Corporate M & A Activity

US accounting and advisory firm, Friedman LLP, has announced that New York-based accounting firm Markowitz, Fenelon & Bank will integrate its practice with Friedman from 1 January 2020

KPMG has signed a conditional agreement to sell its UK pensions practice to NewCo, which is backed by private equity firm Exponent and KPMG UK’s current pensions partners

A look at the top stories from Canada and the USA in the past week…

Sequent, a global provider of wealth planning, fiduciary and administrative services, has appointed Joseph McBurney as managing director of its Singapore office

Isle of Man-headquartered trust and fiduciary services provider, Abacus, has acquired Moanco-based firm Moores Rowland

Global corporate service, trust and fund administration provider, Vistra, has announced that London Legalisation Services (LLS), a London-based provider of legalisation and consular services, has been officially rebranded as Vistra

Grant Thornton Channel Islands has acquired the chartered accountancy firm Price Bailey in Guernsey, in a move the former said would provide “significant opportunities for further growth”

Two Bath law firms are set to merge their private client practices.

Boston Multi Family Office has formerly completed its management buyout (MBO), having received regulatory approval.

The Citco Group of Companies has strengthened its partnership with Solovis, a multi-asset class portfolio management, analytics and reporting platform for asset owners and allocators.