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M&A in the RIA space rides to another record year

Big fish swallowing little fish

Access to capital and a flood of quality buyers are seen driving the trend

With a seventh consecutive year of record-setting merger and acquisition activity on the books, there appears to be little standing in the way of the momentum behind the consolidation among registered investment advisers.

According to a report out Monday from Echelon Partners, 2019 saw 203 RIA ac

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