News, Comment & Analysis results for M and A

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July 16, 2026

Acquisition Drive Elevates Sanctuary Wealth's Client Assets

The rise in assets comes amidst a wider industry trend of mergers and acquisitions.

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July 16, 2026

Have RIA M&A Valuations Peaked?

RIA valuations are not rising, even though competition for deals is strong and private equity money

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July 14, 2026

Caprock Buys Austin-Based Venturi Private Wealth, Adds $4 Billion AuM

The consolidation trend in North American wealth management continues.

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July 8, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Aspen Standard Wealth, CWS, Carson, Hightower

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

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July 8, 2026

Wealth Sector M&A Powers Ahead Even As Financial Services Megadeals Dry Up

One detail of the report is a divergence between deal volume and deal value in financial services

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July 6, 2026

Focus Financial Trio Complete $10 Billion-Plus AuM Merger

The move is an example of how Focus Financial Partners has been converting many of its

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July 1, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – EP Wealth, Janus Henderson, Others

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

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June 30, 2026

Corient Acquires Paris-Based Letus Private Office As M&A Drive Rolls On

The business being acquired was founded a decade ago – adding to a range of wealth management

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June 26, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Marmo, Cetera Planning Partners

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

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June 17, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Modera, Northstar

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;