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The Pros and Cons of Mergers and Acquisitions as Part of Your Growth Strategy

Added on November 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Mergers and acquisitions have become a popular business strategy for companies looking to expand into new markets or territories, gain a competitive edge, or acquire new technologies and skill sets.

Valuation Types, Costs and Degrees of Reliability

Added on November 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: It’s easy to criticize valuation clauses in most buy-sell agreements (BSAs) as being inadequate, too cookie-cutter. They can be. It’s much more difficult to suggest an adequate and cost-conscious alternative to the go-to remedy: a full-blown valuation from a credentialed business appraiser.

Advisor M&A Surging to Record Year; Should Be 'New Normal': DeVoe

Added on October 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: DeVoe & Company’s latest report on RIA mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter suggests advisor M&A market is at a record pace for the full year. Moreover, said Dave DeVoe, that record pace is likely to be followed by “seven to 10 more years” of M&A growth, becoming a “new normal.” Why is that?

2016 M&A Activity For RIAs On Record Pace

Added on October 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: There were 52 deals done in this year’s first half versus 37 in the first half of 2015. Maybe of more significance, the first-half total this year is only two short of the total number of deals in both 2013 and 2014.

Quest for a Do-it-All Advice Platform Drives M&As

Added on October 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The quest for the “holy grail” in wealth-management technology — a platform capable of uniting under one roof all the various financial-technology tools necessary in the advice business — has spurred a slew of tech-firm acquisitions and partnerships, ThinkAdvisor writes.

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