CBIZ has acquired South Winds Inc., a Baltimore-based retirement consulting firm, which does business under the name Benexx.

Kentucky CPA firms Dean Dorton Ford and Cotton + Allen plan to merge by the end of the year.

Averett Warmus Durkee has merged its practice with Osburn, Henning and Co.

Cherry Bekaert & Holland is acquiring Braver Schimler Pierce Jenkins, expanding the firm’s footprint in Atlanta.

St. Louis-based accounting firm RubinBrown plans to expand westward by combining with Denver-based Saltzman Hamma Nelson Massaro to form one of the 50 largest accounting firms in the U.S.

KPMG LLP has acquired the supply chain advisory services practice of Grant Thornton LLP in order to expand its restructuring capabilities.

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Pennsylvania regional accounting firm Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP plans to expand to York, Pa., by merging in Philip R. Friedman & Associates.

Auditing software developer CaseWare International has acquired 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Credence Software Ltd., the exclusive distributor of CaseWare products in the United Kingdom.

Deloitte plans to strengthen its Southwestern Ontario practice in Canada by adding 35 new colleagues through a proposed merger with Horne LLP of Burlington, Ontario.

Michigan accounting firm Doeren Mayhew is expanding to Houston by merging with TR Moore and Co.

Accounting and consulting firm Rehmann has closed its acquisition of Veritas Global, a firm that provides corporate investigative services and business intelligence.

Dennis B. Kremer is merging his practice into Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer, a CPA firm based in New York.

Accounting firm Meyers Norris Penny has acquired PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Personal Insolvency practices in 11 regions of Canada.

Southern regional accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram has combined with Cooper Graci & Co., expanding the Enterprise, Ala.-based firm’s footprint to Austin, Texas.

National CPA and business advisory firm RSM McGladrey has signed a letter of intent to acquire Caturano & Co., the top regional firm in New England.

Moss Adams plans to acquire Grant Thornton’s Albuquerque practice on July 31, 2010, after Grant Thornton’s senior leadership decided to exit the New Mexico market.

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Texas accounting firm Weaver has merged with Elms Faris, expanding the Fort Worth-based firm to the Midland/Odessa market.