CAPTRUST Advisors provides investment research and investment advisory services. The company specializes in providing retirement plan and investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries, executives and high-net-worth individuals. It also offers fiduciary process management, discretionary investment management, financial and estate planning, wealth planning, wealth management and risk management services. It was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. It acquires other companies whose businesses can be integrated into its existing operations and also those that provide appraisal services for various industries.