BKD LLP has added Rylander, Clay & Opitz LLP, expanding the Top 100 Firm’s presence to Fort Worth, Texas, effective June 1, 2018.

The Top 100 Firm is expanding further in Connecticut with its latest deal.

The private equity firm has bought a provider of financial software and information on private companies that caters to accounting firms and banks.

BKD is acquiring a portion of Grant Thornton LLP’s Wichita audit and tax practices, effective June 1, 2018.

The Top 10 Firm is expanding its presence in Wisconsin.

Xerox Corp. shares fell after activist investors Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason prevailed in their bid to stymie Fujifilm Holdings Corp.’s $6.1 billion takeover of the U.S. office equipment supplier and pushed out the company’s chief executive officer.

The case for growth by large merger is compelling, and once the dam breaks, there will be a race to merge with the better firms.

M&A deals are a tricky business and are not silver bullets for solving a CPA firm’s problem in achieving sustainable growth.

Minneapolis-based accounting firm Lurie LLP has expanded its footprint to Florida by adding Hagen Palen & Co. CPAs, effective Feb. 9, 2018.

Beverly Hills accounting firm Laffer & Gottlieb has joined Top 100 Firm CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, effective May 1, 2018.