Western Reserve: Citizens Bank parent to buy M&A advisory firm

Citizens Financial Group said it will acquire Western Reserve Partners, a Cleveland-based merger and acquisition advisory firm focused on middle-market clients. Terms were undisclosed. The deal will be funded with cash. The transaction follows the 2016 launch of Citizens Capital Markets, which added broker-dealer capabilities to the bank's capital markets platform. Providence, R.I.-based Citizens Financial (NYSE: CFG), parent company to Citizens Bank, the second-largest retail bank in Massachusetts,...