An IPO for NFP?

It looks as though National Financial Partners is revving up for an IPO. The New York-based firm, which has spent the last four years gobbling up estate planners, corporate benefits firms, insurance brokerages, and investment advisory firms, said in a prepared statement that it plans to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the first quarter for a proposed initial public offering.

The IPO “will include both primary and secondary shares” of the company’s common stock. But “the exact timing and terms of the offering are dependent on market conditions,” according to the NFP statement.