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Growth Through Synergy

Added on October 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Synergy has been defined as a phenomenon where one plus one equals three. We agree. For years, we’ve been reading about how the financial advice business will experience a proliferation of mergers, acquisitions and consolidations. 

Wood Investment Counsel, Obermeyer merger makes a mountain of an RIA

Added on October 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The merger of two prominent Colorado advisory firms has earned them the top spot in wealth management in the state. The combination of Wood Investment Counsel of Denver and Obermeyer Asset Management of Aspen will manages $1.7 billion assets — beating out Weatherstone Capital Management of Denver, which oversees $1.2 billion in assets.

New M&A Entry Using Alternatives to Woo RIAs

Added on October 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Securing an equity stake in the fast-growing RIA market usually involves fierce competition among aggregators, private equity firms, banks and large financial service companies. A new contender, Aequitas Capital, is hoping to woo advisors with an unusual but potentially potent pitch: its expertise in alternative investments.

RIA Deals: How to Keep Clients Happy

Added on October 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: As advisors look to mergers and acquisitions to fuel growth strategies and succession plans, firms need to look beyond the nuts and bolts of the transaction and think strategically about how a combined firm will operate, experts said this week at the FSI's financial advisor summit.

Thinking About Buying a Practice? Talk to More Than One Seller

Added on October 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: It’s a seller’s market when it comes to the merger and acquisition activity around advisory practices. For every 10-15 deals an advisor looks at, one may turn serious, Paul Lally, president of Gladstone Associates, told attendees of FSI Advisor Summit on Monday. 

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