Compensation for the senior partners is rumored to be tied to a five-year retention schedule. It is the second strategic acquisition the buyer has closed this quarter and its largest by AUM. The transaction values the firm at roughly twelve times trailing EBITDA, according to people familiar with the matter. Talent retention will be the principal concern, executives said in an internal memo reviewed by InvestLin. The combined entity is expected to manage just over four billion dollars when the transaction closes.
Regulatory filings are not expected to slow the timeline; the deal is expected to close in the third quarter. It is the kind of deal that says less about price than about positioning for the next cycle. Talent retention will be the principal concern, executives said in an internal memo reviewed by InvestLin. Industry observers expect a small wave of follow-on deals from competitors.
The detail
The transaction values the firm at roughly twelve times trailing EBITDA, according to people familiar with the matter. Clients have been notified by letter and an email follow-up; the firm expects minimal attrition. Custodial rivals were watching closely, hoping to scoop up assets in any post-merger turbulence. Insiders say the firm has been quietly building out its alternatives platform since last summer. Both sides described the transaction as transformational, but neither would discuss financial terms on the record.
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The combined entity is expected to manage just over four billion dollars when the transaction closes. Compensation for the senior partners is rumored to be tied to a five-year retention schedule. The transition team has been on site since Tuesday, walking through technology integration with the home-office staff. Insiders say the firm has been quietly building out its alternatives platform since last summer.
What it means for advisors
Talent retention will be the principal concern, executives said in an internal memo reviewed by InvestLin. Compensation for the senior partners is rumored to be tied to a five-year retention schedule. The deal is the latest in a wave of consolidation that has reshaped the channel over the past three years. The transition team has been on site since Tuesday, walking through technology integration with the home-office staff.
- Custodial rivals were watching closely, hoping to scoop up assets in any post-merger turbulence. The transaction values the firm at roughly twelve times trailing EBITDA, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Both sides described the transaction as transformational, but neither would discuss financial terms on the record. Talent retention will be the principal concern, executives said in an internal memo reviewed by InvestLin.
- Custodial rivals were watching closely, hoping to scoop up assets in any post-merger turbulence. Compliance staff inside the acquirer have been preparing for the integration since early March.
The transition team has been on site since Tuesday, walking through technology integration with the home-office staff. It is the kind of deal that says less about price than about positioning for the next cycle. Compliance staff inside the acquirer have been preparing for the integration since early March. Regulatory filings are not expected to slow the timeline; the deal is expected to close in the third quarter.
