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Biden tax talk seen driving RIA M&A activity

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The record deal volume in the first quarter is being attributed to multiple factors, not the least of which is President Joe Biden's threats to hike capital gains taxes.

The quarterly updates on mergers and acquisitions in the financial advisory space are sounding like a broken record as the string of unprecedented activity continues with no slowdown in sight.

The 76 deals announced during the first three months of 2021 broke a record set in the final three month

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