NorthMarq Acquires Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. (KDH)

Sparq Designs and Kip Hunter Marketing Announce Merger to Expand Integrated Marketing Services

April 14, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

Sparq Designs, a Pittsburgh-based creative agency, and Kip Hunter Marketing (KHM), a Fort Lauderdale-based full-service brand marketing and PR agency, announced they are merging into a single integrated firm. The combined company will offer cross-market services in Pittsburgh, South Florida, and nationwide, combining branding and digital performance with PR, media outreach, events, and experiential campaigns.

Higginbotham Teams Up With Monarch Solutions to Expand High-Net-Worth Client Services

February 26, 2026

Financial Services

Higginbotham has teamed up with Monarch Solutions Inc. to expand specialized high-net-worth client services focused on insurance-related strategies for tax savings and estate liquidity. Monarch founder Kevin Klaas will join Higginbotham as a Managing Director, while Monarch’s operations manager Ann Marie Coyle continues to lead the team from Monarch’s field office.

GHK Capital Partners Acquires Horizon Air Freight from ICV Partners

August 26, 2024

Logistics & Distribution

GHK Capital Partners LP has completed the acquisition of Horizon Air Freight (Horizon Group) from ICV Partners, marking a control buyout of the global maritime logistics and freight forwarding specialist. The deal will enable GHK to accelerate Horizon's global expansion, pursue profitability improvements and further inorganic growth across the fragmented marine spare-parts logistics market.

HUB International Acquires the Assets of Kornerstone, Inc.

February 2, 2022

Financial Services

HUB International Limited acquired the assets of Kornerstone, Inc., a Chico, California-based investment advisory and financial planning firm. The Kornerstone team, led by President Eric Blofsky, will join Hub Central & Northern California to expand HUB's retirement and private wealth capabilities in California; terms were not disclosed.

Kerridge Commercial Systems Acquires RNH Solutions

November 24, 2021

Software

Kerridge Commercial Systems Ltd (a PE-backed ERP provider) has acquired RNH Solutions, a long-standing Irish reseller and provider of Autopart and Merchant software. The acquisition brings RNH's Dublin-based team and ~500 combined Irish customers into the KCS group to expand KCS's presence and capabilities in the Republic of Ireland.

KODA Distribution Group Acquires Marcor Development Corp.

January 10, 2014

Industrial Services

KODA Distribution Group (KDG), a Stamford, Connecticut-based specialty chemical distributor, has acquired Marcor Development Corp., a Carlstadt, New Jersey distributor of specialty chemicals and naturally derived ingredients for nutraceutical, pharmaceutical and related markets. Marcor will continue to operate from its Carlstadt headquarters with existing management and staff as KDG builds a new pharma / bionutrients business segment.