The mergers, acquisitions and advisor moves you may have missed the week of May 3, 2021.
This week started with Canadian serial acquirer CI Financial’s agreement to sub-acquire a $2.4 billion firm. CI Financial’s affiliate Congress Wealth Management will purchase Pinnacle Advisory Group and will boost its assets under management to $5.8 billion.
Next, Creative Planning returned to the M&A scene to announce its acquisition of a Virginia registered investment advisory firm with $5 billion in AUM. The 30-year-old Sullivan, Bruyette, Speros & Blayney, will join Peter Mallouk’s national financial planning firm in the Washington, D.C. area.
Finally, despite a public proxy fight from a disappointed shareholder, Boston Private was able to get majority shareholder approval to merge with Silicon Valley Bank’s parent, SVB Financial.