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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.   |
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 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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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 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? |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Dueling Fools: Private Equity Bull Rebuttal Private equity deals aren't without their warts, but they're still benefiting investors. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Lure of Private Equity The fact that private equity deals have become commonplace shows that private equity provides benefits to investors as well as to companies and their corporate managers. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Tracey Longo |
Swimming Upstream California investment advisor John Threlkeld has been working diligently to serve wealthier and wealthier investors, even purchasing two other advisors' practices and turning all but his top clients over to a junior planner. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2007
David Grau |
Protecting Equity As independent advisors move to evaluate, build and realize the equity in their growing practices, one holdover succession practice threatens to undermine their progress. |
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 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 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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
Mindy Diamond |
What To Know Before You Switch Here are 10 things every financial advisor should evaluate when deciding where to land his next gig. |
Registered Rep.
November 5, 2012
Scott Smith |
Look Before You Leap The very benefits IBDs have used to lure advisors may actually be their undoing. |
Registered Rep.
April 7, 2011
Kristen French |
Switching To Independent Model Keeps Up Pace Migration to the independent financial advisor model -- independent b/ds and RIAs -- is likely to continue unabated in 2011. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012 |
Sex Bias "The financial services industry needs to do a better job of recruiting, training and retaining women as financial advisors if it is going to successfully meet the demand of women small business owners," said Mary Quist-Newins. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2008
Anne Field |
Hiring Good Help A panel of experts gives advice on hiring the right new employees to grow your 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. |
Financial Advisor
March 2007
Marla Brill |
Ground Floor Heats Up Private equity and IPOs are staging a huge comeback. But should financial advisors jump in? |
Financial Advisor
April 2007
William Glasgall |
Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2007
Tom Taulli |
The VIP Ticket to a Buyout Deal Private equity firms are allowing shareholders to take part in mega-buyouts. Despite the advantages, investors need to realize that equity stubs are fairly rare for public shareholders. |
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
September 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Changes Ahead for 403(b)s Retirement plan advisors, distributors, and providers are finding themselves responding on the fly to the trends shaping the 403(b) and 457 markets. New regulations will add paperwork and confusion say critics. |
Investment Advisor
June 2006
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Reality Check A good exercise is to periodically examine the things we know to be true and explore why we think so. Here's a list of possible misconceptions financial advisors hold to be true: Client portfolios need international exposure... It doesn't matter what the other advisors do... etc. |
Registered Rep.
June 4, 2013
Diana Britton |
Fading Bull Our annual compensation survey shows advisors are riding the market rally -- so what happens when it ends? |
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. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007 |
Editor's Note Success spawns its own challenges, and now the biggest problem confronting the advisory business is the availability and supply of labor. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Hot, Hot, Hot Private equity is the talk of the town, but there is nothing particularly easy about getting into top-tier funds. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Angela Herbers |
Words of Wisdom Keeping older professionals in the industry should be a priority. And if we don't do something to rectify this situation sooner rather than later, we face the prospect of watching the experience of a whole generation literally walk out the door. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
2009: A Forgotten Year for Private Equity? With credit markets still mangled, private equity firms now face a dire and uncertain near-term future, since their industry is largely based on the availability of credit and raising capital. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success. |
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. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips. |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Evan Simonoff |
Editor's Note Small and midsize advisory firms continue to thrive. Their problem isn't earning a decent living or attracting new clients; their challenge is finding an exit strategy that doesn't entail selling the business for a song. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
July 2006
Maya Ivanova |
Power of the People With the proper guidance, training, and nurturing, your employees can expand your firm's presence, networking opportunities, and pool of referrals and help you grow your financial advisory firm. |
Inc.
November 1, 2000
Ilan Mochari |
How to Take Stock If you're thinking about taking equity instead of cash as payment for services, here's a checklist of things to consider... |
Registered Rep.
May 27, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: Breaking Down the Practice Are the firms that serve advisors ready to support a team-based, ensemble model? |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
