The deal, a mix of cash and equity, will expand the RIA consolidator's growing service offerings to clients.

Advisors seeking to sell their firms will find buyers that are increasingly focused on larger practices.

As deal volumes pick back up from the lower numbers late last year, a lawyer advising sellers says that negotiations are getting longer and more complex.

Deals are bigger, quicker and more common. But buyers say valuation expectations often cause them to leave the table.

The marketplace for buyers and sellers is changing as advisory practices consider transactions that could alter their firms on a permanent basis.

Despite macroeconomic challenges and a decade of record deal volumes, Cerulli Associates says the channel remains ripe for further investments.

The decline is expected to come from client outflows, overlap between the two banks and cost savings.

Plus, F2 Strategy makes an acquisition, iCapital has a new alts marketplace and OneVest follows funding raise with a move south.

CEO Peter Mallouk says more growth is on the way for his firm after the private equity-backed company unveiled its second billion-dollar deal of the year.

Could the collapsed bank's advisors who are now at the Wall Street giant become a 'red-headed stepchild'?