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Focus Financial pushes forward with blistering M&A pace in 2021

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The company sees no letdown in the future for M&A activity and estimates there are close to 1,000 firms in the U.S. that could become targets.

Focus Financial Partners Inc., a leading aggregator of registered investment advisers, had a blistering first half of acquisitions, with 17 RIA transactions closed or pending in the first seven months of 2021, according to its second quarter earnings released Thursday morning.

That pace of merge

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