News, Comment & Analysis results for M and A

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September 3, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Sequoia Financial Group, BSW Wealth Partners

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

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September 3, 2026

Aquiline To Acquire Controlling Stake In Wealthtech Platform Flourish

David Canter, a well-known figure in the wealth management space, who previously led Fidelity’s

M and A
September 2, 2026

Savant Makes Another Acquisition

Ranked among the top acquirers in a recent Fidelity report, Savant Wealth Management, like a number

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September 2, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Allworth Financial, High Fall Advisors, Holistic Financial Partners

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

M and A
August 27, 2026

Will Vanguard’s Big RIA Custodial Bet Pay Off?

Our US correspondent examines Vanguard's purchase of custodian business Altruist, a business with a

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August 27, 2026

Concurrent Partners With New RIA Firm Proxima Wealth Partners

The Tampa-based firm, founded by former Raymond James executives, will use Concurrent's platform to

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August 27, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Amundi, First Eagle, Victory Capital

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

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August 25, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Mercer Global Advisors, NorthAvenue Financial Advocates

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

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August 19, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Harbor Financial Advisors, Cetera, MAI Capital, OG Private Wealth

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

M and A
August 18, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – MAI Capital Management, Waypoint Wealth Counsel

The latest mergers, acquisitions and other corporate actions in the wealth management sector.

Comment & Analysis results for M and A

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August 6, 2025

After The Honeymoon: How To Handle Post-M&A Integration Blues

Our US correspondent looks at the flurry of big merger and acquisition deals and how to handle the

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April 7, 2025

Wealth Firms Need "Matchmaking" M&A Model To Ensure Success

We talk to an advisory firm, Alaris Acquisitions. Its CEO and founder says he adopts a particular

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March 31, 2025

Commonwealth Deal “Major Coup” For LPL 

This news service looks at how LPL Financial's ambition to be a major wealth management force

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February 3, 2025

How – And Why – MFOs Are Cashing In On The M&A Boom

Our US correspondent casts his experienced eye over the latest flurry of big merger and acquisition

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February 20, 2024

Private Equity’s Iron Grip On RIAs Grows

Fresh data shows that in 2023, and early this year, private equity is an increasingly dominant

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April 24, 2023

RIA Mergers And Acquisitions Dip In Q1, Halcyon Era Of Overbidding Cooling Off

The business of wealth management M&A in North America has changed from the frenetic pace of recent

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January 25, 2023

Schwab, Family Wealth Alliance Say Marriage Was Logical Step

After yesterday's report that Charles Schwab has agreed to buy Chicago-based Family Wealth

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December 22, 2022

What’s Wrong With Envestnet, Goldman Sachs And CI Financial?

Family Wealth Report's US correspondent Charles Paikert takes a hard look at three firms that have

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December 15, 2022

Why Mercer Advisors Is The Leading RIA Acquirer

Mercer Advisors has been by far the most energetic acquirer of wealth management firms over recent

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November 22, 2022

M&A Decline: New Trough Or Brief Bump?

There has been a notable drop in mergers and acquisitions involving registered investment advisors;