Wealth administration mergers and acquisitions exercise continued sturdy in 2023, with 321 transactions introduced, slightly below the report 340 transactions in 2022, Echelon Companions reported Tuesday.
Financial uncertainties and risk-off sentiments throughout markets weighed on deal quantity within the first half of the yr, resulting in a below-historical-average 140 transactions. Nevertheless, the wealth administration sector’s sturdy fundamentals sparked a revival in deal exercise in the course of the second half, with 181 transactions.
The offers that Echelon Companions tracks and identifies embrace any transaction involving an RIA with greater than $100 million in belongings beneath administration, which have additionally been reported by a current information supply. As well as, the report consists of monetary advisors who terminate relationships with different monetary service establishments so as to be part of RIAs, with the recognized breakaway advisors transitioning $100 million or extra in belongings to a brand new monetary providers agency.
Altering Trade Dynamics
Final yr’s minority funding exercise remained above historic ranges, with 35 introduced offers, yet one more than in 2022. Common belongings per vendor surged by 94.3% yr over yr (excluding offers over $20 billion in belongings) to $4.8 billion, barely beneath 2021’s report $5.1 billion.
Echelon Companions attributed this improve in common belongings to giant RIAs receiving a number of minority investments from non-public fairness companies.