M&A
M&A
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February 17 -
The fintech founder is extending an entrepreneurial hotstreak that started with milk and cookies in college.
February 6 -
With another potential private equity transaction, the RIA aggregator would make the opposite of the move it made only four years ago.
February 2 -
The firm also added $15 billion in client assets through recruiting in 2022 just before announcing the largest deal of CEO Adam Antoniades' tenure.
February 1 -
Congress is gearing up for another debt war, and the collateral damage could include Social Security, Medicare and the stock market.
January 31 -
As thousands of advisors prepare to join the Schwab family later this year, officials want to remind them exactly what they stand for.
January 31 -
The mother-daughter team sold their practice to SageView Advisory after deciding that they needed to shed some tasks in order to spend more time with customers.
January 30 -
Market appreciation and interest rates have masked the "accelerating disruptions" that will yield winners and losers in wealth management.
January 27 -
The independent wealth management firm made its third significant deal with an insurance firm exiting the industry in the past four years.
January 25 -
JPMorgan Chase is claiming the founder of Frank, a college financial-planning site the bank acquired in 2021, defrauded it by vastly inflating the number of customers the company had.
January 12 -
Level Four Financial sees its parent accounting company and flexibility as disruptive forces for a midsize firm in a field dominated by giants.
January 11 -
Thomas Pacilio admitted that he hid more than $1 million in proceeds over four years from the sale of his practice to RSM Wealth.
January 10 -
In a transaction highlighting complex dealmaking at the start of 2023, Parallel Advisors acquired a firm then added a capital partner.
January 9 -
A new entity called Binah Capital is expected to be listed on the NYSE in the second quarter, despite headwinds for stocks and the waning use of SPACs.
January 5 -
The recruiting and M&A transactions bring another record year to the finish line ahead of an expected slowdown in 2023.
December 23 -
Advisor Group surpassed LPL at the top of the list, but consolidation, complexity and change remained the key themes in a highly competitive channel in 2022.
December 19 -
The business being sold to Madison Dearborn Partners provides trustee and administrative services to asset managers and retirement plans.
December 19 -
Under the deal, Dynasty also swapped equity in itself for shares in some of its "network" RIAs.
December 16 -
The bank is moving away from direct wealth management services in order to tap into an unmet need for many independent financial advisors, its CEO said.
December 7 -
The deal follows at least 14 transactions made by the consolidator this year. Other firms are expanding by forgoing M&A in favor of just recruiting financial advisors.
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