M&A platform finds strong pipeline of non-PE acquirers

Data from Project Exit shows regional and local advice firms make up more than half of buyers

Isabel Baxter
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Regional or local advice firms make up more than half of buyers on Melo’s online M&A marketplace Project Exit, while the strongest buyer appetite is for £30m to £50m AUA firms, data from the firm has found.

Analysis of 72 buyer profiles on Melo's Project Exit platform has suggested that owners may have more succession options beyond private equity (PE)-backed consolidators than previously thought. Data from the platform also found that the strongest buyer appetite was around the £30m to £50m AUA range, with £30m to £40m and £40m to £50m the two most selected preferred seller-size bands. Melo launched ‘Project Exit', an independent marketplace for financial planning business sales designed to connect buyers and sellers and improve access to opportunities across the market, on 11 May. L...

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