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Dakota Wealth Management to acquire Springside Partners
Florida-based Dakota adds Ohio-based, woman-owned firm and $258 million in AUM.
FWM to acquire Optima Fund Management
Merger of New York-based firms will create company managing $7 billion.
What 401(k) record-keeper consolidation means to retirement plan advisers
Advisers will have to make some tough calls — for clients and for themselves
Mercer Advisors acquires $350 million Arbor Asset Management
RIA firm, founded in 1996, is based in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Morgan Stanley agrees to buy Solium Capital at 43% premium
Purchase will allow Morgan advisers to court tech workers as they start to accumulate wealth
Emigrant Bank takes sole ownership of RIA consolidator Fiduciary Network
Privately held, family-owned bank completed deal to acquire remaining 25% stake it didn't already own in network that includes Evensky & Katz/Foldes Financial and Regent Atlantic.
Are 401(k) adviser aggregators the new ‘wirehouses’ for elite retirement plan advisers?
Some aggregator firms offer the support, tools, technology and built-in succession plans associated with the traditional wirehouse model.
Private-equity veterans build $2 billion advisory firm from scratch
Cresset Capital Management is adding a family office to its 1-year-old practice.
3 insights on the Financial Engines-Edelman combination and how it might affect you
The combined company is likely to become a nationally dominant firm.
Brown Advisory acquires $1 billion Meritage Capital
Austin, Texas-based Meritage's eight-person team will join larger firm's office.
RIA owners should know what their firm is worth, but many don’t get valuations
Getting a valuation from a third-party firm can be costly and complex.
Where 401(k) advisers are on the industry consolidation curve
Most industries will go through four stages of consolidation as they mature over a 25-year period. Here's where record keepers and 401(k) advisers stand.
Whole Foods-Amazon deal — which funds have the biggest stakes in the merger
Some of the funds with the biggest shares in Whole Foods as a percentage of assets aren't household names.
Two of Royal Alliance’s largest OSJs merge
Two Super OSJs affiliated with Royal Alliance are merging into one firm with $2.5 billion in assets, according…
B. Riley Financial buys FBR for $160 million
Combination of investment banks will add to presence in small-cap market.
Mercer Advisors acquiring its way to national family office status
PE-owned firm makes six deals in 13 months, pushing to $10B AUM
Raymond James gains alternative investments with Alex. Brown deal
Raymond James clients will have opportunity to invest in private-equity and hedge funds
FolioDynamix acquires Summit Advisor Services for $6 million in wake of Aequitas collapse
Summit Advisor Services, a turnkey asset management program, was partially owned by an Aequitas venture. That company had been charged by the SEC with running a Ponzi scheme.
HighTower adds Beverly Hills-based RIA with $500M in assets
Acquisition is fourth in RIA channel since last year and eighth overall in 2016.
RBC, City National deal marries bank and brokerage
The $5.4 billion deal could have RBC's regional wealth management business looking more like a wirehouse or private bank than a regional firm.
