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Strong M&A market for RIAs propels Focus Financial toward possible IPO

Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Focus Financial Partners has the wind at its back in the merger and acquisition market as the aggregator of registered investment advisory firms reportedly prepares to go public.

RIA sellers guide: Who's buying, and what they want

Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Buyers accounted for nearly half of M&A transactions last year and nearly 40% of acquisitions for the first half of 2016, according to Fidelity Investment's latest Wealth Management M&A Transaction report.

Buying a Practice? 5 Things You MUST Ask the Selling Advisor and Appraiser

Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Practice acquisition (acquiring a retiring advisor's practice) is an incredibly lucrative way to grow your business exponentially, and as advisors age, there will be ample opportunity for younger advisors to acquire practices. In the next 10-15 years, there's going to be a glut of “for sale by owner” practices, but the simple fact is that they are not going to be worth the multiples that are being thrown around now.  

Strategic Acquirers Are Growth Opportunity for RIAs

Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Strategic acquirers represent a formidable force in the registered investment advisor mergers and acquisitions game, according to a recent report released by Fidelity. But to align themselves correctly for an acquisition, RIAs need to understand the varying needs of the different types of acquirers and what they stand to gain — and lose — in the deal, according to the report.

Why Lebenthal's wealth management venture didn't make it

Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Indeed, the demise of the wealth management arm [Lebenthal Wealth Advisers] of one of the financial service's industry's most venerable names has underscored the fiercely contested battle for high- and ultrahigh-net-worth clients and the advisers who can work with them.

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