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Investment Advisor May 2008 Mark Tibergien |
Time of Reckoning In volatile times, the reality of practice valuations is exposed. |
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 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 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. |
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 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 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 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 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 January 2010 James J. Green |
Numerology: Bright Future for Advisor M&A Activity M&A activity among RIA firms is poised for resurgence, as a new market environment emerges and the pool of potential buyers undergoes dramatic change. |
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 Mark Tibergien |
Multiple Choice Options abound for creating liquidity and funding growth in your advisory business, but do your research before making the choice to sell your firm to a consolidator. |
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. February 25, 2013 Furey & Cooper |
What Is Your Advisory Practice Really Worth? The perils of the valuation gap. |
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. |
Financial Advisor March 2004 Tracey Longo |
Pace of Advisor M&A Accelerates Make no mistake---when it comes to mergers and acquisitions among advisory firms, it's still a seller's market. But that doesn't mean buyers aren't striking deals that fit their strategic needs superbly, too. |
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 November 2011 Joni Youngwirth |
Outside The Box The pros and cons of choosing an external successor. |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 David J. Drucker |
Solo Replacement Finally a (nearly) foolproof succession game plan for 85% of the profession. |
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 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. |
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. |
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 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 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. |
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 Planning September 1, 2005 David A. Twibell |
For Sale Signs Savvy financial advisers can benefit from the coming avalanche of baby boomers ready to sell their financial businesses and retire. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor August 2004 David J. Drucker |
The New Way to Growth: Buying Another Practice Catching the seller's eye: The key to getting the seller's attention and convincing him to choose you to buy his practice isn't slick marketing that covers up inexperience or lack of capacity. |
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. |
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, 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. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Stephanie Bogan |
Make 2010 Your Best year Ever Quantuvis Consulting's new study of business performance has strategies for every advisor, regardless of size, business model, or philosophy. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Ray Sclafani |
Demystifying Referrals To build a client acquisition system, break the process down into nuggets. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Joni Youngwirth |
Be Prepared What to consider when thinking of selling your practice. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 David DeVoe |
Succession Planning: Planning Your Future Tips for financial advisors on choosing a successor, valuation, informing clients, etc. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Anne Field |
Buyer's Recourse For advisors looking to expand a practice quickly, purchasing a book of clients was once the most expedient solution. One advisor learned the hard way that it isn't necessarily so anymore. |
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. December 29, 2010 Anne Field |
Succeeding At Succession A quarter of firm owners lack an exit plan, according to a 2009 survey by Rydex/SGI's AdvisorBenchmarking. And more than one-third don't have a timeline for when they're going to leave the business. |
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. |
Registered Rep. October 7, 2015 Dan Seivert |
Top 10 Lessons for Deal Makers For their 2015 event in Newport Beach, Calif., ECHELON carefully selected 20 speakers to purposefully go narrow and deep on the subject of deal making. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 James J. Green |
Numerology: Fewer Assets, More Advisors Total assets managed by investment advisors shrank in 2008 but the number of SEC-registered investment advisors increased. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Stephanie Bogan |
Building Value It seems clear that anticipated growth from baby boomers, an aging advisor population, and increasing interest in mergers and acquisitions will likely make building and realizing value the defining practice managment issue of the next decade. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 Pam Black |
The Rising Value Of Your Book The average price of a financial planning practice rose 35% in 2004. |
Registered Rep. July 24, 2014 David Grau Sr. |
Charting Your Succession Course The author delineates the usual alternatives for selling an advisor practice. |