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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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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

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 21, 2020

NASAA study on aging advisers suggests firms consider requiring succession plans

Regulators say older advisory workforce may have issues related to cognitive impairment

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  • July 17, 2020

SEC charges RIA in $60 million Ponzi-like scheme

David Hu sold fake loans to pay off earlier investors, the SEC alleges

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  • July 16, 2020

As M&A activity ramps back up, RIAs need to bone up on the details

Independent advisers want to do deals, but many confess they aren't really prepared to do so

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Equity-like financing for RIAs that don’t want to surrender equity

All RIAs are different, which underscores the need for diverse sources of funding for these firms

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  • July 14, 2020

After a choppy start, RIA M&A regains momentum in 2020

More and larger deals suggests the second half could reach record levels

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  • July 10, 2020

Former RIA execs to pay $200,000 for misleading clients

Benjamin Alderson, the former CEO of deVere USA, also agrees to a permanent bar

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All-female team managing $500 million drops Morgan Stanley for Sanctuary Wealth

The advisers are the first breakaway team Sanctuary has picked up from the wirehouse this year

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Second Wealth/Stack conference postponed a year

An online version of the event will be held in December

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Court orders RIA firm and founder to pay more than $2 million

SEC case charged that Connecticut-based Temenos Advisory put investor money at risk and concealed high commissions

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  • June 30, 2020

Creative Planning acquires $530 million RIA

Starfire Investment Advisers is based outside Detroit

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  • June 30, 2020

Mercer acquires $330 million RIA

Founders sell Los Angeles-based Argosy Wealth Management

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  • June 26, 2020

Kansas City, Missouri, firms merge to form $1.7 billion RIA

RubinBrown and Wealth Management Advisors combine

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  • June 23, 2020

Creative Planning notches seventh deal of 2020 with $700 million RIA

The purchase of Sunrise Advisors marks the first local acquisition for the Kansas-based firm

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  • June 18, 2020

After almost a decade of fighting, the SEC and Ray Lucia finally settle

The 'Buckets of Money' adviser can apply to work in the securities industry again

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  • June 18, 2020

Cresset acquires PagnatoKarp to form Top 25 RIA

The two firms have a combined $9.5 billion in assets under management