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Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Bob Veres |
Managing Growth--Your Way Do you really have to get big to keep your practice thriving? Advisors who want the advantages of a large-scale firm -- without giving up their independence -- are creating new models for success.   |
Financial Advisor
February 2008
Mary Rowland |
Little Guys Win As big banks and firms continue to purchase small independent advisory practices it continues to prove that in reality, the little guys won. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012
Karen Demasters |
Anatomy Of A Merger The creation of Modera Wealth Management had some glitches, but the outcome has been better than the principals anticipated. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007
Mary Rowland |
Finding A Prince Planners who formed the first generation of professionals often said that they would never sell their firms or merge into a larger entity. But ask him this year and he's likely to say he wants to buy another financial planning firm or he wants a bigger firm to buy him. |
Financial Advisor
October 2008
Raymond Fazzi |
Independent Power House Kochis Fitz and Quintile Wealth Management LLC complete a merger that, according to its principals, creates the third-largest independent wealth management firm in the nation and the largest in California. |
Investment Advisor
July 2006
Robert F. Keane |
Getting It All Done While for many advisors taking the wealth management route is a no-brainer, it's not without potential pitfalls. Wealth management covers much more than just how much money the client has. |
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? |
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. |
Financial Advisor
July 2007
Robert Casey |
Shifting Into High Gear Think your advisory firm did well last year? Maybe so. But if assets grew by less than 25%, you fell behind the average of independent registered investment advisors participating in the second annual Top RIA Survey. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2012 |
Women Advisors Forum/Boston: Sharing Strategies Women planners are changing the face of the financial services industry. |
Financial Advisor
December 2003
David J. Drucker |
So You Want To Charge Retainer Fees? Moving to retainer fees isn't just a computational change; it's a cultural one. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2005
Ed McCarthy |
Making the Switch As advisers shift from a commission-based model to a fee-based one, how are their practices handling the change? |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
Evan Simonoff |
The Big Chill While the financial advisor community and their clients have avoided most of the mortgage-related problems, advisory firms' merger and acquisition activity is suddenly becoming a victim of fixed-income market paralysis. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Donna Mitchell |
Earnings Rebound Financial advisors are making more money, putting more emphasis on education, and shifting their compensation schemes toward fees |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2010
Bob Veres |
The Equity Problem A new report offers two kinds of advice: how to build enterprise value in your firm, and how to evaluate deal structures when you eventually decide to transfer ownership. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2014
Philip Palaveev |
To Ensemble or Not To Ensemble Thousands of advisors are negotiating the combination of their practices with others in order to create scale, leverage each other's skills, gain resources, and tackle succession. |
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Mark Tibergien |
Formulas For Success: Soul Mates, or Marriage of Convenience? When considering an advisory firm merger, get to know your potential partner. |
Financial Advisor
March 2005
David L. Lawrence |
Merging Options Five steps may help you avoid pitfalls and make your financial advisory practice merger a success. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Donna Mitchell |
Staffing: The Next Generation Early in the life cycle of a financial planning firm, once it grows beyond a few seasoned principals, comes the day you hire your first new young associate planner. It's an important step for your firm, and for the profession. |
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? |
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. |
Financial Advisor
August 2005
Eva Marer |
The Recruiting Gap Demand for top young talent has outstripped supply, and that has some independent advisors worried about the future of the financial advisory profession. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: The Riddle of the CFP Board Have you ever wondered what those folks at the Certified Financial Planning Board are thinking? |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Hamburger & Walter |
The Missing Piece Succession issues arise with every business, but they're more personal and are subject to more emotions in an entrepreneurial, closely held, professional services firm. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2007
David Grau |
Linked In As they look to recreate themselves, surprisingly few small financial practice owners consider mergers. |
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 Planning
July 1, 2012
Scott Wenger |
Small Biz, Big Thinking Those who are on their own or run a small RIA practice have no doubt spent countless hours doing tasks - picking an office, choosing vendors, hiring assistants, etc. - that have nothing to do with being a CFP. |
Registered Rep.
April 17, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Smith Barney Losing Advisors, Client Assets But while Smith Barney is losing reps, it also appears to be recruiting heavily. |
Financial Advisor
July 2006 |
The Golden Age of Growth As the RIA profession continues to grow and mature, it will be interesting to see if it retains its heterogeneous, inclusive character or evolves into a more homogenous business, as so many industries do over time. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Build Your Value In a new report, "Creating, Measuring and Unlocking Enterprise Value in a Wealth Manager," released on June 14, the Fiduciary Network gives advisors a wake-up call about their real prospects for a payoff after years of working on their businesses. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2005
Kevin Gahagan |
Practice Tips The lure of ensemble firms. Has the time come for sole financial planning practitioners to consider a new approach? |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2013
Miriam Rozen |
How to Hire a Good Lawyer Finding the right attorney requires research, time, thought - and sometimes a dose of bravery. |
Financial Advisor
July 2006 |
Frontline News FPA Members Support Fiduciary Standards... NAPFA Honors Bradley For Exemption Stance... Focused On The Top, Focus Grows Again... Planners Stay Happy Despite Earnings Decline... etc. |
Financial Advisor
May 2008
Mary Rowland |
Clinging To Intimate Relationships Mergers and acquisitions are an important discussion point in every firm's growth plans. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Ed McCarthy |
The Next Generation of Advisers (and the Problem with Uncovering Them) There's still no tried-and-true path for those entering the financial planning profession. |
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Mark Tibergien |
The Constituency Conundrum How will your business decisions impact those who rely on you? |
Wall Street & Technology
May 25, 2005
Jon Beyman |
Dear CIO... Do you think the New York Stock Exchange's planned merger with Archipelago is good for the industry? |
