Bloomington, Minn. – October 05, 2026 -- BGM, a Top 200 full-service accounting, tax, audit and advisory firm, has added Norwalk, Connecticut-based R. L. DePanfilis & Company, LLC, marking the firm's entry into Connecticut and extending its New England footprint.

Morristown, N.J. – October 01, 2026 -- Financial Executives International (FEI) has opened its Media Finance Section, folding in roughly 1,200 business and financial executives from the Media Financial Management Association (MFM) as the association's first industry-specific section.

Houston – – September 30, 2026 -- Vortex Companies has acquired the business and operating assets of Torrent Drainage Services Limited, a UK-based trenchless rehabilitation contractor, expanding the field capabilities of its UK subsidiary McAllister Group ahead of the sector's AMP8 infrastructure investment cycle.

Washington, D.C. – September 30, 2026 -- Volo Sports has acquired recreational sports operators Fray and CLUBWAKA Miami, adding Phoenix and Jacksonville as new markets and deepening its footprint in Washington, D.C. and Miami's Coconut Grove neighborhood.

Overland Park, Kansas – September 18, 2026 -- Searles Valley Minerals Inc. has agreed to sell substantially all of its operating assets to 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM) in a court-supervised Section 363 transaction combining cash, equity and debt, following a competitive bidding process involving multiple parties.

Atlanta – September 17, 2026 -- Team First Home Services, a residential plumbing platform backed by Grove Mountain Partners, has partnered with Holloway Plumbing, a residential plumbing provider serving Kerrville and the Texas Hill Country.

September 15, 2026 – Fort Worth, Texas – -- Overhead Garage Door (OGD), a portfolio company of The Sterling Group Foundation Fund, has completed three founder-owned acquisitions in 2026, expanding its residential and commercial garage door platform to nearly 70 metropolitan markets across more than 20 states.