About
Christopher Acquaviva
Senior Wealth Advisor, Cross Financial
Chris has spent more than a decade advising private clients, including over six years in private wealth advisory at J.P. Morgan serving business owners, executives, families and family offices. He built Viva Wealth Management to give clients what he saw the best families get: one advisor who sees the whole picture and keeps every piece moving together.
Background
Where the experience comes from.
From 2018 to 2025 he worked in private client and private wealth advisory at J.P. Morgan Chase in Red Bank, New Jersey, where he served households, founders, and family offices, and where the client assets under the practice's care grew substantially over his tenure. He was selected as a market sales lead, and recruited and trained advisors across the market.
Asset growth reflects client acquisition, transfers, and market movement. It is not a measure of investment performance and it is not a prediction of any client's results.
Earlier roles were at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in Short Hills, New Jersey, and AXA Advisors in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He holds the Series 66 qualification, is registered as an investment adviser representative of Cross Financial Advisors, LLC. He studied at the University of South Carolina. Most recently he was VP of Private Clients at Lumida Wealth.
Why the practice is built this way
What clients kept telling him.
Too many people, not enough coordination. Successful families end up with an advisor, an accountant, an attorney, a banker and an insurance agent who rarely talk to each other. Each does good work, and the client is left to connect the pieces.
The big moments arrive fast. A business sale, a large stock position finally being addressed, retirement, an inheritance: these are the moments where the planning window is shortest and the decisions are hardest to undo.
Viva Wealth Management is built around both. One advisor coordinates the whole picture, responds personally, and brings the tax side into each decision from the start rather than reviewing it at the end.
How the practice is structured
Viva, Cross Financial, and Current: who does what.
Current
A national platform of independent accounting firms, formerly Crete Professionals Alliance, providing shared technology and resources to its partner firms. current.co
Cross Financial
An accounting and wealth management firm founded in 2003 in Portland, Oregon, and the first wealth management firm to join Current, in November 2025. Investment advice is provided through Cross Financial Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser. crossfinancialmgmt.com
Viva Wealth Management
Christopher Acquaviva’s practice at Cross Financial, based in the NYC metro area and working with clients nationwide. Your advisor, your plan, and your point of contact.
Viva Wealth Management is the marketing name under which Christopher Acquaviva works with clients. Investment advisory services are offered through Cross Financial Advisors, LLC, an investment adviser registered with the SEC. Christopher Acquaviva is an investment adviser representative of Cross Financial Advisors, LLC. Viva Wealth Management is not itself a registered investment adviser.
What this means for you
- Your advisory relationship is with Cross Financial Advisors, LLC. Christopher is your advisor and your day-to-day contact.
- Tax professionals are part of the firm’s network. Where it helps, planning can be coordinated with accountants at Cross Financial or in Current’s network.
- Your own CPA stays yours. If you already work with an accountant, the plan is built with them, not around them.
Registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission does not imply any level of skill or training, and does not mean the SEC has approved or endorsed the practice.
Cross Financial and the accounting firms in Current’s network are affiliated through Current. If a referring professional is compensated for a referral, you will be told in writing at the time of the referral. When this practice introduces you to a network firm, that firm may benefit, which is also a conflict of interest. Material conflicts and any compensation for referrals are described in Cross Financial Advisors, LLC’s Form ADV Part 2A. Membership in Current does not mean that Current or any network firm endorses this practice, and you are never required to use a network firm.
Christopher Acquaviva is not a certified public accountant and is not an attorney. Viva Wealth Management does not provide tax or legal advice. Nothing on this site should be relied on as tax or legal advice, and clients should consult their own tax advisor and attorney regarding their specific circumstances.
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