{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"RealTrends - Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog","author_name":"Tracey Velt","author_url":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/author\/tvelt\/","title":"Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Booms","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BWRqMegvER\"><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/04\/mergers-and-acquisitions-activity-booms\/\">Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Booms<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/04\/mergers-and-acquisitions-activity-booms\/embed\/#?secret=BWRqMegvER\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Booms&#8221; &#8212; RealTrends - Blog\" data-secret=\"BWRqMegvER\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/03\/9ced5ef4-69ab-4ba7-a7cd-ec49be7b274d.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":675,"description":"It\u2019s also true that mergers and acquisitions activity is robust. Why? Indeed, some of it is due to the age of the ownership of many leading brokerage firms.\u00a0 Some of it is due to the lack of successio"}