From InvestmentNews
Added on October 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: A rising number of Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firms are turning to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a way to sustain their business momentum in a period of slowing growth and rapid consolidation. Such deals are not small, either
From Finacial Planning
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Buyers are setting the deal terms and RIA sellers are "leaving tons of money on the table," says Seivert, speaking at the annual Deals & Deal Makers Summit hosted by Echelon.
From ThinkAdvisor
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: “There are no shortages of opportunity to sell a financial advisory business,” says Matt Matrisian, senior vice president of Strategic Initiative sat AssetMark, which provides investment, relationship and practice management for those firms.
From Financial Planning
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- No, it really isn't a seller's market in the RIA M&A space. In fact, on the contrary, says Dan Seivert, CEO of Echelon Partners, the M&A consultancy and investment banking firm.
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Increasing sophistication around independent RIA support was vital to the merger this past week of breakaway wealth shop Syntal Wealth Partners and a prominent Merrill Lynch team in Dallas. But friendship and complementary skill sets – forged over more than a decade – were the real catalysts, say those who made the deal.
