Kingswood splashes £18m on IFA firm
Company eyes a further three deals in ‘robust’ pipeline of acquisition opportunities
M&A
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Ascentric deal set to help M&G play catch up in the advised space
Royal London parts with wrap advised platform with £14bn in AUA
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Jupiter shareholders green light £370m Merian deal
Covid disruption was unlikely to cause Jupiter to rethink the price it was willing to pay for Merian
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Blackrock’s largest shareholder ditches stake as it hunts for Covid-19 bargains
‘It will significantly improve the free float and enable it to diversify its shareholder base’
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Can advisers still sell their businesses during the pandemic?
‘There is no hiding from the fact there will be an impact on the M&A market’
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Paul Mumford funds absorbed by Stonehage Fleming in ‘strange’ tie-up
‘Old school stock picker’ Mumford’s small cap focus seems out of place with Stonehage Fleming offering
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WH Ireland confirms acquisition talks with CEO’s former employer
Phillip Wale worked at Cantor Fitzgerald as head of fixed income before joining WH Ireland in 2018
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Kingswood raids Charles Stanley and SJP to round out senior team
Appointments come as wealth manager closes in on ‘significant’ acquisitions
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Defensive Jupiter Merian deal shows fund groups are not safe from M&A
Premier Miton and Liontrust touted as good targets for the next round of consolidation
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Raymond James firm merges with multi-asset specialist IPS Capital
Combined business will have assets under management of more than £600m
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Jupiter and Merian deal set to result in fund overlap
Fund buyers expect overlap in UK, European and Asian equities
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II closes in on rivals in £35bn union with Share Centre
M&A in the platform space has been ramping up