Mazars, an international accounting, auditing and tax firm, has signed a deal to acquire Corality Financial Group, a financial modeling consultancy and training course provider with offices in Sydney, London and New York.

Armanino LLP has started a Corporate Finance practice to advise business clients on mergers and acquisitions, along with sales of intellectual property and patents.

WeiserMazars LLP has merged in Risk Management Group, an internal audit service provider in Ladera Ranch, Calif.

Mountjoy Chilton Medley has expanded its footprint in Cincinnati by adding Top 100 firm Elliott Davis Decosimo’s practice in that city.

RGL Forensics, a Denver-based financial investigations company, has added Stahl Forensic and Valuation Experts, a Florida-based forensic accounting and litigation firm, effective July 1.

CliftonLarsonAllen has merged in two firms: Peto & Company CPAs in Tucson, Ariz., and Repanich & Clevenger CPAs in Seattle, Wash., expanding the firm’s presence in both cities.

Grant Thornton’s Hong Kong firm is expanding by merging in Mabel Chan & Co., a firm founded by the vice president of the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs.

Long Island CPA firm Janover LLC’s JRS Financial Services unit has merged in Hagan & Burns CPAs PC.

A recent rereading of “The Rational Optimist” by British author Matt Ridley revived my belief in “cultural optimization” when it comes to accounting firm acquisitions.

Deloitte has acquired substantially all the assets of Casey Quirk, a strategic consulting firm focused on the asset management industry.

Moss Adams LLP, based in Seattle, has agreed to combine with a Dallas–based firm, CF Accountants & Consultants, effective June 30.

Microsoft Corp. has enough cash to buy LinkedIn Corp. four times over. So why is it taking out a big loan to pay for its latest purchase?

Lear & Pannepacker, LLP has merged in the firm of Jay Lesser CPA, PC, in Plainsboro, N.J.

Perkins & Co, the largest locally owned accounting firm in Portland, Ore., plans to merge in Thompson Kessler Wiest & Borquist PC, a local boutique firm, on July 1.

The Big Four accounting firms have come roaring back into the consulting field in the years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 forced three of them to shed their consulting units and now dominate the U.S. consulting market, according to a new report.

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Moss Adams LLP has agreed to combine with Morse Wittwer Sampson LLP, a firm based in Fresno, Calif., effective June 30, 2016.

Kessler Orlean Silver & Co., has merged in The Kaplan Partners LLP of Chicago, effective June 1.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired CPE Link, an online provider of continuing professional education for accountants, tax preparers and financial advisors.

Crowe Horwath LLP has merged in AbleBridge, a Westborough, Mass.-based software company and consulting firm that develops and sells technology built around the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management system.