As new firm transition models proliferate, consider the 'integrated business services platform.'

The Top 50 Firm is merging in a firm based in Albany, effective Sept. 8.

The deal adds a Massachusetts firm that specializes in providing outsourced accounting solutions to small federal government contractors and grantees.

Platform Accounting adds AWG Wine Advisors; Earned acquires Schwartz & Schwartz; Prosperity Partners acquires Pipaya; and Gail Rosen joins RRBB.

The Top 25 Firm based in Princeton, New Jersey, has added a Top 100 Firm based in Buffalo, New York.

The American College of Financial Services and RISR are collaborating as a BNY Wealth report showcased the planning complexities of owner succession deals.

The Tennessee-based firm introduced an advisory service to help its clients — and other firms' clients — who are looking to make a transaction.

Top 10 Firm Grant Thornton added Auxis, which offers Latin American outsourcing, to its U.S.-based advisory practice, Grant Thornton Advisors.

The Top 50 Firm based in Troy, Michigan, has merged in AGL CPA Group, giving it a foothold in the greater Atlanta region.

Katz, Sapper & Miller, a Top 50 Firm based in Indianapolis, has formally entered the Chicago market by adding MichaelSilver, an advisory, tax and assurance firm in Deerfield, Illinois.