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A succinct roundup of the major M&A announcements for the first week of February.
January was another record deal for mergers and acquisitions, according to DeVoe & Company’s RIA Deal Book Alert for January. There were 29 total transactions, nearly double January 2020’s figures.
Below are more deals along with firm-to-firm advisor moves announced for this week:
Tiger Blackwell Joins LPL Financial from Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
Tiger Blackwell, founder of Blackwell Money Management in Baton Rouge, La., managed approximately $100 million at Stifel before moving to LPL’s newly launched independent employee model.
J.P. Morgan Loses Executive Director Dixon Hayes to Simon Quick Advisors
A round-up of people moves and M&A deals across North America
M&A
The wealth management firm has acquired Chicago-based Trinity Financial Advisors (TFA).
This deal marks The Mather Group’s eighth acquisition in a little more than two years.
TFA has provided financial planning services for Chicago’s working and retired business executives, healthcare professionals, attorneys and entrepreneurs since 2000.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
People moves
Spearhead
The wealth management and administration solutions provider has named Alyson Kest as chief compliance officer and deputy general counsel.
Kest has more than 15 years of legal and compliance experience within the financial services industry. Most recently, she was the chief compliance officer and counsel for WBI Investments and its affiliates Millington Securities and Hartshorne Group.