CI Financial Acquires Balasa Dinverno Foltz (BDF)
August 4, 2020
CI Financial Corp. agreed to acquire full ownership of Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC (BDF), a Chicago-region registered investment advisor with approximately US$4.5 billion in assets under management and a 62-person team. The deal expands CI's U.S. wealth management footprint, pushing its U.S. wealth assets to roughly US$11 billion and strengthens CI's presence in the Midwest and Chicago high-net-worth market.
- Buyers
- CI Financial Corp.
- Targets
- Balasa Dinverno Foltz LLC
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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