Eric Riak
Boston 100 Federal Street, 37th Floor Boston, MA 02110
Phone number:
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877-614-9600
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Eric S. Riak
, CFP
Managing Director
Eric Riak is a senior relationship manager in CIBC Private Wealth’s Boston office with more than 25 years of industry experience. In this role, he focuses on clients that require complex tax and investment strategies, working closely with clients’ outside advisors and overseeing the overall asset allocation and customized reporting for portfolios. Eric is also a member of the firm’s Multi-Manager Investment Committee, which reviews and approves long-only and alternative asset class managers used in client portfolios.
Prior to joining in 1998, Eric was a senior accountant in Executive Monetary Management’s tax consulting group. He began his career in Arthur Andersen’s personal financial planning group.
Eric earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Washington University and holds the Certified Public Accountant and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certifications. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Massachusetts Society of CPAs, the Financial Planning Association and the Boston Estate Planning Council.
Eric also serves as treasurer of the board of trustees for the Neighborhood House Charter School, where he is a member of the executive committee and chairs the finance committee. Additionally, he serves on the investment committee for the Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution. He is a former member of the board of investments for the First Unitarian Society of Newton as well as the former treasurer of the board for the Newton Little League, a local children’s baseball league.
Eric has been recognized in Barron’s Top Advisor Rankings by State on three occasions in 2021, 2022 and 2025.
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ in the U.S.
Barron’s “Top Advisor Rankings by State”
Eric Riak ranked 20 out of 30 Massachusetts advisors in this annual ranking published in March 2025 with data provided as of 09/30/24. Eric Riak placed 13 out of 30 Massachusetts advisors in this annual ranking published in March 2022. Eric Riak placed 23 out of 30 Massachusetts advisors in this annual ranking published in March 2021.
These rankings reflect the volume of assets overseen by the advisors and their teams, revenues generated for the firms and the quality of the advisors’ practices as assessed by Barron’s. Ranking is based on self-reported information via survey. Rankings, ratings or awards may not be representative of any specific client's experience. Any reference to a ranking, rating or an award provides no guarantee for future performance results and is not constant over time.
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