Williams Forbes Top Next-Gen Wealth Advisor - 2023, 2024 Forbes Best-in-State Top Wealth Advisor - 2024, 2025” — firm_official
Visual brand
- Has distinct logo — no (high)
- “<img alt=" RBC Wealth Management " class="logo" src=" /da-epic-us-theme/themes/da-theme-three-us/_wmos/images/rbc-wm-logo-en.png "” — firm_official
- Logo url — https://us.rbcwealthmanagement.com/da-epic-us-theme/themes/da-theme-three-us/_wmos/images/rbc-wm-logo-en.png (high)
- “<img alt=" RBC Wealth Management " class="logo" src=" /da-epic-us-theme/themes/da-theme-three-us/_wmos/images/rbc-wm-logo-en.png "” — firm_official
- Visual brand notes — Standard RBC corporate template: navy and RBC blue with gold lion shield mark, clean corporate sans typography, team and Black Hills photography. No independent team identity. (high)
- “<img src="/documents/5209334/5209424/HillardWilliamsGroup+1125+c+4319.jpg/6a6d24dc-ba8c-4cb9-90ef-f6c6ad99d3a7?t=1763150366768"” — firm_official
