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RIA M&A Market Report: June 2026 Deal Activity

The RIA M&A market closed out the second quarter with 20 announced transactions in June, totaling approximately $133.9 billion in disclosed acquired AUM. The month was defined by a small number of extraordinarily large deals, with the top three...

Family Office Real Estate Investment Activity: 1H 2026

FINTRX tracked 55 direct real estate transactions in the first half of 2026 by family offices, spanning eight property types and six countries. Single family offices (SFOs) accounted for 31 of the 39 unique family offices involved, versus...

Family Office Investment Activity - June 2026

According to FINTRX data, family offices deployed capital across 126 transactions and 117 unique companies in June 2026, continuing an upward trend from 121 transactions in May. Deals spanned pre-seed AI bets to a $12 billion technology...

ESG & Impact Investing Across the Private Wealth Channel

ESG investing has gone through a full cycle in less than a decade. The Financial Planning Association says planner usage of ESG strategies slid from 38% in 2020 to 34% in 2022 as rate hikes and political backlash hit the category. Some...

The Most Viewed Rep & Advisor Profiles in FINTRX in Q2 2026

Using FINTRX platform engagement data, we analyzed the most viewed individual rep and advisor profiles in Q2 2026 to see which advisors are drawing the most attention across the wealth management landscape. From founders of their own RIAs...

The Most Viewed RIA & Broker-Dealer Firm Profiles in FINTRX in Q2 2026

Using FINTRX platform engagement data, we analyzed the most viewed RIA and broker-dealer firm profiles in Q2 2026 to identify where attention is actively concentrating. These views are driven by real workflows inside FINTRX, building...

What 'Producing Advisor' Actually Means, and Why Most Coverage Gets It Wrong

Ask most data providers how many advisors they cover, and you'll get an impressive number. Ask how many of those advisors are actually producing, meaning actively managing client assets and generating revenue, and the number usually drops, if anyone...

RIA M&A Market Report: May 2026

The RIA M&A market remained active through May, with FINTRX tracking 25 announced transactions during the month. Total disclosed acquired AUM reached approximately $44.7 billion, driven largely by a single standout deal: the acquisition of Leafhouse...

SpaceX is Still Private. These RIAs & Broker-Dealers Found a Way In

SpaceX is targeting the largest stock market debut in history, with a valuation exceeding $1.5 trillion ahead of this week's expected NASDAQ IPO. For most investors, pre-IPO shares have been hard to access, and meaningful exposure has historically...

RIA M&A Market Report: April 2026

The RIA M&A market sustained its pace into April, with FINTRX tracking 26 announced transactions during the month. While deal volume was lower than the monthly average seen in Q1 2026, the month featured several high-profile, large-scale...