Mergers and Acquisitions

The former investment advisory unit of the accounting firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause has been renamed Bronfman E.L. Rothschild, the company said Monday.

Big 4 accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP has acquired the hedge fund group Rothstein Kass, the companies have announced. Most partners and employees of Rothstein Kass will join KPMG.

Spokane accounting firm McDirmid, Mikkelsen & Secrest PS will merge with North Dakota-based Eide Bailly, the company announced Thursday.

ICS’ Co-Founders, John White and John Palmer, have joined as Principals at WeiserMazars to lead the Banking Internal Audit practice and are accompanied nationally by their ICS professional team. The merger significantly expands WeiserMazars’ Governance, Risk & Compliance Services capabilities.

Intuit announced late Wednesday that it has acquired Invitco. The Australia-based company is the developer of Invitbox, an online system for managing accounts payable. Intuit is the company behind QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken, Mint and many other small business and financial management systems.

The national accounting and business services firm BDO USA is acquiring the Fort Worth, Texas-based firm of Hartman Leito & Bolt, the firms announced on Wednesday.

Intuit has entered into an agreement to acquire Lettuce, a start-up focused on helping product-based small businesses succeed by providing easy to use cloud-based solutions, including a robust inventory and order management system.

The Florida-based, regional accounting firm Carr, Riggs and Ingram LLC (CRI) has acquired Tampa-based Auditwerx, a CPA firm specializing in performing auditor assurance engagements to meet regulatory or customer compliance needs for service companies. The branch will remain in Tampa.