Week Ending August 30, 2026
The US Is Heading for Seven Trillion-Dollar Banks by 2030 — and the Reference Deal Is Santander-Webster Bain & Company projects five to seven US banks above $1 trillion in assets by 2030. The reference deal is Santander's $12.3B acquisition of Webster Financial, approved by the Fed on August 4. Santander has banked Miami since 1979 — and is building a 50-story tower in Brickell.
Read dispatch → Week Ending August 22, 2026
After the Rewrite: Honest Ballot Language, a $7 Billion PE War, and Florida's Housing Law Begins to Bite Florida's Attorney General delivered court-ordered neutral ballot language for Amendment 3 on August 14. Carlyle and Bain Capital are in a final-stage bidding war for Wealth Enhancement Group at a $7 billion valuation — the largest pending RIA transaction of the year.
Read dispatch → Week Ending August 16, 2026
Miami Overtakes Manhattan on Office Rents. Corient Buys $21B Summit Trail. Miami's Brickell office market is now the most expensive in the United States — ahead of Midtown Manhattan. Miami-headquartered Corient made its largest-ever US acquisition. And Amendment 3's opposition campaign is winning the information war.
Read dispatch → Week Ending August 9, 2026
The Amendment 3 Poll, a $10B+ Palm Beach Pipeline, and Fort Lauderdale's Rise A 64% voter poll confirms the property tax amendment will likely pass. Related Ross reveals a $10B+ Palm Beach County pipeline. Fort Lauderdale stages its most consequential infrastructure convergence in history.
Read dispatch → Week Ending August 2, 2026
Florida Is the Wirehouse Talent Battleground — and the 2026 M&A Machine Is Pointed at 500 Deals In the same week: RBC took a $1.5 billion UBS team in Palm Beach Gardens, UBS took a $1.3 billion Bank of America Private Bank team in Tampa, and ECHELON confirmed the 2026 M&A machine is on track for 500 deals.
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