The race to 100 transactions ended a month early this year, with April standing out as the most active month on record for RIA dealmaking.
Also, Merit has added an $860 million RIA to bolster its Texas presence while Concurrent's asset management arm partners with a boutique investment shop.
Decision deepens the two firms' decade-long relationship.
The RIA's addition in Dallas, previously with Raymond James, comes just as the take-private deal between Corient's parent firm in Canada and Mubadala Capital comes to completion.
Steward Partners adds a $481 million Ohio-based team, while $35.7 billion &Partners expands its reach in Minnesota.
Also, Maridea welcomes former founders of Motley Fool Wealth Management, while Lido locks in a strategic investment from private credit firm HPS.
With Parkworth Wealth Management and its Silicon Valley tech industry client base now onboard, Savant accelerates its vision of housing 10 to 12 specialty practices under its national RIA.
Meanwhile, Merchant is continuing to expand its support for RIAs by partnering with a South Dakota-chartered trust company.
Meanwhile, $34 billion independent First Manhattan welcomed New Jersey-based Roanoke Asset Management, an RIA firm with more than 40 years of history.
Veteran advisor managing $400M launches firm through strategic partnership.
It's the mega-RIA firm's third $1B+ acquisition in just three months.
The deal marks a strategic entry into private asst markets for the ETP, ETF innovator.
The private equity giant will support the advisor tech marketing firm in boosting its AI capabilities and scaling its enterprise relationships.
The privately backed RIA's newest partner firm brings $850 million in assets while giving it a new foothold in the Salt Lake City region.
CEO Allen Darby sees a coming shift in M&A dynamics as AI eliminates clerical roles at RIAs, leaving buyers and sellers to negotiate who benefits from the added margin.
Osaic's expanded partnership with the Arizona-based firm advances its broader strategy to offer succession-focused planning solutions to retiring advisors.
Latest deal further expands the RIA acquirer’s footprint in Texas.
The quartet of deals across New York, Florida, Ohio, and New Mexico reinforces the fast-growing integrator's leading position in the independent space.
With 102 transactions logged in the three-month period up to June, Echelon Partners is projecting a new banner year for dealmaking across the industry.
Maridea Wealth Management's deal in Chicago, Illinois is its first after securing a strategic investment in April.
