PCS Retirement Acquires Aspire Financial Services
July 13, 2019
PCS Retirement, LLC acquired Aspire Financial Services to combine their retirement recordkeeping platforms. The deal creates a roughly 300-person organization serving about 16,000 plans and 750,000 eligible participants with approximately $23 billion in assets under administration, aiming to offer a full-suite, conflict-free retirement platform to advisors, TPAs and plan sponsors.
- Buyers
- PCS Retirement, LLC
- Targets
- Aspire Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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