 NEW YORK, NY ACCESSWIRE September 21, 2021 Focus Financial Partners Inc. NASDAQ:FOCS Focus, a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which The Planned Approach, Inc. TPA, a registered investment adviser located in Kansas City, Missouri, will join Focus partner firm Buckingham Strategic Wealth, LLC Buckingham or Buckingham Strategic Wealth. This transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions. 