Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: While mergers and acquisitions represent an efficient way for firms to achieve growth, finding a ready partner in 2015 will be challenging. Activity in the M&A market heated up in 2014, with no signs of slowing down over the next 12 months.
Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Savant Capital Management didn't just buy an accounting firm -- the $4 billion RIA also bought a hedge against future revenue risk, says CEO Brent Brodeski.
Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The year was one of the best for mergers and acquisitions since the passing of the financial crisis. Some 40,298 transactions — worth nearly $3.5 trillion — were announced worldwide in 2014, according to Thomson Reuters, fulfilling the hopes of an industry that has bet on such a resurgence for some time. It was the biggest year in deals since 2007.
Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Mariner Wealth Advisors made a big splash in a tight M&A market, taking a majority interest in Vantage Investment Advisors, a $1 billion RIA based in State College, Pa.
Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: What’s the price of independence? For Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Banyan Partners, it was $60 million. Most of the firms on our fourth annual list of RIA Leaders get calls from would-be suitors a couple of times a month, even weekly.
