News, Comment & Analysis results for M and A

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April 28, 2026

Acquisition-Minded Mercer Global Advisors Names Chief Corporate Development Officer

The appointment of the former McKinsey partner to the firm comes after what has been a busy period

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April 27, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Osaic, Pointes North

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

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April 24, 2026

Hightower Acquires $9.5 Billion Flagship Franchise

These are busy times for Hightower, which has recently rolled out a new division, Hightower

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April 23, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Modern Wealth, Brown, Carson

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

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April 22, 2026

F2 Strategy Carries Out Another Acquisition

This acquisition is the sixth that F2 has carried out in three years. It is backed by Renovus

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April 17, 2026

Corient Flexes Transatlantic Muscles Again With Bedrock Acquisition

When this and other deals are added together, Corient is on course to have $468 billion of managed

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April 15, 2026

LPL Acquires $31 Billion Mariner Advisor Network

The move is one of the most substantial M&A agreements announced so far this year.

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April 15, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – OnePoint, Armstrong & Sinoff, Allspring, GIA

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

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April 10, 2026

Acquisition-Hungry Corient Snaps Up Another Business

Since it was formed by CI Financial in Canada, the Miami-headquartered business has been on a

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April 10, 2026

Deals Of The Day: The Latest In Wealth Management M&A – Emigrant Partners, WealthReach

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;