Added on August 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Working with a mergers and acquisitions specialist will help to achieve a good deal and a smooth transition. They’ll assist in valuations, finding buyers and doing their due diligence. They’re also somewhat of a hand holder for those selling a business for the first time, who likely have many questions and concerns.
Added on August 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In the latest deal between billion-dollar-plus registered investment advisers, Bronfman E.L. Rothschild said Tuesday it had acquired Highline Wealth Management, creating a combined $3.6 billion firm.
Added on August 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Given the massive increase of merger and acquisition activity in wealth management, and understanding the complexity and unique nature of each of these transactions, we have to ask ourselves one very important question: How did our industry ever decide upon using the words “tuck-in” when referring to acquiring someone's business?
Added on July 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Integrating a swashbuckling, entrepreneurial wealth management firm into a staid, buttoned-down private banking culture isn't easy: just ask Boston Private Bank & Trust.
Added on July 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: There is an inescapable truth that exists in the RIA community. The fact is, an overwhelming majority of advisory firms want to buy another firm. Their desire to grow inorganically is the same, whether they have $2 billion, $200 million or $25 million of assets under management. Where does this desire come from? We like to refer to it as the “Buyer’s Bias,” which is comprised of a series of factors that support the notion that along with being human, advisors are vulnerable to human biases.
