People: Anthony M. Venette, CPA/ABV, has joined DeJoy Knauf & Blood LLP (Rochester, N.Y.) as senior manager for business valuation; the firm looks forward to him “raising the profile of DKB’s Business Valuation practice, regionally and beyond,” the firm says in a press release … Kristin Ward has been promoted to a partner at Antares Group of Conyers, Ga.; her expertise is in the areas of business consulting, financial analysis, business valuations, and payroll.

Firms: Houlihan Lokey’s European Portfolio Valuation and Fund Advisory Services practice has earned the title of “Best Valuations Firm for Hard to Value Assets” in this year’s With Intelligence HFM European Services Awards … Greensboro, N.C.-based DMJ & Co. PLLC is merging with Asheville, N.C.-based Johnson Price Sprinkle PA (JPS); the combined firm will be known as DMJPS PLLC with expanded services to include valuations, M&A, and succession and exit planning, as well as healthcare practice consulting, and will employ more than 135 professionals, including 13 partners, across seven statewide offices … Chicago-based RSM US LLP will launch a human-centered design practice through the acquisition of Andculture, a Harrisburg, Pa.-based firm that provides client-facing marketing strategy, design, and technology services; the deal adds nearly 60 strategists, designers, engineers, client advisors, and support staff to RSM … San Ramon, Calif.-based Armanino LLP is adding Philadelphia-based tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti; this is the firm’s second acquisition on the East Coast in less than a year … Dallas-based Ryan has acquired Greystone Property Tax Advisors of Marblehead, Mass.; the acquisition follows Ryan’s recent acquisition of Marvin F. Poer and Co., the second-largest property tax consulting firm in the United States.

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