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Using OPM to Grow AUM External financing can grow your firm -- but beware the pitfalls.   |
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August 2005
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Formulas for Success: Independence Day There is a growing trend toward registered reps moving out of the wirehouse environment -- a trend invisible to most, but obvious to the country's leading custodians: they are actively wooing breakaway brokers. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Angela Herbers |
Under-Cookin' the Books There is irony in the fact that a significant number of financial advisory firms don't keep adequate financial records of their own. |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Philip Palaveev |
The New Model: The Fee-Only Broker/Dealer Independent broker/dealers must tackle head-on the causes of their frustration if they wish to survive. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2014
Diana Britton |
The Rise of the Mini-Aggregator The rise of the "mini-aggregator" is an accelerating trend: Mature, established advisory firms who have built out their own infrastructure are realizing that they can rent out their back offices and operations. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Joni Youngwirth |
Who Is Your Firm's CFO? Advisory firms need to better manage their financial risks. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005
Rebecca Pomering |
Applying Sound Practices to Your Biggest Investment You are a talented advisor and a skilled investor. Turn even a fraction of these skills toward your business, and you will find it has as meaningful an impact on your business, your family, your staff and your life, as you have on your clients' every day. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Roger Verboon |
Succession Planning: Moving on Advisors excel at helping clients plan for the different stages of their lives. But when it comes to planning for stages of their own business lives-particularly the last one-many fail to take their own advice. |
Investment Advisor
May 2008
Mark Tibergien |
Time of Reckoning In volatile times, the reality of practice valuations is exposed. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas For Success: Growth The Silent Killer The latest challenge for advisory firms: managing growth in a low-growth environment. |
Investment Advisor
September 2005
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: The Price of Everything... If you're not adding profit into what each financial advisory client costs, you're losing money. Advisors who use a combination of performance fees tied to assets and a retainer tied to more complex planning are able to consistently demonstrate their value. |
Investment Advisor
August 2006
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Get Help If you're buying or selling a financial advisory practice, call the pros. Experienced dealmakers know that the vast majority of the value in a transaction resides in the terms, not in the price. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Gail Liberman |
Advisors Reap Commissions From Mortgage Boom A few options provide opportunities for advisors to originate mortgages. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
David Lawrence |
The Mobile Advisor Is working without an office a viable business model? |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Thomas D. Giachetti |
The Skinny on the Protocol The law is fairly clear that a departing advisor should not bring any customer information to a new employer. |
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
A Trend Confirmed? Advisory fees overtake commission revenue at Commonwealth. So what does this mean for the independent broker/dealer industry? Will other firms soon reach the point at which fee revenue dominates? |
Investment Advisor
June 2008
Jonathan Henschen |
Transfer Time For advisors pondering a move from a wirehouse to an independent broker/dealer with visions of large, forgivable transition loans dancing in their heads, it's time for a reality check. |
Financial Advisor
January 2008
Tracey Longo |
Breakaway Brokers Despite being in business a shorter amount of time than the average advisor, breakaways have more assets under management, higher total revenues and a significantly higher growth rate. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
Clients, The New Breakaways First, there was the breakaway broker phenomenon; now, it seems, we have a growing vogue of breakaway clients -- former wirehouse investors who ditch their old advisors for new ones at independent RIAs or broker/dealers. |
Registered Rep.
March 8, 2011
Diana Britton |
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors. |
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2013
Mindy Diamond |
Buying Growth Buying a book of business from a retiring advisor can be a good strategy, but read the fine print, and consider these points. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Nick Georgis |
Taking The Hybrid Road As more advisors transition to independence these days, a growing number of them are choosing to adopt a hybrid business model that lets them conduct both commission-based brokerage business and fee-based advisory business. For many advisors, the hybrid road may offer the best of both worlds. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2011
Jonathan Beatty |
Joining Forces Does your firm have the human resources infrastructure to recruit and integrate a new advisor or team of advisors? |
Investment Advisor
October 2006
Mark Tibergien |
The ABCs of IOUs When selling to an insider, financial advisory practice owners have more options than they realize. |
Registered Rep.
