Why the Moss Adams-Rowling Dold merger came apart despite looking picture-perfect on paper

Summary: Rebecca Pomering has spent much of her career guiding RIA mergers.  But the failure of the Moss Adams-Rowling Dold merger was proof that even the best looking ones can experience unanticipated pitfalls.  Rowling did not like the transition to having less control and less of a leadership role.  It’s the intangibles that often determine whether the merger will be successful or not; sometimes RIAs just need to take the leap of faith and agree to some give and take.