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	Enter the deal makers: RIA M&A firms are hiring furiously -- even without a deal boom Silver Lane, DeVoe & Co. and Gladstone are among the companies buying desks and seeking more resumes	Monday 3.25.13
	With new deal, Exencial edges near to $1 billion and starts to look like an RIA acquisition alpha dog After a big 2011 merger, the Oklahoma-based firm is back in deal mode targeting the Southwest	Thursday 2.7.13
	CAPTRUST wakes up the 401(k) industry by buying $1-billion advisor/recordkeeper that adds the 'magic' to its arsenal Freedom One's system offers 3(38) fiduciary management that allows the $85-billion Raleigh behemoth a way to take greater control of assets	Wednesday 1.9.13
	Why the Moss Adams-Rowling Dold merger came apart despite looking picture-perfect on paper Rigorous due diligence and good will count for a lot -- but not everything, as two ultimately mismatched RIAs were surprised to discover	Monday 7.16.12
	Mintz Levin sells its $1.2 billion RIA, and Focus Financial nabs the assets through a partner firm In an all-Boston deal, The Colony Group becomes a $2.5 billion behemoth only months after hooking up with the big New York consolidator	Thursday 5.31.12
	Why a pair of Zero Alpha RIAs are combining and out-and-out avoiding roll-ups and private-equity money Savant Capital and Monitor Group will have a combined $2.7 billion of AUM and hot prospects for gobbling up more firms	Wednesday 4.25.12
	Mariner Wealth Advisors buys a $1.3 billion wealth manager that first unwound its ties to a bank CEO says Kansas firm will also add 100 advisors in its quest to become $50 billion company	Thursday 2.2.12
	Schwab redefines RIAs in its M&A study but experts say further refinement is needed Registered Investment Advisors have $50 million of AUM and serve HNW investors	Thursday 8.18.11
	LPL lures a TD Ameritrade talent across the San Diego street Mike Watson will bring his practice-management expertise to 1,400 LPL reps	Friday 8.5.11
	M&A market reaching a new normal based on RIA-driven deals, say competing reports from Pershing, Schwab Schwab data contradicts the report on the surface but also shows fewer big, traditional deals	Wednesday 5.4.11
	Record year for RIA M&A after giant fourth quarter, Schwab study says Buyers and sellers both have stronger motivations	Wednesday 2.2.11
	United Capital scoops up a $1.6 billion wealth manager from M&T Quick, efficient deal, aided by top investment banker, may be the blueprint for growth-by-chunks for California aggregator	Thursday 1.13.11
	Two big RIAs will merge to form an East Coast powerhouse Back Bay Financial and Modera Wealth Management straddle Boston and New Jersey with assets nearing $1 billion	Wednesday 12.1.10
	RIA M&A activity sizzles toward a record number of deals in 2010 Last year's pent-up demand got unleashed and conditions are improving, according to Schwab data	Wednesday 11.10.10
	Fidelity steps up M&A efforts as RIAs step up the pressure for answers Deal-related consulting fits a core strategic objective -- RIA growth	Friday 9.17.10
	Jefferies & Co. deletes the Putnam Lovell brand but three former bankers are betting on an M&A resurgence in wealth management The investment banking brand was preeminent until it got purchased and the M&A market tanked	Friday 9.3.10
	M&A market for RIAs continues record pace: Second half looks even stronger As compliance burdens grow, smaller firms are driving merger activity	Monday 7.26.10
	Two Silicon Valley RIAs marry their practices to lay the groundwork for succession The merger key was that Kevin Tanner wanted John Dolan and not just his book of business	Tuesday 7.13.10
	Favorite succession plan of RIAs remains the same: none at all The biggest impediment to planning is finding a successor	Monday 6.7.10
	M&A market for RIAs sprints to record start in 2010 Deals are mostly smaller thus far but activity behind the scenes is intense	Friday 4.9.10
	Sanders Morris Harris Group, serious competitor to the big roll-ups, launches bid from Texas Led by former head of Prudential-Bache Securities, company has at least $15 million to spend on big RIAs and breakaways	Monday 4.5.10
	Part II: The things 11 through 20 that show the RIA market is really heating up in 2010 Everything from New York Times recognition to accelerating executive hires suggest the RIA realm is getting hot	Tuesday 3.23.10

