CI Financial Acquires Bowling Portfolio Management

CI Financial Acquires Dowling & Yahnke

May 10, 2021

Financial Services

CI Financial Corp. agreed to acquire San Diego-based registered investment advisor Dowling & Yahnke, LLC, which manages approximately US$5.1 billion in assets and serves over 1,300 clients. The deal expands CI's U.S. wealth-management platform and establishes CI's first San Diego location, increasing CI's U.S. assets and presence in southern California; financial terms were not disclosed.

CI Financial Acquires Portola Partners

September 14, 2021

Wealth Management

CI Financial Corp. has acquired Portola Partners Group LLC, a Menlo Park-based wealth management firm managing US$5.2 billion focused on ultra-high-net-worth families, founders and executives. The deal expands CI's presence in the San Francisco Bay Area and strengthens its ultra-high-net-worth capabilities within CI Private Wealth; financial terms were not disclosed.

CI Financial Acquires Segall Bryant & Hamill

January 25, 2021

Financial Services

CI Financial Corp. agreed to acquire Chicago-based Segall Bryant & Hamill, a high-net-worth-focused registered investment advisor and institutional asset manager with roughly US$23 billion in assets and about 122 employees. The acquisition expands CI's U.S. wealth management footprint and enhances its institutional and alternative investment capabilities as part of its cross-border growth strategy.

CI Financial Acquires Doyle Wealth Management

November 5, 2020

Wealth Management

CI Financial Corp. will acquire 100% of Doyle Wealth Management (DWM), a St. Petersburg, Florida–based RIA overseeing approximately US$1.1 billion in assets. The deal expands CI’s U.S. wealth-management footprint into Florida and strengthens its wealth-planning and tax capabilities; DWM’s co-founders Robert and Jillian Doyle will continue to lead the business after close.

CI Financial Acquires Multiple U.S. RIAs Including Gofen & Glossberg

November 10, 2021

Financial Services

CI Financial completed a series of six transactions that expand its CI Private Wealth presence in the U.S., acquiring four registered investment advisor firms—Columbia Pacific Wealth Management, Gofen & Glossberg, RegentAtlantic Capital and R.H. Bluestein—and taking minority stakes in alternative investment firms Columbia Pacific Advisors and GLASfunds. The deals increase CI’s U.S. assets substantially and add wealth-management and alternative-investment capabilities to its U.S. private-wealth platform.

CI Financial Acquires New York RIA Barrett Asset Management

March 11, 2021

Financial Services

CI Financial Corp. agreed to acquire Barrett Asset Management, a New York-based registered investment advisor with approximately US$2.5 billion in assets under management. The deal expands CI's U.S. wealth-management footprint and scale in New York, subject to customary regulatory and closing conditions.