News, Comment & Analysis results for M and A

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October 16, 2025

F2 Strategy Continues Acquisitions With Consulting Deal

Backed by a majority owner, F2 Strategy has acquired a number of businesses in recent years. It

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October 15, 2025

NorthRock Expands California Presence

Minneapolis-based financial advice firm NorthRock Partners is joined by WGG Wealth Partners to

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October 15, 2025

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Carnegie, AHL, Raymond James, Beacon Pointe Advisors

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

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October 14, 2025

Goldman Sachs Steps Up Venture Capital Capabilities

The New York-headquartered firm has added a venture capital business, paying $665 million to

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October 14, 2025

Cetera Adds $1.8 Billion Seattle-Based Wealth Firm

Cetera said its "multi-channel ecosystem" enables financial professionals to grow, scale or

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October 13, 2025

Wealth Management M&A Hit Fresh Highs In Q3 2025 – ECHELON Partners

Among its predictions is that annual deal volume could reach 440 this year. The North American –

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October 13, 2025

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Bluespring, Ray Olsen

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

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October 10, 2025

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Beacon Pointe

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

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October 7, 2025

Mercer Advisors Adds To Its Ultra-High Net Worth Regis Group

Denver-headquartered Mercer Advisors, a national Registered Investment Advisor with $83 billion in

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October 3, 2025

Corient Makes Another Wealth Acquisition

The firm continues a busy run of acquisitions in the US and further afield.

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;