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Enter the deal makers: RIA M&A firms are hiring furiously -- even without a deal boom
Silver Lane, DeVoe & Co. and Gladstone are among the companies buying desks and seeking more resumes

With new deal, Exencial edges near to $1 billion and starts to look like an RIA acquisition alpha dog
After a big 2011 merger, the Oklahoma-based firm is back in deal mode targeting the Southwest

CAPTRUST wakes up the 401(k) industry by buying $1-billion advisor/recordkeeper that adds the 'magic' to its arsenal
Freedom One's system offers 3(38) fiduciary management that allows the $85-billion Raleigh behemoth a way to take greater control of assets

Why the Moss Adams-Rowling Dold merger came apart despite looking picture-perfect on paper
Rigorous due diligence and good will count for a lot -- but not everything, as two ultimately mismatched RIAs were surprised to discover

Mintz Levin sells its $1.2 billion RIA, and Focus Financial nabs the assets through a partner firm
In an all-Boston deal, The Colony Group becomes a $2.5 billion behemoth only months after hooking up with the big New York consolidator

Why a pair of Zero Alpha RIAs are combining and out-and-out avoiding roll-ups and private-equity money
Savant Capital and Monitor Group will have a combined $2.7 billion of AUM and hot prospects for gobbling up more firms

Mariner Wealth Advisors buys a $1.3 billion wealth manager that first unwound its ties to a bank
CEO says Kansas firm will also add 100 advisors in its quest to become $50 billion company

Schwab redefines RIAs in its M&A study but experts say further refinement is needed
Registered Investment Advisors have $50 million of AUM and serve HNW investors

LPL lures a TD Ameritrade talent across the San Diego street
Mike Watson will bring his practice-management expertise to 1,400 LPL reps

M&A market reaching a new normal based on RIA-driven deals, say competing reports from Pershing, Schwab
Schwab data contradicts the report on the surface but also shows fewer big, traditional deals

Record year for RIA M&A after giant fourth quarter, Schwab study says
Buyers and sellers both have stronger motivations

United Capital scoops up a $1.6 billion wealth manager from M&T
Quick, efficient deal, aided by top investment banker, may be the blueprint for growth-by-chunks for California aggregator

Two big RIAs will merge to form an East Coast powerhouse
Back Bay Financial and Modera Wealth Management straddle Boston and New Jersey with assets nearing $1 billion

RIA M&A activity sizzles toward a record number of deals in 2010
Last year's pent-up demand got unleashed and conditions are improving, according to Schwab data

Fidelity steps up M&A efforts as RIAs step up the pressure for answers
Deal-related consulting fits a core strategic objective -- RIA growth

Jefferies & Co. deletes the Putnam Lovell brand but three former bankers are betting on an M&A resurgence in wealth management
The investment banking brand was preeminent until it got purchased and the M&A market tanked

M&A market for RIAs continues record pace: Second half looks even stronger
As compliance burdens grow, smaller firms are driving merger activity

Two Silicon Valley RIAs marry their practices to lay the groundwork for succession
The merger key was that Kevin Tanner wanted John Dolan and not just his book of business

Favorite succession plan of RIAs remains the same: none at all
The biggest impediment to planning is finding a successor

M&A market for RIAs sprints to record start in 2010
Deals are mostly smaller thus far but activity behind the scenes is intense

Sanders Morris Harris Group, serious competitor to the big roll-ups, launches bid from Texas
Led by former head of Prudential-Bache Securities, company has at least $15 million to spend on big RIAs and breakaways

Part II: The things 11 through 20 that show the RIA market is really heating up in 2010
Everything from New York Times recognition to accelerating executive hires suggest the RIA realm is getting hot

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