LATIN AMERICABDO Bustamante & Bustamante, Panama, and BDO Trinity Limited, Trinidad and Tobago, have joined BDO International as member firms.
MASSACHUSETTS
Restivo Monacelli LLP, Providence, R.I., has opened a Boston office at 20 Park Plaza.
NEW YORK
Janover Rubinroit LLC has merged with tax and estate specialists Roberts, Rick & Moses, Merrick. RRM co-founder and managing partner Ken Rick has joined Janover as a partner, and co-founder Martin Moses will continue with the firm as well. In addition, Janover has relocated its New York City offices to 805 Third Avenue. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, New York City, has awarded five people from its member firms $500 each to support their efforts to address global issues as part of the organization's celebration of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. The five winning entries represent small-scale community-based programs addressing a wide range of community concerns, including education, health care and ending hunger.
OHIO
Skoda, Minotti & Co., Cleveland, and Benefits Resource Group have joined together to launch Aurum Wealth Management Group (www.aurumwealth.com). Principals Eric Wulff and Christopher Bart will lead the new firm.
TEXAS
Robert D. White and Associates, Plano, has entered into a formal alliance with BKR Cornwell Jackson, Dallas-Fort Worth, to create a new practice, Legacy Assurance Financial Group LP, in December, as part of the BKR Cornwell Jackson Group. Robert D. White will serve as managing director of the new division.
VIRGINIA
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC, Norfolk, has pledged $50,000 to Old Dominion University to support the effort to build an endowment for a professorship in accounting in the College of Business and Public Administration.
