RFIB-Tysers: a deal years in the making

Around 10 years after RFIB and Tysers first considered a
transaction and 18 months after the Calera Capital-backed broker
renewed its interest, the two intermediaries seem to be edging
closer to a deal.
Sources have said meaningful talks about a combination are
ongoing, but exclusivity is not believed to have been granted to
RFIB at this point and Tysers is unlikely to be short of
alternative suitors.
It is understood that the two sides held talks as far back as...