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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. |
Investment Advisor June 2007 Mark Tibergien |
Real Deals There's more activity than actual movement on the M&A front for financial advisory firms. |
Investment Advisor May 2008 Mark Tibergien |
Time of Reckoning In volatile times, the reality of practice valuations is exposed. |
Registered Rep. February 25, 2013 Furey & Cooper |
What Is Your Advisory Practice Really Worth? The perils of the valuation gap. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Bob Clark |
Today's the Day A growing shortage of professional talent coupled with low retention rates and virtually non-existent partnership tracks is adversely impacting the independent advisory industry. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 David Grau |
Research Assignment When buying or selling a financial advisory firm, due diligence may be the most important thing you do before signing on the dotted line. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 David Lawrence |
A View From Both Sides To successfully retire, financial advisors have to carefully plan and develop a clear direction before taking action. |
Investment Advisor October 2007 P. Palaveev & D. Inveen |
Grow Your Own The biggest-ever Moss Adams Compensation and Staffing Study finds client demand is outpacing talent supply in the financial advisory industry. |
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 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. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: What's a Young Advisor to Do? There is evidence that young advisors feel stymied in their efforts to acquire interests in their firms. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Steve Parrish |
Time To Rebuild Financial advisors can help battered business owners plan for the future. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Bob Clark |
Swimming With The Sharks Read the fine print before selling your financial advisory firm to a strategic buyer. |
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 April 2006 David DeVoe |
True Value Understanding what drives the value of your financial advisory firm will not only increase your payday when you sell, it will also increase the firm's profitability -- and consequently, your compensation -- each year you continue to own the business. |
PHONE+ August 27, 2009 Philip Josephson |
Exit Stage Right By Driving Value If you are an owner of a company, it is important to create an exit plan and to create and preserve value within your company. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2005 David Grau |
Deal Breakers What are the problems that derail purchases of financial advisory practices, and how can you avoid them. |
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. |
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. |
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 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 December 2005 Bob Clark |
Why Bigger is Better This compensation and staffing study offers a preview of how financial advisory firms will be different five or 10 years from now. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Angela Herbers |
Know Thyself NexGen advisors often wonder how much they should get paid. To get a fair offer, first they need to accurately determine what they're worth. |
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. |
Investment Advisor October 2010 DePardo & Inveen |
Ready to Grow Again The new FA Insight study shows advisors are ready to invest again in growth. |
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 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. 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 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. |
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. |
Registered Rep. July 24, 2014 David Grau Sr. |
Charting Your Succession Course The author delineates the usual alternatives for selling an advisor practice. |
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. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2011 Bill Richert |
Creative Currency Unlock your property's potential with equity. In the late 1970s I discovered that incorporating value other than cash is what helps to close transactions. |
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 April 2010 Joni Youngwirth |
Be Prepared What to consider when thinking of selling your practice. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
How Are You Doing? If you were to take a step back right now and ask yourself how well your financial advisory practice was meeting your objectives, what would your answer be? What are the successful ones doing right? Consider the following questions. |
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. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 David Grau |
Internal Affairs For the small financial planning practitioner, selling to an employee is a daunting challenge that most owners never understand -- until it's too late. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
The Off Ramp Unless modern medicine discovers the secret to immortality, all of us will one day leave our business behind. That means we have to ask ourselves how we want to exit, and start making the appropriate plans to transition on our terms. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 Mark Tibergien |
Ready, Fire, Aim With the dramatic growth of the average financial advisory business over the past five years, practitioners are being forced to develop a new skill in order to cope with the changing dynamics of their practice: management. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Inveen & DePardo |
People & Pay Sponsored by TD Ameritrade Institutional and with Investment Advisor as its media partner, the inaugural 2009 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms aims to guide business owners facing serious decisions about people and pay. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Rebecca Pomering |
The Haves And The Have-Nots Any report that makes financial advisors examine their profession, the industry, and more importantly their businesses, is a good report. Even if all the predictions in the report are wrong, having built a better business will only be to your benefit, after all. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Bogan & Doss |
Get in Shape Managing your business, just as with your waistline, is easier when you have clear goals, committed behavior and the ability to monitor your progress against your goals. |
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 November 2011 Joni Youngwirth |
Outside The Box The pros and cons of choosing an external successor. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Dan Inveen |
The Architects The best firms focus their business planning on the here and now, which makes their futures much brighter. |
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. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Mark Tibergien |
More Than Keeping Score An accepted principle in portfolio management is rebalancing. The same principle applies to managing your business. Each facet of your enterprise -- sales, service, human capital, technology, operations -- requires an investment of time, money, management, and energy. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
The Price Is Right Advisory firms and the quest for proper compensation. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 David DeVoe |
Succession Planning: Planning Your Future Tips for financial advisors on choosing a successor, valuation, informing clients, etc. |