Acquiror | Acquired or
Target Company | Type of Transaction
and Status |
| Legg Mason, Inc., a global asset management firm with approximately $718 billion AUM | Financial Guard LLC, a leading online investment adviser | Acquisition of an 82% majority interest
(terms not disclosed) |
| Minella Capital Management LLC, a private equity firm established in 2007 | W.E. Donoghue & Co., a registered investment adviser specializing in tactical strategies with over $1.6 billion AUM | Acquisition of a majority interest
(terms not disclosed) |
| Boston Advisors LLC, a boutique investment management firm with approximately $4.5 billion AUM | Weyland Capital Management, an investment advisory firm with approximately $175 million AUM | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| People’s Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of People's United Bank, N.A., a commercial and retail bank, with approximately $40 billion in assets | Gerstein Fisher, an independent boutique investment management firm that integrates academic research into quantitative portfolio structuring and investment solutions | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| Victory Capital, the global asset management division of Wells Fargo & Company, with approximately $51 billion AUM | Analytic Investors, LLC, an investment firm with approximately $15 billion AUM | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| Tiedemann Wealth Management, a New York-based wealth adviser with approximately $9 billion AUM | Presidio Capital Advisors, a San Francisco-based wealth adviser and subsidiary of The Presidio Group with approximately $4 billion AUM | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| Pathstone Federal Street, a multi-family office with approximately $7 billion AUM | Convergent Wealth Advisors, a multi-family office with approximately $3 billion AUM | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| F.A.B. Partners, a Jersey-based investment platform backed by a select group of sophisticated, global and long term oriented investors | CIFC LLC, a private debt manager specializing in secured U.S. corporate loan strategies | Acquisition for approximately $333 million in cash |
| AllianceBernstein L.P., a global investment firm with approximately $492 billion AUM | RASL, which is jointly owned by Ramius LLC (the investment division of Cowen Group, Inc.) and the two principals of RASL | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC, a financial life management firm | Westport Resources, a registered investment adviser specializing in wealth management for a select group of individuals, families, municipalities and not-for-profit organizations across the Northeast | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| WSFS Financial Corporation, a multi-billion dollar financial services company | Powdermill Financial Solutions LLC, a multi-family office | Acquisition of assets
(terms not disclosed) |
| Pavilion Financial Corporation, an employee-owned, investment services firm | Jeffrey Slocum & Associates, Inc., an investment adviser with approximately $125 billion AUM | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| GMP Capital Inc., an independent diversified financial services firm headquartered in Toronto, Canada | FirstEnergy Capital Corp., a provider of financial advisory and investment services to a broad range of corporate clients and sophisticated investors in the global energy sector | Acquisition for total consideration of $98.6 million |
| American Beacon Advisors, Inc., a provider of investment advisory services to institutional and retail markets | Crest Investment Partners, LLC, an independent registered investment advisory firm providing quantitative, fundamentally-driven investment solutions to institutional and individual clients | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| RMB Capital, an independent financial services firm with more than $5.2 billion AUM | Greenwood Investment Management, Inc. | Acquisition
(terms not disclosed) |
| Aston Hill Financial Inc., an asset management company which advises retail mutual funds, closed end funds, hedge funds and segregated institutional funds | Front Street Capital, an investment manager which offers a diverse range of investments, including growth, income and tax-minded portfolios offered as mutual funds, hedge funds, and flow-through limited partnerships | Merger
(terms not disclosed) |
| Segal Rogerscasey, the SEC-registered investment consulting wing of The Segal Group | The Marco Consulting Group, a consulting firm that specializes in multiemployer benefit plans | Acquisition of assets
(terms not disclosed) |