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Cetera has acquired Darnall Sikes Wealth Partners, a Louisiana-based wealth management firm, adding approximately $1.9 billion in assets to Cetera’s RIA model and extending a longstanding affiliation with Avantax, a Cetera community. Darnall Sikes serves high-net-worth individuals, business owners, and their families.    The wealth business will join Avantax Planning Partners within Cetera’s RIA framework, while affiliated CPA firm Darnall Sikes & Frederick will remain independent under a ...

SageSure Holdings, LLC, the largest U.S. residential property MGU focused on catastrophe‑exposed markets, and GeoVera Nova Holdings, Inc., a specialist in earthquake, wind, and property insurance solutions, have closed the inaugural Meritage Re Ltd. Series 2026‑1 catastrophe bond at $200 million.   The transaction marks the first issuance from Meritage Re, a newly formed Bermuda special purpose vehicle, ...

Seasoned multifamily investors Sean Belfi, Craig Boyarsky, and Brendan Glavin have launched Cold Spring Capital (CSC), a private investment and operating firm targeting more than $1 billion in acquisitions over the next five years, with Belfi serving as managing principal.   CSC will focus on middle-market, value-add suburban workforce housing, with an initial emphasis on individual assets and portfolios of 100-plus units, ...