Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

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 Planning June 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell	M & A: Who's Buying? Forget the dearth of capital afflicting the rest of the financial industry: RIA firms have access to plenty of money for mergers and acquisitions.
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 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.
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 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.
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 June 2007 Mark Tibergien	Real Deals There's more activity than actual movement on the M&A front for financial advisory firms.
Financial Advisor November 2011 Evan Simonoff	M&A Game Changer Leading custodians in the RIA space are offering acquisition financing to firms that do business with them.
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 Planning May 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Advisory Pulse Registered investment advisory firms, especially small ones, are returning to the bargaining table this year; in the first quarter, RIA firms completed 24 merger and acquisition deals.
Registered Rep. February 19, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Where the Sellers At? RIAs are Holding Out for Better Deals Schwab executives predicted a decline mergers & acquisitions between RIAs in 2009, as potential sellers hold out for a stronger market and a better deal.
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 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.
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.
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. September 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Volatility Not Enough to Slow RIA M&A Deals The first half of 2015 saw a significant increase in merger and acquisition activity among registered investment advisory firms.
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.
Registered Rep. February 2, 2011 Diana Britton	RIA M&A Hits Record in 2010, More To Come In 2011 Registered investment advisory firms were furiously busy getting hitched last year: they did the highest number of merger and acquisition deals recorded in at least seven years.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. July 29, 2010 Halah Touryalai	RIAs Keep Up M&A Momentum RIAs continue to buy and sell their businesses this year as M&A deals in the industry reach record levels.
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.
Financial Advisor September 2012	RIA Acquisitions Poised To Accelerate A growing number of large RIAs are preparing their firms for sale, and more than a few are retaining investment bankers to draw up the required financial documents any acquirer would demand, according to Schwab Advisory Services.
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Hybrid's New Groove Registered investment advisor firms looking for ways to expand their businesses might try turning to broker-dealers for a boost.
Registered Rep. February 26, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Let's Make A Deal The RIA M&A market is poised for growth, but not gaudy growth.
Financial Advisor February 2005 David J. Drucker	National Financial Partners ... Six Years Later The synergies and economies of scale offered by NFP affiliation isn't lost on its acquired firms. NFP stock has done well because investors see the synergy NFP is creating.
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 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 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 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.
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 October 2008	Frontline News News: Wall Street Meltdown Could Swell RIA Ranks... Citigroup Defection Illustrates Talent Flight To RIAs... Merger Creates $1 Billion Fee-Only RIA Firm... Boosting Retirement Savings Longevity... Is The Commodities Party Over?... Hometown Investing Can Spoil A Portfolio...
Financial Advisor January 2008 Bruce W. Fraser	Growing Up Over the next five years, the typical RIA will undergo rapid transformation, and the average RIA firm is expected to at least triple in size. To accommodate such growth, hiring decisions will become critical, stretching far beyond the traditional tendency of firms to simply add more advisors.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2015 Jerry Gleeson	No Slowing RIA Growth In the financial advisory industry there are potential regulatory burdens, fickle investors, and crafty competitors -- but nothing has changed the relentless march of the registered investment advisor space since the 2008 crash.
Registered Rep. November 26, 2010 Charles Paikert	RIA M&A Deals On Track To Top 2009 Total The number of mergers and acquisitions completed in the registered investment advisor business through the third quarter of this year is near full-year totals for 2009, according to data from Schwab Advisor Services.
Investment Advisor July 2008 James J. Green	Catching up with... Mark Tibergien The CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions discusses why it's a good time to be a seller of an RIA firm, according to the latest research on mergers and acquisitions activity in the advisory market.
Financial Advisor July 2005 Simonoff & Longo	Merger Mania The price of financial advisory firms is about to go up -- big time. At virtually every level, size and scale of the business, an owner can find many prospective buyers for their firm, practice or book of business.
Registered Rep. June 21, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Boston Private Builds A Better Balance Sheet Is Boston Private Financial Holdings making a comeback? After a string of unsuccessful RIA acquisitions, soured loans at its private bank division, and a drawdown of $154 million in federal TARP aid, the RIA consolidator's outlook was glum.
Financial Advisor March 2011	Frontline News News for the financial industry: RIA M&A Activity Breaks Record In '10... Residency Program: Jump-Starting A Young Planner's Career... When Do ETFs Make The Grade?... SEC To Roll Out Uniform Exam Manual... more...
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	Gobbling Up RIAs The RIA holding company Focus Financial recently snatched up three more firms, bringing total acquisitions to 9 and assets under management to $15 billion.
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.
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 January 2006 Sydney LeBlanc	Embracing The F Word US Fiduciary offers a business model that is attracting ultra-high-end advisors who want to be fiduciaries.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2008	What Is Your Practice Worth? Plenty--If You Are Fee-Based Considering selling all or part of your book? Buyers don't seem to care about a business model, they are only interested in the present and future revenue streams.
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.
Financial Advisor May 2008 Rebecca Pomering	Adding New Owners Internal transition is the desired growth plan and succession plan for the vast majority of advisors and good planning, strategic thinking and thoughtful implementation will allow many to enact a transaction that ensures the desired outcomes for their staff, their clients and themselves.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Britt Erica Tunick	Roll-Up Queen As chairman, chief executive and president of National Financial Partners, Jessica Bibliowicz has done such a good job leading her company that some people wonder whether the eight-year-old firm might have peaked already.
Investment Advisor July 2010 David DeVoe	Succession Planning: Planning Your Future Tips for financial advisors on choosing a successor, valuation, informing clients, etc.