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Investment Advisor June 2007 Mark Tibergien |
Real Deals There's more activity than actual movement on the M&A front for financial advisory firms. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Cort Smith |
Focused On Big Focus Financial has become one of the largest RIAs only months after it opened its doors. Founder Rudy Adolf says they're just getting started. |
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. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Rebecca Pomering |
Selling To A Financial Or Strategic Buyer Here's what financial advisors need to consider before selling out to a bank, roll-up firm or other strategic or financial acquirer. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 Halah Touryalai |
A Match Made in Equity For financial-advisory practices, holding companies are making a come back after a flawed model forced them out of the market in the late 1990s. Now, new players have emerged and this time they're relying on private equity firms to help keep them in the game. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 James J. Green |
Lessons From a Banker Investment Advisor meets with investment banker Nimi Natan, who specializes in putting together deals for smaller business owners looking to sell or merge their businesses. |
Investment Advisor June 2007 Bob Clark |
The Art of the Deal Advisors who don't understand where those astronomical practice values are coming from are doomed to get what they deserve. |
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. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Lewis Schiff |
Succession Planning: Buying and Selling Wealth Management Practices 2010 could be the biggest year ever for mergers and acquisitions in the financial advisory industry, but the players and strategies are different than they were prior to the market turndown. |
Investment Advisor December 2009 Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Prudent Man Rule for Practice Purchases Capital constraints, economic uncertainty, and increased levels of caution characterize the current marketplace in advisory firm M&A. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Jeff Schlegel |
Private-Equity Payout The private-equity tsunami that's sweeping the investing world isn't exactly inundating the financial advisory industry, but it is making waves. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Evan Simonoff |
Mania In Bloom? A newfangled type of acquirer has entered the financial advisory market. So, how good and fair are these deals? It's obvious that the transactions can work well for the founders, but how about their successors? |
Financial Advisor September 2008 Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note Small and midsize advisory firms continue to thrive. Their problem isn't earning a decent living or attracting new clients; their challenge is finding an exit strategy that doesn't entail selling the business for a song. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Evan Simonoff |
The Acquired Advisor's Long, Hot Summer Tensions between advisors and consolidators are producing on-the-job retirements at some firms. |
Financial Advisor November 2011 Joni Youngwirth |
Outside The Box The pros and cons of choosing an external successor. |
Investment Advisor October 2010 Mark Tibergien |
Using OPM to Grow AUM External financing can grow your firm -- but beware the pitfalls. |
Financial Advisor June 2011 Evan Simonoff |
RIA M&A Game Changes A rebound in revenues and assets has not translated into higher valuations for RIA firms or an increase in M&A activity. |
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. October 20, 2010 Charles Paikert |
Make Room For More Wealth Firms With National Reach The already crowded field of wealth management firms who want to go national is getting more crowded, still. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 |
Frontline News News for the Financial Industry: Tumult Could Expand Ranks Of RIAs... M&A Activity Remains Healthy... Independent B-Ds: Don't Tread On Us... Who Has The Most Satisfied Advisors?... The Business Of Serving Business Owners... etc. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Preparing for the Fall Are you succeeding at succession? This question increasingly comes up as advisors see each month flip away, and each year change a digit. In the autumn of your career, are you prepared for the inevitable? |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
The Real Deal More than half of all registered independent advisory (RIA) firms bought or considered buying another advisory firm at least once in the past two years. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Elizabeth Wine |
To Market, to Market Observers and participants say the M&A market is just starting to recover from the economic disaster of the last two years, but there's a big price disconnect. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2008 |
Independent Together The "RIA-in-a-box" model will attract plenty of wirehouse reps who may have previously balked at the idea of going completely independent, fearing they were unprepared to run their own businesses. |
Financial Advisor June 2005 |
Frontline News Advisors May Be Selling Their Own Firms Short... SEI To Open Franchises Targeting The Affluent... Acquisition Fever Hits Advisory Business, As Edelman Sells... Senior Citizen Advisor Certification Program Set To Begin... etc. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
