People: Daniel Bugg, ASA, has joined Financial Research Associates in the firm’s New York City office … Vanita Spaulding, ASA, has been named as managing director in the valuation practice at Los Angeles-based SingerLewak; she is based in the firm’s Woodland Hills, Calif. office … Tim Koch has joined Atlanta-based Frazier & Deeter as a partner; he will be leading the firm’s transaction advisory practice … New York-based PKF O’Connor Davies announced that it has hired Cheri Mazza, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, MAFF, who will serve as a business valuation and financial forensics partner specializing in forensics, valuation, and litigation support.

Firms: William Vaughan Co., based in Maumee, Ohio, and Davenport Hanf & Co. of Perrysburg, Ohio, will merge effective November 1, under the name William Vaughan Co.; the Davenport Hanf staff will move into expanded offices in Maumee in early 2019 … Miami-based Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants has renewed its membership with PKF International, a network of independent accounting firms … Lexington, Ky.-based Dean Dorton Allen Ford has launched Dean Dorton Wealth Management … UHY Advisors, based in Chicago, has formed an alliance with MinerEye, which uses artificial intelligence to track and protect sensitive data … Atlanta-based Aprio expands its Georgia footprint by combining with Magoon Freeman Spain & Jones (MFSJ) of Alpharetta, Ga.

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