2026: Detour Ahead?
Authored by: Jeff Nash, Founder & CEO, Bridgemark Strategies
It’s December – the turn of the calendar page that prompts many of us to look back on the year gone by and anticipate what’s on the horizon for the one ahead. For those of us working in the wealth management space, this year we’ll also be assessing what impact the former will have on the latter. With 2025 posting record-breaking M&A activity, headline-inducing consolidations and soaring valuations, it’s a question with profound implications for many.
It’s been a year… the type that has either set the stage for more of the same, or put the pendulum in motion to drive an industry realignment. Will momentum, demographic trends and macroeconomic drivers keep current conditions in place, or will deal fatigue set in?
