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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.
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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.
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.
Investment Advisor March 2009	The Shoeless Cobbler There are many common issues, both personal and professional, that are keeping today's advisors from properly preparing for their own retirement and succession planning.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: Crunching the Numbers The industry has come a long way in embracing a fee-based business.
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Registered Rep. April 9, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Pretty Practice Prices If there's any evidence that financial advisors with smaller practices are leaving the business, FP Transitions has found it. According to the firm, the concentration of small practices (less than $300,000 in revenues) for sale has increased to 68 percent in 2002 from 42 percent in 2001.
Financial Advisor September 2006 Kristofor R. Behn	Seller Beware Is selling a financial planning practice to an outsider the best way to extract its true value?
Financial Advisor July 2012 Jim McConville	New Firm Makes Value Judgments Started in January, Fort Collins, Colo.-based Eighty20 Advisors LLC specializes in helping companies -- including small financial advisor firms -- receive their optimum value for either a succession or an outright sale to another company.
Investment Advisor July 2010 David DeVoe	Succession Planning: Planning Your Future Tips for financial advisors on choosing a successor, valuation, informing clients, etc.
Financial Advisor March 2012 David Lawrence	Consolidation Quickens Advisors are increasingly turning to others to increase service and decrease costs.
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.
Financial Advisor November 2011 Joni Youngwirth	Outside The Box The pros and cons of choosing an external successor.
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?
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo	Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Ross Tucker	Fees? Sigh, Ho Hum Relatively few brokers are increasing their commitment to fee-based advisory practices, even in this everything-to-gain-from-change economic environment.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Ray Sclafani	Reinvention Time If you're thinking of making significant changes to your independent finance business, you'll need a strategic plan and help in navigating the complexities of transition.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Angela Herbers	Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first
Registered Rep. September 21, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Desperately Seeking Financing For most advisors looking to grow through acquisition, the thorniest issue is finding the cash to do so.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Kara P. Stapleton	Succession & Valuation A Financial Services Institute OneVoice Broker/Dealer session dealt with internal succession, discussing the steps that advisors and independent broker/dealers need to take when developing a succession plan.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2013 Phillip Flakes	Selling Point Many advisors are coming up on their golden years, but as hard as it is to make the decision to move on, it's even harder to actually sell. Here's a game plan.
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.
Registered Rep. February 12, 2003 Ross Tucker	Slow Growth in Fee-Based Business Relatively few brokers are increasing their commitment to fee-based advisory practices, a new report indicates.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Robert F. Keane	Far From Fossilized Advisors Capital Management looks to provide clients with true individual portfolios of diversified securities at a much lower cost than is possible with mutual funds.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them.
Financial Advisor January 2005 Tracey Longo	How Fee-Based Programs Led 2004 Brokerage Profits Fee-based profitability is not lost on brokerage executives, who are ramping up programs designed to attract more planners to a fee-based business model and away from traditional commissions.
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.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 David A. Geracioti	Outgrowing the Series 7? Registered investment advisors must take the Series 65 exam. As the line between brokers and financial advisors blurs, what responsibilities do brokers that dispense advice and collect a fee based on assets have?
Financial Advisor December 2009 David J. Drucker	Solo Replacement Finally a (nearly) foolproof succession game plan for 85% of the profession.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Kristen French	A Shopping Allowance: The Newest Recruiting Tool In the competition for top financial advisors, broker/dealers are offering forgivable loans to advisors who want to purchase other financial advisory practices.
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 Advisor May 2012 Karen DeMasters	Advisors Often Work Against Clients' Interests, Study Says Financial advisors often work against their clients' interests if it means earning more in fees, according to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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.
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Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 John Churchill	Nothing Succeeds Like Succession Whatever type of succession plan you create, you're really creating a growth plan, providing for continuity of the business and for clients. Advisors need to see it that way, instead of an end or an exit.
Financial Advisor February 2007 David J. Drucker	The Retirement Dilemma Will your aging client base kill your financial advisory business?
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Registered Rep. March 23, 2011 Philip Palaveev	How To Handle An Imploding Broker/Dealer As we watch one independent broker/dealer after another succumb to regulatory action, financial problems or consolidation, many advisors are questioning the security of their very livelihoods.
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Investment Advisor April 2007 Bob Clark	Walkin' the Walk Mark Hurley's new firm, Fiduciary Network, offers an alternative to advisory firms that don't want to be consolidated.