We've had a few inquiries in relation to financial services businesses recently and in general these type of businesses don't tend to hit our website (www.signatureacquisitions.com) as businesses for sale. This is largely for two reasons. The first is often the need for commercial confidentiality on behalf of the shareholders, and the second is that we normally have an active list of existing clients who are looking to acquire so any opportunity will usually be confidentially placed with that audience first. As a result this situation often leaves us reiterating the same two points to interested parties:
Just because you don't see many financial services companies advertised on our website please always do make a general inquiry as normally we will have opportunities available that might fit your profile; and
If you are looking to buy in that space if you already have a completed buyers agreement with us we will automatically be looking for targets which meet your preferred criteria and we will bring every opportunity we have direct to you confidentially.
This leads us on to the portfolio of clients who we already have active agreements with. These clients will generally always be looking for acquisition targets in the following spaces:
Accountancy or book keeping practices (or books of accounting business)
Trust and corporate service providers
IFAs and Investment / Wealth Managers
Fund administration businesses
Pension administrators and other admin service providers
So if you have a business in any of the above categories and you would like to confidentially discuss the options that may be open to you please don't hesitate to get in touch.
