Mergers & Acquisitions

Barings Provides Senior Secured Financing For Edgewater’s Acquisition Of Parker Manufacturing Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Barings has provided senior secured credit facilities supporting The Edgewater Funds' acquisition of Parker Manufacturing Group. Barings served as lead agent on the financing. Financial terms were not disclosed.

WSB Acquires Civil Infrastructure Associates To Expand Southeast Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

WSB has acquired Civil Infrastructure Associates, expanding the design and consulting firm's municipal, environmental, water and surveying capabilities in the Nashville metropolitan area.

Santander Completes Webster Acquisition, Creating $327 Billion U.S. Bank Serving Nearly 8 Million Customers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Santander has completed its acquisition of Webster Financial Corporation, significantly expanding its U.S. retail and commercial banking operations and creating a combined organization with approximately $327 billion in assets.

Radial Acquires Mindful Health Solutions MSO, Creating 27-Clinic Brain Medicine Network With 100+ Clinicians

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Radial has acquired the management services organization supporting Mindful Health Solutions, creating a combined management platform supporting what the company describes as the nation's largest network of brain medicine clinics.

StoneX To Acquire Banco Travelex To Expand Brazil Payments, PIX And Foreign Exchange Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

StoneX Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Banco Travelex, expanding its payments and foreign exchange capabilities in Brazil and adding regulated banking infrastructure in one of Latin America's largest FX markets.

ScanSource To Acquire MicroAge For $220.5 Million To Expand Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Center And AI Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

ScanSource has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MicroAge for $220.5 million in cash, expanding its capabilities across cloud, cybersecurity, data center infrastructure, artificial intelligence and managed IT services.

TPG Mortgage Investment Trust To Acquire Cherry Hill For $117.5 Million At 29% Premium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

TPG Mortgage Investment Trust has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation in a transaction with an implied value of approximately $117.5 million, creating a larger residential mortgage REIT with a combined investment portfolio of approximately $9 billion.

Essity To Acquire Kenvue’s Brazil Feminine Care Business For $284 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Essity has entered into an agreement to acquire Kenvue’s feminine care business in Brazil for $284 million, strengthening the hygiene and health company’s position in one of the world’s largest feminine care markets.

HBT Financial To Acquire Tri-County Financial For $204.6 Million, Creating $8.3 Billion-Asset Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

HBT Financial has agreed to acquire Tri-County Financial Group in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $204.6 million, expanding Heartland Bank and Trust Company's presence across central and northern Illinois and the Chicago metropolitan area.

EnableComp Acquires Helix Advisory As Platform Recovers About $3 Billion Annually For 1,000+ Hospitals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

EnableComp has acquired Helix Advisory, a Cincinnati-based healthcare revenue recovery company whose technology is designed to identify hospital underpayments that conventional rules-based audit systems can miss. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Paradium.AI Acquires InfoSentience To Scale Automated Data-Driven Content Across Finance And Sports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

The Arena Group Holdings, doing business as Paradium.AI, has acquired InfoSentience, a developer of automated, data-driven natural language generation technology, as it expands its technology infrastructure and data-driven content capabilities. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

H&R REIT To Be Acquired In C$6.7 Billion Deal By GO Residential REIT And Consortium Including Blackstone, Crestpoint And PSP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust has entered into an agreement to be acquired in a transaction valued at approximately C$6.7 billion, including assumed debt, by GO Residential REIT and a consortium that includes Blackstone Real Estate, Crestpoint Real Estate Investments, PSP Investments and a company controlled by members of H&R Executive Chairman and CEO Tom Hofstedter's family.

Coastline Wealth Management Secures Up To $100 Million From Brightwood And Completes 12 Acquisitions, Surpassing $6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Coastline Wealth Management has secured up to $100 million in financing from Brightwood Capital Advisors while simultaneously completing 12 acquisitions, pushing the independent wealth management platform above $6 billion in assets under management and administration.

Nasdaq To Acquire LeveL Markets, Adding Third-Largest U.S. ATS To Always-On Markets Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Nasdaq has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LeveL Markets, one of the largest alternative trading systems in the U.S., as it expands its strategy around always-on markets and institutional liquidity infrastructure.

Motorola Solutions Completes $1.5 Billion Acquisition Of Counter-Drone Company D-Fend Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 21, 2026

Motorola Solutions has completed its acquisition of counter-drone technology company D-Fend Solutions for $1.5 billion, expanding its public safety and critical infrastructure portfolio with technology designed to safely neutralize unauthorized drones.

