Added on May 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Last month, wealth-firm aggregator Focus Financial Partners entered the Canadian market by purchasing a minority stake in Dorchester Wealth Management, which manages more than $675 million. This boosted Focus’ network to 35 independent advice firms in North America and the U.K. with total annual revenue of more than $325 million
Added on May 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The activity makes the independent investment advisory model one of the fastest-growing financial services segments and points to a healthy, sustainable industry, says Jonathan Beatty, senior vice president of sales and relationship management at Schwab Advisor Services.
Added on April 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: As the leading independent lender to financial advisors, we have seen our fair share of deals. Some go right—and others go very, very wrong. From surprise last-minute changes to bumps within the seller transition, there really is no guarantee when it comes to selling or buying a book of business.
Added on April 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: After essentially sitting on the sidelines during 2014, private equity firms and banks were again buying up RIA firms in the first quarter of 2015, executing 19 percent of the record-breaking 34 transactions recorded by DeVoe & Company. Private equity firms alone accounted for 13 percent of first quarter deals.
Added on April 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Conventional wisdom is that startups are bought, not sold. The logic follows that no matter how much an entrepreneur wants to sell a company, there needs to be an eager buyer and no amount of seller desire can manufacture one. Some people interpret this wisdom to mean that they should spend no time getting to know buyers and when a large company is ready to buy their startup, they’ll come knocking.
