Daniel Baade: The rise of debt financing in IFA M&A With about 500 IFAs looking to sell their businesses every year over the next five years, there is hardly any shortage of acquisition targets in this sector in the near future - Daniel Baade. There is no shortage of IFA firms looking to sell up, writes Daniel Baade. However, the big question is how to finance the acquisition of IFA or wealth management firms... With about 500 IFAs looking to sell their businesses every year over the next five years, there is hardly any shortage of acquisition targets in this sector in the near future. There are some questions...