May 14, 2013
Mindy Diamond |
The Economics of Choice In many cases, the economics of the independent model can be exponentially better than those being touted by the wirehouses today. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Christopher O'Leary |
Creating an Escape Plan Independence has long been a dream of many wirehouse reps. But for the great majority of wirehouse pros, it remains simply that. Going independent is a proposition fraught with peril and is not to be taken lightly. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Angela Herbers |
Bottom Up Broker/dealer recruiting is largely a zero sum game. Here is why it more advantageous for B/Ds to help their existing advisors. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Mark Tibergien |
Think About These What do you think the future holds for your firm? The following 10 essential considerations have already begun to take root: No. 1: Managing growth... No. 2: Hiring professional management... etc. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Bob Clark |
Better Advising Through Technology Orion Advisor Services reveals the future of practice management information. |
Investment Advisor
March 2006
Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Here, There and Everywhere Dually registered advisors (advisors who are registered with both the SEC and the NASD, and are collecting both fees and commissions) have the best -- and worst -- of both worlds. However, a new study shows when implemented properly, the hybrid model can be very profitable. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Stephanie Bogan |
Growth: Realizing Your Potential To build your advisory practice into what you dream it will be, you need to see it clearly and then think like a businessperson, streamline operations and market yourself. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
Gail Liberman |
War Breaks Out For Wirehouse Brokers The economic crisis on Wall Street, among many other things, is causing wirehouse brokers to reconsider the value proposition offered by the giant financial service firms. |
Investment Advisor
June 2006
Kathleen M. McBride |
Stretched For broker/dealers who are already stressed, dually registered advisors are a challenge being met in varied ways. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Mark Tibergien |
The Day You Call It A Day The majority of advisors who wish to retire in three years are no more prepared for their exit from the business than those who plan to retire in 10 years. |
Investment Advisor
November 18, 2010
Bob Clark |
After the Flood How will independent advisors deal with the rising tide of breakaway brokers? |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Bob Veres |
What's Next for Planners When we cast our gaze forward at the changes taking place in the financial planning profession, a lot of new variables creep into the formula: the rapid evolution of technology, demographic and societal changes, plus wild cards like the recent Great Recession and financial reform legislation. |
Registered Rep.
November 25, 2009
Philip Palaveev |
The Top 10 Financial Mistakes Advisors Make Personal financial issues occur in every channel of the industry and affect advisors of every size of practice -- from the owners of very large wealth management firms to small independent practitioners. |
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Maya Ivanova |
Listen Up Financial advisory firms are demonstrating their ability to weather the tough times of the last few years. But to continue their profitability in the future, they need to make client service a priority. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Angela Herbers |
Advisor, Heal Thyself Good advice to advisors these days is that they revise their own financial plans. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Kelli Cruz |
Walk On The trend of wirehouse advisors joining the independent RIA channel has ramped up significantly in the last several years, and is only increasing in the wake of Wall Street's epic meltdown. |
Financial Advisor
July 2010
Evan Simonoff |
Are Advisors Delusional? Fiduciary Network CEO Mark Hurley says they are because they believe their firms are very valuable -- but most aren't. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow Credit offers make you think that you can have whatever your heart desires, no matter what your financial situation happens to be. While it's easy to lay blame for rampant debt levels on business, it's not realistic to expect businesses to protect you from yourself. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Michael A. Bell |
Time Is Money When asked what their greatest challenge is, virtually all advisors say it's not product complexity -- or even the regulatory landscape -- that causes the most stress. It's lack of time. |
Registered Rep.
September 3, 2009
Mindy Diamond |
Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one. |
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Melanie Waddell |
Breaking Away Brokers are finding it easier than ever to go independent, aided by custodians and other independent advisors. |
Investment Advisor
February 2007
Mark Tibergien |
No Accounting For This Advisory firms affiliated with CPAs are outpacing their peers. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Philip Palaveev |
B/D or RIA? How to Decide for Yourself To help make the decision between the registered independent advisor and broker/dealer approach, first ask yourself where you belong. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2012
Mindy Diamond |
Lost In Translation Different languages: How communication gaps can kill recruiting for advisory firms. |
