After a white-hot 2020, M&A experts believe we still haven’t reached a peak; many expect deal structures to evolve and new buyers to find the market in the coming months.

The partnership is intended to harness and extend risk management benefits across the network's more than 8,000 advisors.

Here are the breakaways, mergers and acquisitions announced the week of Jan. 11, 2021.

The acquisition provides a succession plan for the founding partners of BAR, which has 300 advisors and $4 billion in assets under management.

The regulatory agency said three Cetera broker/dealers had previously been told by the SEC of the failures to properly supervise certain transactions of dually registered representatives, but they failed to set up systems for properly doing so.

The new firm Homestead Wealth Management will be based out of Glendale, Ariz. The two advisors have about $150 million in advisory and brokerage assets under management.

While the structure is appealing, RIA sellers often focus more on who the partner is going to be and what they bring to the table in terms of peer groups and resources. With a SPAC, a lot of those are unknown.

Diachok’s nephew, Ryan Diachok, current president of Geneos, has taken over the CEO duties.

The acquisition is part of FMG’s plan to become an end-to-end digital-marketing platform for financial advisors.

The three advisors at the San Diego–based Nautica Wealth Advisors had all previously been affiliated with the independent broker/dealer and are reconnecting with the company from Cetera.