-  PE brings a lot to accounting, but it's not for everyone, say experts at Accounting Today's PE Summit. November 21
-  Both sides say no deal is happening, but rumors are swirling about the owndership of Ken Fisher's eponymous firm. January 3
-  Surge Ventures will invest in software addressing the industry's "data hygiene challenge" and help founders navigate startup challenges. January 3
-  Strategic buyers and consolidators like Captrust are driving a record pace in overall transactions and those involving sellers with at least $1 billion in AUM. July 12
-  After hiring Kara Murphy, the wealth manager aims to roll out investment management research and modeling tools for more than 2,400 advisors. June 29
-  The PE-backed hybrid RIA is acquiring a practice with nine financial advisors managing $1.46 billion in client assets. June 9
-  The private equity-backed wealth and 401(k) manager drew away an ex-Hightower team as part of its surging growth in the past year. June 3
-  The parties are combining forces to offer other practices a longer term alternative to private equity deals. May 4
-  Private equity-backed Wealth Enhancement Group unveiled its third largest deal ever and its first location on the West Coast. May 3
-  The RIA roll-up could make as many as a dozen deals in 2021 through the new source of capital, CEO Marty Bicknell says. April 27