LPL Brings In $190 Million Firm McCutchen Wesson Wealth Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

LPL Financial has added McCutchen Wesson Wealth Advisors, a Marion, Arkansas-based advisory team serving approximately $190 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets. The practice is led by financial advisors Paul McCutchen and Jarod Wesson, AAMS, and joins LPL Financial from Edward Jones.

Osaic Adds $367 Million Firm IronGate Services Through Carlson Advisor Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Osaic has added IronGate Services, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based advisory firm overseeing approximately $367 million in client assets, through Carlson Advisor Networks.

Carson Group Onboards $405 Million Firm Yari Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Carson Group has added Yari Capital to its independent advisor channel, bringing approximately $405 million in assets under management to the wealth management platform.

Why Goldman Sachs Is Buying NEOS Investments For Up To $2.25 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Goldman Sachs has agreed to acquire NEOS Investments for consideration of up to $2.25 billion in cash and equity, expanding Goldman Sachs Asset Management's options-based ETF capabilities and creating a combined platform with approximately $80 billion in active ETFs.

Inturai Ventures To Acquire DomeCommand Drone Swarm AI Platform For Up To C$6.025 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Turnspire Capital Partners Acquires Hulcher Services, Adding 28 Rail Service Centers And 3,000+ Equipment Units

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

Turnspire Capital Partners has acquired Hulcher Services, a North American provider of rail infrastructure, maintenance, and field services with 28 service centers across the United States and Mexico.

JBS Proposes To Acquire Remaining 18% Of Pilgrim’s Pride In All-Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 20, 2026

JBS has submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire the approximately 18% of Pilgrim's Pride that it does not already own, potentially bringing the poultry producer fully under JBS ownership.

STB Restarts Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Review And Sets November 18 Comment Deadline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

The Surface Transportation Board has restarted its review of the proposed Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger, removing the proceeding and its environmental review from abeyance and establishing a procedural schedule for evaluating the transaction. The agency emphasized that the decision is procedural and does not constitute a ruling on the merits of the merger application or on issues raised by commenters.

TAG Invest Surpasses $2 Billion AUM After 60% Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

TAG Advisors announced that TAG Invest, its in-house asset management platform, has surpassed $2 billion in assets under management after growing more than 60% in less than a year.

UCC Environmental Acquires Cast Steel Products To Expand Mining And Steel Performance Parts Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

UCC Environmental has acquired Cast Steel Products, expanding its performance parts business across mining, steel and other heavy industrial markets. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Stratos Onboards $400 Million Firm RPI Financial Life Planners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

Stratos Wealth Enterprises has entered into a strategic partnership with RPI Financial Life Planners that is expected to add approximately $400 million in assets while expanding Stratos' presence across the Midwest.

Fulcrum Therapeutics And Slate Medicines To Merge With $245 Million Financing And Estimated $270 Million Fulcrum Dividend

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

Fulcrum Therapeutics and Slate Medicines have entered into a definitive all-stock merger agreement that will create a Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company focused on next-generation migraine treatments and backed by an oversubscribed $245 million private placement. The combined company will operate as Slate Medicines and is expected to trade under the ticker SLTE.

Ridgeview Partners To Acquire Pinewood Technologies For £545 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

Ridgeview Partners has reached an agreement with the board of Pinewood Technologies Group plc (Pinewood.AI) on a recommended acquisition valued at approximately £545 million. The agreement turns Ridgeview's previously proposed takeover into a firm transaction after a July report said Ridgeview had offered £4.48 per share for Pinewood.AI at the same £545 million valuation.

Bridgenext Acquires CloudX, Increasing Engineering Headcount By 25% To Expand Enterprise AI Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

Bridgenext has acquired CloudX, an enterprise AI software company based in Buenos Aires, expanding its AI, data and product engineering capabilities as businesses move from experimental AI projects toward broader enterprise deployments. The acquisition increases Bridgenext’s engineering headcount by 25% and significantly expands the company’s presence in Argentina.

Brinqa Acquires PlexTrac, Creating 3,000+ Customer Exposure Management Platform Used By 25%+ Of Fortune 500

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 19, 2026

Brinqa has acquired PlexTrac, adding offensive security validation, workflow and reporting capabilities to its exposure management platform and creating what the company describes as the largest standalone vendor in Unified Exposure Management. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.