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Big Buyout Heats Up Market for High-End RIAs

Added on July 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary:The high end of the wealth management market is a very, very good place to be right now. Valuations for advisory firms with over $500 million in assets under management are expected to escalate in the wake of this month's Boston Private Bank and Trust's $60 million acquisition of Banyan Partners -- made at what sources say was a valuation of nine times EBITDA.

As Boston Private and Banyan Partners merge, the Big Three roll-ups become the Big Four

Added on July 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Boston Private Bank and Trust Co. announced that it will pay $60 million in cash and stock to purchase Banyan Partners LLC, creating a $9 billion-plus AUM RIA roll-up hungry to acquire.

A seller's market for sharp advisers

Added on July 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The latest move by Boston Private Bank & Trust Co. into the investment advice space — a plan to buy a $4.3 billion Florida registered investment adviser — should be enough to alert well-run advisory firms that it's a seller's market.

Announcing a Merger? You Need a Game Plan

Added on July 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Announcing a merger can be tricky, especially since there are many stakeholders who each need to receive the right message: employees, clients, prospects, referral partners/centers of influence, vendors, the community and the media. Your goal is to get each of these audiences excited about the change and address any fears they might have.

Boston Private Scoops Up Banyan Partners in $60M Deal

Added on July 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Boston Private Bank, a subsidiary of Boston Private Financial Holdings, on Wednesday acquired Florida-based Banyan Partners in a $60 million cash and stock deal.Wednesday’s deal adds more than $25 million of annual fee-based revenue and the combined operation will have approximately $9 billion in client assets under management and advisement, making it one of the largest wealth management companies in the U.S., according to Clayton G. Deutsch, CEO and President of BPFH.

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