Meaden & Moore has signed a strategic agreement with LBC International Investigative Accounting Inc., uniting Meaden & Moore’s Investigative Accounting Group and its 11 U.S. offices and 70-member staff with LBC’s four Canadian offices and 25-member staff.

A roundup of recent mergers, service launches, survey releases and other news from accounting firms across the country.

The tax law firm Burt, Staples & Maner LLP has joined Ernst & Young as the accounting firm expands its international tax practice.

Sikich LLP has acquired the audit, accounting and tax practice of Milwaukee firm Jannsen + Co.

Net fees at CPA firms and per-partner income grew this past year, according to the newly released Rosenberg Survey.

McConnell & Jones LLP and Walker & Co. LLP have formed a strategic alliance to enhance both firms’ service offerings in common markets.

Deloitte has acquired the business and assets of Kaisen Consulting Limited, a boutique leadership consultancy of business psychologists based in the U.K. and U.S., which will operate under the name “Deloitte Leadership.”

Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC has expanded its presence in Northeast Florida by merging in the Jacksonville-based CPA firm Harbeson, Fletcher & Bateh, LLP.

Grassi & Co. has merged in Rispoli and Co. CPAs, PC, effective Sept. 1, 2015, increasing Grassi’s trust and estate services on Long Island.

CliftonLarsonAllen is merging in the Texas accounting firm Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, LLP, effective Sept. 1, 2015, bolstering CLA’s footprint in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Kabat, Schertzer, De La Torre, Taraboulos and Co. plans to merge with SI Gordon & Co., a 35-year-old CPA firm that serves the audit, accounting and tax-services needs of labor unions and employee benefit plans.

Combination of accounting and advisory firms will augment Baker Tilly’s service capabilities in the Northeast, drive results for SF&Company clients.

Congressional stalling on tax reform, currency fluctuations and mixed signals from the Federal Reserve on an interest-rate hike are making strategic planning difficult for CFOs, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton.

Prager Metis has merged in Peter Bryan & Co., a specialist accounting and tax consulting firm in London, England.

Top 100 firm Citrin Cooperman has merged in Regardie, Brooks & Lewis, a regional accounting firm based in Bethesda, Md.

CliftonLarsonAllen is merging in the information security consulting firm TrustCC, effective Sept. 1.

Regional Leader firm of Hartford, Conn., Whittlesey & Hadley, has agreed to merge in Weinstein & Anastasio PC of Hamden, Conn. The merger represents Whittlesey & Hadley’s growth plan to expand services, diversify geographically and continue to grow in size, services and staff.

Armanino announced that Silicon Valley professional services firm The Brenner Group will become an Armanino company, effective Sept. 1.

A roundup of recent accounting firm mergers & acquisitions

Moss Adams announced it has agreed to combine with boutique IT consulting firm Curtis Consulting Group to expand the firm’s IT consulting and software development capabilities.