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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 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 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 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 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.  |
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. 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.  |
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.  |
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 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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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?  |
Financial Advisor January 2012 Eric Rasmussen |
Advisors In A Darwinian World In a more competitive landscape with strained markets, advisors are relearning how to survive.  |
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 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. November 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary |
Going All the Way Across the country, registered rep employees of national broker/dealers daydream of chucking it all and going off on their own. But how far do you go? Which is the best model for keeping the most of what your business generates?  |
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. 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. January 15, 2007 John Churchill |
Schwab Pays Up to Move Reps Schwab Institutional, the independent investment advisor arm of Charles Schwab, announced that it plans to offer start-up loans to registered reps who leave their firm to affiliate with Schwab's independent network.  |
Registered Rep. June 29, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
Tibergien: Selling Your Practice? Offer a Growth Story Too many advisors see successful practice planning as a career endgame that allows them to sell and move on. That's the wrong way to look at it, says Mark Tibergien.  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 John Churchill |
Wall Street's Big Curtain Call How baby boomer brokers move into retirement over the next 10 to 15 years will change the face of the industry in many ways.  |
Investment Advisor July 2008 James J. Green |
United We Grow United capital's Joe Duran on the state of advisory firms, and his strategy for acquiring financial advisory firms nationwide.  |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Bob Clark |
Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice.  |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Anne Field |
The Metamorphosis If you are ready to go out on your own as a registered investment advisor, you're likely to encounter a host of tricky problems and stumbling blocks. Here's a look at five of those problems and what you can do about them.  |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Kristen French |
The Best of Both Worlds Advisors say the broker/dealer-RIA hybrid model gives them freedom to choose what products, services and fees are best for their clients.  |
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. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients.  |
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 Pam Black |
Why More Reps Are Getting Their Kicks on Route 66 What's driving top reps to Series 66 RIA designation is not regulatory rules. It's changes in the wirehouse environment that, newly minted RIAs say, made it harder for them to do their own thing.  |
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 October 2007 |
Frontline News Congress Grills "Senior" Advisor Designations... Live Long And Prosper... Fidelity Planning Income Annuity... Mansueto To Receive Award... Fiduciary Network Buys Brightworth Stake... etc.  |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
Declaration Of Independence More financial planners are leaving wirehouses to become fee-based RIAs.  |
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.  |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Hinchcliff & Longo |
Extraordinary Vs. Ordinary Experts at The 6th Annual Financial Advisor Symposium outlined what it takes for advisory firms to be among the best in the country.  |
Financial Advisor June 2008 |
Frontline News News: As the number of financial advisory players shrinks, recruiting intensifies... Pomering to run Moss Adams' RIA unit... Pershing advisor solutions sets exec committee... Larger taxable distributions on mutual funds... etc.  |
Registered Rep. January 13, 2011 Jerry Gleeson |
United Capital Buys Three RIAs, Adds $2.2B in AUM The three deals bring United Capital's total AUM to more than $13 billion, with 29 offices across the country.  |
Registered Rep. June 22, 2006 Halah Touryalai |
Focus Financial Acquires Two More Firms The New York wealth-management roll-up continued its spectacular growth by adding two more firms to its collection.  |
Registered Rep. March 8, 2011 Diana Britton |
IBDs Dress Up Offerings For Hybrids Independent broker-dealers have lately been ramping up their efforts to attract hybrid advisors.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French |
A Level Playing Field High-profit ensembles and solos are the top-performing 25% of financial advisory firms. Other ensembles and solos would lose money if they paid their owners a market level salary.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
Open Season NFP Securities says it will become the first independent broker-dealer to offer hybrid advisors a single platform with complete open architecture, empowering advisors to ally with any major custodian they choose.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
A Visionary Move An interview with Mark Tibergien, a well-known and respected consultant at Moss Adams, as he takes the helm at Pershing Advisor Solutions.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 John Churchill |
More, More, More Faced with growing competition from other advice providers and fewer inherent advantages in the way of products and platform capabilities, wirehouse brokers will feel pressure to do more fee-based business and to make wealthier clients a bigger part of their practice.  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2007 |
Practice Makes Perfect Many independent broker/dealers are shifting their drive for growth inward, developing programs to help advisors build their businesses, as well as attracting new talent with incentives such as sign-on bonuses.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Joining the Fray Those who can, do, the saying goes. Three Moss Adams consultants embraced this sentiment over the past year, leaving their prestigious perches at the Seattle-based firm to practice what they preached.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Brooke Southall |
RIA Power Registered investment advisory firms are bringing in more assets these days than are wirehouse brokerage firms.  |
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 Planning January 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell |
Questions Welcome Mark Tibergien is probably the most important practice management thinker in the financial planning industry -- and he has built his following over decades.  |