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Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Verdance Capital Advisors, Harvest
The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.
Verdence Capital Advisors, a Maryland-based private wealth advisory and multi-family office, has acquired Harvest Investment Consultants. The acquired RIA, founded in 1987, had $564 million in AuM as of June 30 this year.
Harvest is led by managing member Michael Meily, who will join Verdence as MD, private wealth advisor.
The acquisition is the second Verdance has conducted since Wealth Partners Capital Group and HGGC’s Aspire Holdings platform made an equity investment into the business in April.
The acquisition closed on September 18, 2026. Financial and legal terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Besides its Hunt Valley, Maryland HQ, Verdance has a presence in Alexandria, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts, Naples, Florida, and New York City. At the end of August, it had $5 billion in AuM.