M&A
M&A
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Former employee alleges financial-wellness guru’s firm selectively enforced “Christian” rules forbidding extramarital sex for staffers.
April 14 -
Advisor Kristin Bartlow brings a team of four managing $195 million in client assets to Journey Strategic Wealth.
April 13 -
The deal to buy Wealthstreet Investment Advisors marks half a dozen since the RIA roll-up received a PE investment last year.
April 5 -
There are lots of reasons to fret about debt — and more reasons not to, writes Matthew A. Winkler.
April 5 -
After the Schwab-TD merger, rival firms are re-thinking the settlement process, testing new pricing models, and improving advisor efficiency and service. Is David sprinting past Goliath?
April 1 -
Four months after shutting down, the fintech and some of its employees are joining SEI.
March 31 -
The partnership sets a new standard in the industry, according to Orion president Noreen Beaman.
March 25 -
Ancora, which previously took on Bed Bath & Beyond and Big Lots, argues the company suffers from poor leadership.
March 17 -
Two experienced private equity investors in wealth management struck a deal for a minority stake in one of the industry’s biggest names.
March 15 -
Wealth management firms are consolidating at a breakneck pace in a bid to grab wealthy U.S. clients.
March 11 -
The deal will push Paris-based iM Global’s assets above $24 billion and enable it to break into wealth management.
March 11 -
The RIA picks up 1,300 clients with $780 million in assets, underscoring feverish consolidation among wealth management firms.
March 10 -
The two fintechs are vying with each other and Envestnet to be advisors’ preferred digital hub.
March 9 -
Ascensus sold the practice with four reps and $490 million in client assets after acquiring it two years ago.
March 9 -
It’s a move that combines two businesses providing products and services in high demand — investment returns and retirement income, the firms said.
March 8 -
Questions about job losses and real estate are adding more complexity to the usual post-deal issues involving advisor retention and company consolidation.
March 5 -
The RIA acquired the innovative practice while bulking up its social justice investing efforts and its wealth redistribution planning services.
March 4 -
The first deal under new Betterment CEO Sarah Levy will net the firm 17,000 accounts and $190 million in client assets.
March 4 -
Wealth Enhancement Group’s second acquisition of 2021 comes as experts say there’s an “ever-increasing buyer appetite” for $1 billion-plus firms.
March 4 -
Despite Voyant’s success internationally, it is relatively unknown in the U.S. The TAMP plans to change that.
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