Operating Company Financial Services

First Mercantile Trust Company

Cordova, Tennessee, United States

Retirement plan recordkeeping and trust/custodial services provider serving financial intermediaries and plan sponsors, including collective investment trust (CIT) recordkeeping (EdgeCo subsidiary).

Focus Areas
Retirement plan recordkeeping, Trust and custodial services, Collective investment trust (CIT) recordkeeping

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2019-2025.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

4 addon · 2 buyout · 1 divestiture

First Mercantile Trust Company Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 6 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 6 years for First Mercantile Trust Company. 1 2019 1 2020 1 2021 1 2022 1 2023 2 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    EdgeCo Holdings LP, AmericanTCS Holdings, LLC (AmericanTCS)
    Target
    Axios Advisory Group, Ltd.
    Type
    Addon

    EdgeCo Holdings LP has completed the acquisition of Axios Advisory Group, Ltd., integrating Axios's American Pension Benefit retirement plan administration and Axios Wealth Management advisory services into its AmericanTCS business unit. The deal expands AmericanTCS's administration, recordkeeping and wealth capabilities as part of EdgeCo's ongoing roll-up strategy in the small- and mid-sized retirement plan market.

  • Buyer
    EdgeCo Holdings LP, AmericanTCS Holdings, LLC (AmericanTCS / PensionPro)
    Target
    ERISApedia
    Seller
    Tim McCutcheon
    Type
    Addon

    EdgeCo Holdings LP has acquired ERISApedia and will integrate its products into the AmericanTCS PensionPro business unit to expand compliance and prospecting capabilities for plan sponsors, TPAs and retirement advisors. The deal, which involves ERISApedia owner Tim McCutcheon, furthers EdgeCo/AmericanTCS's strategy of expanding its retirement services offering.

  • Buyer
    EdgeCo Holdings LP, AmericanTCS (business unit of EdgeCo Holdings)
    Target
    Touchstone Retirement Group, LLC (including TRG Fiduciary Services and TRG Administrative Services)
    Type
    Addon

    EdgeCo Holdings LP has entered into a definitive agreement to bring Touchstone Retirement Group, LLC (including TRG Fiduciary Services and TRG Administrative Services) into its AmericanTCS outsourcing business unit. The acquisition expands AmericanTCS's retirement outsourcing, fiduciary and administrative capabilities for small- and mid-sized retirement plans and integrates TRG's client base and operations into EdgeCo's existing custody and retirement services platform.

  • Buyer
    EdgeCo Holdings LP
    Target
    VMS Hub
    Seller
    Financeware, NewSpring Holdings

    EdgeCo Holdings LP has acquired VMS Hub, the NSCC trading workflow automation solution, from Financeware (a NewSpring Holdings platform company). The acquisition transfers the VMS Hub team to EdgeCo and expands EdgeCo's Trust and Retirement Services technology offerings to better serve recordkeepers, custodians and retirement plans.

  • Buyer
    American Trust Company, EdgeCo Holdings
    Target
    LT Trust Company
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    American Trust Company, a retirement solutions provider for small- and mid-sized plan sponsors, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LT Trust Company, a Denver-based national retirement plan provider and recordkeeper. The deal is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is intended to expand American Trust’s institutional outsourcing capabilities, add talent and technology, and increase its presence in the Midwest and Western U.S.

  • Buyer
    EdgeCo Holdings, L.P.
    Target
    Goss Advisors (GWM Advisors LLC)
    Type
    Addon

    EdgeCo Holdings, L.P. has entered into an agreement to bring New Orleans-based Goss Advisors (GWM Advisors LLC) into its wealth division, which includes the wealth management operations of Mid Atlantic Capital Group. The transaction, which will join Goss Advisors' ~100 independent-advisor platform and ~$8 billion in brokerage and advisory assets to EdgeCo, is expected to close before year-end and will retain Goss Advisors' executives and employees.

  • Buyer
    First Mercantile Trust Company, EdgeCo Holdings, Inc.
    Target
    American Trust Retirement
    Seller
    American Trust & Savings Bank
    Type
    Buyout

    First Mercantile Trust Company, a subsidiary of EdgeCo Holdings, has completed the acquisition of American Trust Retirement from American Trust & Savings Bank. The deal brings ATR's recordkeeping, collective investment trust, and discretionary trustee capabilities into EdgeCo's retirement platform to expand national coverage, capabilities, and service offerings for financial intermediaries and small- to mid-market plan sponsors.

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