(2) Joint venture will offer advisors a comprehensive approach to addressing clients' needs via an open-architecture framework NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / January 27, 2021 / Orion Advisor Solutions and Focus Financial Partners Inc. (NASDAQ:FOCS) announced today the formation of an innovative joint venture that will add a competitive array of cash and credit solutions and related services developed by Focus Client Solutions ("FCS") to Orion's comprehensive WealthTech platform. FCS, a subsidiary of Focus Financial Partners, LLC, has developed relationships with a national network of banks and non-bank lenders to provide these solutions to Focus partner firms. FCS offers access to cash management and lending alternatives for personal, business and nonprofit needs, empowering advisors to compete with private banks and wirehouses. Advisors have access to these capabilities through the FCS credit portal, a powerful, digital client interface. The joint venture will put similar capabilities in the hands of firms on the Orion platform.