NMG Consulting acquires Brightwork Partners LLC

New York, August 31, 2017 – NMG Consulting Inc announced today that it has acquired Brightwork Partners LLC, a research-based consultancy focusing on institutional financial services, to expand its range of North American offerings. The Brightwork Partners team, led by Founder and Principal Merl Baker, will become a part of NMG Consulting and contribute to the Insights offering, providing objective market studies and custom analytics.

Founded in 1999, Brightwork Partners serves the largest retirement plan providers in the US through annual market studies as well as partnering with providers to perform custom research. NMG, through its 18 offices globally, provides financial institutions with strategy and implementation consulting backed by an ‘information advantage’ from proprietary research.

Geoff Baars, Group Executive Director at NMG said “Brightwork Partners is our second acquisition in the United States in two years and represents our intention to expand our North American intellectual property and data capabilities at a pace which would not be possible organically.”

NMG Consulting CEO, Mark Prichard commented “We see the addition as accelerating the pace at which we can better serve our clients in North America with the same end-to-end offering that we currently offer in Europe, South Africa, Asia, and Australia. Additionally, Brightwork’s deep and highly regarded research expertise into the US retirement and 401k sectors will provide a platform to expand our proposition into related segments.”

Merl brings with him 30 years of research experience and was the former president of Louis Harris and Associates USA.  He will become a Partner in NMG.

“Brightwork Partners has found a natural fit in NMG. Since our first conversation it was clear that we share a common set of values, interests, and pursuits. Together we are strongly positioned to better serve our current retirement-focused clients while reaching a wider audience across financial services,” said Merl Baker, Principal, Brightwork Partners.