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Investment Advisor October 2010 Mark Tibergien |
Using OPM to Grow AUM External financing can grow your firm -- but beware the pitfalls. |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Put Your Advisory Board to Work It's time to rethink the roll of advisors and how they are compensated. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 David DeVoe |
Options, Options, Options Big banks used to be the main acquirers of advisory firms, but in the past few years, the consolidators and bigger advisors have recognized the opportunity as well. |
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 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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 |
Wirehouses Still King Of The Hill Despite headlines about breakaway brokers and the ascendency of the independent, fee-based advisory model, the Big Four wirehouses are still holding their own. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Lorie Konish |
Five Questions with Matt Matrisian The director of practice management at Genworth Financial offers advisors tips on avoiding common blind spots. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell |
Roame on RIAs Conversations about change in the registered investment advisory space are constant these days, thanks to volatile markets, new products and demographic shifts. What sort of future will these changes create for the industry? |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse Advisor, advise thyself! A recent survey finds that most advisors did not understand the market value of their business or have a succession plan. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Jonathan Beatty |
Joining Forces Does your firm have the human resources infrastructure to recruit and integrate a new advisor or team of advisors? |
Registered Rep. July 30, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Failing at Succession? Cerulli Associates estimates that nearly 60 percent of advisors who are within five years of retiring expect to sell their business to an unidentified buyer. Five years is not enough time. |
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 September 2009 Philip Palaveev |
Tortoise or Hare Which business model is most acceptable to investors? And which to advisors? |
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Better Than Average Making a New Year's resolution to improve your practice? A new survey lets you benchmark your performance against the broader advisory community. |
Investment Advisor October 2010 Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
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. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: American Standard Comp tables based on surveys of advisory firms won't help you find the right salary range for your firm if those firms are over- or underpaying. |
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 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. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
More Than Equal A study of the role of the female financial advisor. The research compares female to male advisors and looks at the varying performance levels of women advisors. |
Registered Rep. May 31, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
Cold Call: Michael Kitces Michael Kitces, Research Director of Pinnacle Advisory Group talks about business plans for advisors. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Taking Care of Business A survey this year by REP./Wealth Management.com shows how RIA attitudes differ from those among advisors in other channels. |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2014 David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: October 2014 The wealth inequality gap is not between rich and poor, it's between the high-net-worth households and everyone else, including the middle class, who have not seen a significant increase in their middling net worth in over a decade. |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti |
Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled. |
Entrepreneur July 2008 Rosalind Resnick |
Equity Exchange No budget for an advisory board? It's ok -- some will work for stakes. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: The M Word Cometh Older and younger advisors both have a new appreciation for marketing. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors. |
Registered Rep. June 27, 2013 David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: July 2013 In this issue we look at succession planning for advisors -- an event that can either be a rewarding end to a principal's career or a disappointing fade to black. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Bob Clark |
The Trust Threat Financial advisors need to rethink adding trust services to their offerings. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Angela Herbers |
One Small (Big) Step The advisory industry has taken a giant leap forward in the past year. Attendees at this year's FPA NexGen conference clearly have made progress at getting small pieces of equity in their firms. |
Financial Advisor May 2012 |
Advisors, Clients See Portfolios Differently Advisors say their clients are fixated more on shorter-term concerns such as one-year returns (54%), their portfolio's absolute returns (49%) and portfolio volatility (41%). |
Financial Advisor March 2012 David Lawrence |
Consolidation Quickens Advisors are increasingly turning to others to increase service and decrease costs. |
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. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Kara P. Stapleton |
Stressed Out? It's no news that advisors are overwhelmed, considering the behavior of the markets and the state of the economy. |
Registered Rep. July 9, 2014 Diana Britton |
It's a Seller's Market If you don't already have plans to sell your practice, now's a good time to consider it. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Jeff Schlegel |
Go South, Young Man There are opportunities for advisors with an entrepreneurial bent who are willing to go to underserved wealth markets and try to plant their flag in the turf. |
Registered Rep. March 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Social Media Works, Advisors Say Social media is gaining momentum with financial advisors, new research by Registered Rep. and wealthmanagement.com shows. |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Climbing A Stairway To Heaven As boomers age and spend their savings, financial advisors will need to adapt their practices. |
Registered Rep. September 14, 2005 John Churchill |
H&R Block On a Recruiting Spree The firm known primarily for its tax preparation services is ramping up its financial advisory force. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2013 Rachel F. Elson |
Mark Tibergien Wants Your Assets. Here's What He's Offering Mark Tibergien, CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, wants to custody more client assets. Here s what he s offering in return. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 Angela Herbers |
Advisor, Heal Thyself Good advice to advisors these days is that they revise their own financial plans. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
Articulate Your Value A majority of financial advisory clients have been very satisfied with the performance of their providers since the onset of the financial crisis and market meltdown, but almost 10% of clients are neutral or dissatisfied. |
Registered Rep. September 3, 2009 Mindy Diamond |
Talking To Clients About Breaking Away Here are some starting points for advisors to begin a conversation with clients about deciding to establish themselves as an RIA or joining an existing one. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Diana Britton |
A Package Deal Most advisors would say they want to do what's best for their clients. But if that's the case, they better not manage their clients' money on their own; better leave that to the home office, new research from Cerulli Associates shows. |
Investment Advisor February 1, 2011 Angie Herbers |
The Why Factor: Explaining the Revenue-Employee Motivation Link What makes a tremendous difference in employees' future performance and contribution to an advisory firm is making sure they really want the job. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Angela Herbers |
Marketing Is Everyone's Job Following are ideas for advisors to incorporate into their strategic marketing initiatives. |