Advisor Software has acquired Advisor Partners LLC, an asset management firm that specializes in creating comprehensive investment portfolios and managing client accounts on behalf of professional investment advisors.

In an unusual move, Sikich LLP has merged with Icon Digital Design & Illustration, a marketing and design company, and named two of Icon’s partners as partners in the accounting firm.

Sikich LLP has merged in the accounting, tax and business consulting practice of Frederick M. Marcus & Co., of Rockford, Ill.

Houston-based accounting firm MaloneBailey LLP is expanding to New York by acquiring the client base and some key personnel from the New York firm Kempisty & Co.

Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn has merged in Bernard B. Cohen & Co., expanding the firm’s real estate practice in the Baltimore area.

Chicago - Baker Tilly Virchow Krause has merged in Beers + Cutler to create what it expects to be the 13th largest accounting firm in the U.S., with over $250 million in revenue.

ARKANSAS

Weaver is expanding its presence in the San Antonio market by merging with Edelman Arnold, starting Jan. 1.

New Jersey accounting firm Cowan, Gunteski & Co., is merging in Woolston, Koerner & Co., building their combined presence in the Garden State.

Friedman LLP plans to combine with Bagell, Josephs, Levine & Co., as of Jan. 1, building the New York-based firm’s presence in New Jersey.

South Florida accounting firms Daszkal Bolton and Chaves & Armstrong are combining to build a larger multinational tax and SEC accounting practice.

Web-based software developer Intacct is offering customers of Canton, Mass-based revenue and billing software provider Softrax Corp. six months of free service of its cloud financial applications.

Enterprise software provider AFS Technologies has announced a cash acquisition of certain assets of Canton, Mass.-based revenue management and billing solutions provider Softrax Corp.

IMGCAP(1)]David Sibits has been seeing a lot of changes at CBIZ in the past year as the firm copes with the economy and manages its acquisitions of Tofias and Mahoney Cohen.

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause plans to merge with Beers + Cutler to create the 13th largest accounting firm in the U.S., with over $250 million in revenue.

Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet LLP plans to merge with Frost PLLC at the beginning of next year.

In a move designed to bolster its global transaction tax offerings, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting has agreed to acquire San Ramon, Calif.-based Sabrix, a provider of tax transaction software, for an undisclosed amount.

CHINA

Pennsylvania CPA firms Zinman & Co. and Titcher, Kritzstein & Co. have combined forces.

Accounting firm WebsterRogers LLP has signed a deal to combine its Mergers & Acquisitions Group with Sequence Investment Partners, a licensed broker-dealer.