Catalyst Partners on the advice market M&A continuum

Acquirers eyeing £500m firms are ‘fishing in a very shallow pond’

Jenna Brown
clock • 8 min read

In the second part of a two-part interview, Jenna Brown talks to the Catalyst Partners - Roderic Rennison, John Chapman, Martyn Laverick and Andrew Cumming - about the future of M&A in advice and why data is a defining factor…

The ever-evolving advice market "continuum" means the buying and selling of businesses will continue for many years to come, the Catalyst Partners believe. Speaking to Professional Adviser, the group of four M&A experts explain that while consolidators remain keen to acquire firms, new ventures are always springing up. They add that while consolidation has been in train for many years, there is still a long way to go.  Cumming says: "I think it's a continuum in the market.  "It's a function of having small operatives doing the same basic business model as the large operatives.  ...

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