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Mergers and Acquisitions

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What’s next after Empower’s acquisition of MassMutual’s retirement unit?

Advisers want to know which record keeper is next, but I now know better than to answer that question

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  • September 14, 2020

UBS chairman explores merger with Credit Suisse: Report

Such a deal would create one of Europe's largest banks at a point when the industry is under pressure to consolidate

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  • September 10, 2020

Captrust acquires retirement business of Plante Moran

Deal for Michigan-based unit adds $6.27 billion in institutional assets

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  • September 8, 2020

MassMutual 401(k) deal wins Empower valuable clients

Empower will also get its foot in the door with one big broker-dealer

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  • September 8, 2020

Empower to buy MassMutual’s 401(k) business

The deal will bump the plan provider's assets under administration to $834 billion, the companies announced

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  • September 1, 2020

Buckingham snaps up two more RIAs

Its acquisitions of Baldwin & Associates and GreenCourse Financial Advisors will close in the fourth quarter, chair Justin Ferri said

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  • August 27, 2020

Hightower takes stake in $1.7 billion RIA

Waltham, Massachusetts-based Argent Wealth Management has 11 advisers

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  • August 26, 2020

FP Transitions sees solid M&A activity in second half

The volume of RIA transactions have held up during the pandemic

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  • August 25, 2020

Hightower takes stake in $1.3 billion Stearns Financial

The North Carolina-based RIA has 32 employees, including 12 advisers

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  • August 25, 2020

ETrade’s ‘better mousetrap’ is its stock plan business, analyst says

Morgan Stanley's acquisition of the business will improve its transfer of stock plan clients to its wealth management platform

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  • August 21, 2020

Despite COVID, RIA deals headed for another record year

Deal tracker DeVoe expects M&A activity to climb 30% annually for at least five years

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  • August 10, 2020

Emigrant takes stake in California RIA

Hollencrest Capital Management manages about $1.7 billion

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  • August 5, 2020

Canadian buyer gobbles up $4.5 billion RIA, Balasa Dinverno Foltz

CI Financial marks its fifth U.S. deal since February, and it's just getting started

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  • August 5, 2020

Mercer acquires $130 million RIA

Summit Wealth Advisors is based in Frisco, Colorado

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Potential legal pitfalls for advisers selling their firm

You think you're ready to choose a buyer, but there may be important deal elements that have not been addressed

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  • July 31, 2020

OCM Capital Partners acquires $440 million RIA

Thousand Oaks Financial will become part of One Capital Management, which is a subsidiary of Toronto's CI Financial

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  • July 30, 2020

Securities class-action suits declined in first half

‘Core’ suits, which don’t involve M&A, totaled 117

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  • July 30, 2020

Hightower takes stake in Private Vista

The Chicago-area registered investment adviser manages $1.5 billion in assets

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  • July 30, 2020

Focus firm HoyleCohen to acquire Stellar Capital Management

The acquisition will add $400 million to the AUM of Focus Financial

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  • July 22, 2020

Securities America warns of service slowdown as consolidation begins

Advisers are experiencing "longer than usual wait times," according to a memo