When Selling Your Practice . . . Advisors are smart about many financial matters, but when it comes to selling their own firm, many are surprised about how much more there is to know. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 Rebecca Pomering |
Four Horsemen Who Missed Their Appointment Things were pretty good for the profession in 2006, but will financial advisors be hearing the hoof beats soon? |
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. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 Jeff Schlegal |
Strategic Moves Mergers and acquisitions activity in the financial advisory industry has accelerated during the past three years, and United Capital Financial Advisers has done its share of deal making. A profile of the Newport Beach, California-based firm. |
Financial Advisor September 2008 |
Frontline News News of interest to the financial services industry: M&A Talks Hit Many Roadblocks... Ameriprise Buys H&R Block's Advisor Business... Morningstar Buys Developer Of dbCAMS+... Securities America To Buy Brecek & Young... etc. |
Investment Advisor August 2005 Mark Tibergien |
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 October 2005 Grau & Grable |
The Wisdom of the Crowd Yes, buyers are paying more for financial advisory practices. But we can learn much from these wise buyers. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Mark Tibergien |
No Accounting For This Advisory firms affiliated with CPAs are outpacing their peers. |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Tibergien & Littlechild |
Consider the Clients If you are one of the many who is thinking about buying, or merging, your book of business or a substantive advisory firm, no doubt you have thought about risk. Hint: it's the firm's clients who determine its true value. So talk to them. |
Financial Advisor February 2009 Rebecca Pomering |
M&A In A New World The old assumptions about a firm's value have to be tossed out, and advisors must deal with new ones. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Can't Tell a Book... For all its flaws, Mark Hurley's new treatise, Back to the Future: The Continuing Evolution of the Advisory Business, offers advisors some valuable insights. |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Evan Simonoff |
The Advisory Profession Revisited A new study paints a bleak future for small financial advisory firms, while arguing that the larger the firm the greater its number of strategic options over the next decade. |
Financial Advisor April 1, 2010 |
Frontline News Advisor news: Is Your Client's Private Info Secure?... Hybrid Brokerages Shine Light On New Space... CFP Aspirants Need A Plan... Wanted: Silver Bullet For Retirement Income... more... |
Registered Rep. February 10, 2012 Sean Cunniff |
Rep Readers Write: The Credibility Gap Will Cost You Many financial institutions vary greatly in investment advice depending on how a client engages with them, which can create service inconsistencies and reputation problems. Here are some examples. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Tracey Longo |
The Three Es Here are three ways to create an Efficient, Effective & Expedient financial advisory firm. |
Registered Rep. October 8, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Breakaway Advisors Moving More to Existing RIAs More advisors are looking to leave the wirehouses and brokerages by joining an existing registered investment advisory firm, rather than starting their own. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Eric Rasmussen |
Swimming In Shallow Water Broker-dealers face a stagnant rep pool, shrinking margins and the choke hold of regulators. But it's been a boon to the biggest consolidators. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2009 |
Frontline News Advisor News: Poll on advisor pay... Citi Embracing Fee-Only Model... RIAs Set Record For Repurchasing Their Firms... FINRA Expands Arbitration Pilot Program... SEC Expects To Examine 9% Of RIAs Annually... more... |
Registered Rep. April 15, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
RIA M&A Deals Break Record in First Quarter Mergers and acquisitions seem to be crawling back to the top of RIA principals' to-do lists this year, as the first quarter's numbers show record activity. What is your practice worth? |
Registered Rep. August 18, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Market Turmoil Could Slow Advisor M&A Two industry experts expect merger and acquisition activity involving registered investment advisors will drop this year if the current volatility in the stock market stretches into the coming months. |
Registered Rep. March 30, 2011 Matt Matrisian |
Bridging the Succession-Planning Gap Too many advisors need help planning their financial futures. Today, only about 18 percent of independent advisors have a well-defined business succession plan that is ready to implement. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Maya Ivanova |
War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses. |
Registered Rep. July 9, 2014 Diana Britton |
It's a Seller's Market If you don't already have plans to sell your practice, now's a good time to consider it. |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Bernie Clark |
The RIA Universe Advisors should look not just at their own internal business practices but also at the changes and trends occurring across the RIA field. |