People: Mark L. Zyla, CPA/ABV, CFF, CFA, ASA, has opened Zyla Valuation Advisors LLC, a valuation and litigation consultancy firm in Atlanta’s Ponce City Market; Zyla will lead the firm as managing director and is joined by director Camille Pacht and manager Allan Raulerson, CPA/ABV, CVA, CFE … Derek Stross, CPA, CVA, has joined the firm of Hamic Previte & Sturwold (Lakeland, Fla.) … Margaret Franklin is the new president and CEO of the CFA Institute; she was previously president of BNY Mellon Wealth Management in Toronto.

Firms: Tronconi Segarra & Associates of Williamsville, N.Y., a firm with 113 associates, is adding Scott A. Cain, CPA, and six associates from his previous firm, Wittlin Cain & Dry (Lockport, N.Y.); the firm will maintain both locations … Chicago-based BDO USA is acquiring Peterson Sullivan of Seattle, marking further expansion into the Pacific Northwest; the acquisition adds 175 staff members, including partners; the deal should be complete November 1 … New York-based EisnerAmper has relocated into a new Dallas office in the Harwood District, a move prompted by the firm’s growth in both Texas and the central United States … Greensboro, N.C.-based DMJ & Co. announced that it will join forces with Wilmington, N.C.-based Miller & Co.  November 1; the combined firm will employ more than 85 people, including 11 partners … Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Boulay has acquired Robert Steffen & Associates, an investment advisor firm in Bloomington, Minn., that serves more than 250 families and businesses; the combined firms will have 33 partners and more than 180 employees … St. Cloud, Minn.-based BerganKDV and Brooks Lodden of West Des Moines, Iowa, have merged, bringing 31 staff members to the newly merged firm; the Des Moines location now has 61 employees and 459 team members firmwide … New York-based Prager Metis has combined with LFL Veritas of Teaneck, N.J. … Milwaukee-based Wipfli LLP announced that Porter Keadle Moore (PKM) of Atlanta joined the firm October 1; 70 PKM professionals, including nine partners, have joined Wipfli, which now has about 2,400 associates in 49 offices.

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