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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
Mark Tibergien |
Real Deals There's more activity than actual movement on the M&A front for financial advisory firms. |
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
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 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
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
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
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
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. |
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
December 2009
David J. Drucker |
Solo Replacement Finally a (nearly) foolproof succession game plan for 85% of the profession. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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.
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. |
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. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 6, 2010
Kristen French |
Custodians In Race To Roll Out M&A Tools TD Ameritrade Institutional is rolling out a new online business valuation tool. |
Financial Advisor
February 2005
Evan Simonoff |
Taking Control Until 2001, financial advisory firm Budros, Ruhlin & Roe had everything but professional management. Now it does. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
October 2008 |
Frontline News News: Wall Street Meltdown Could Swell RIA Ranks... Citigroup Defection Illustrates Talent Flight To RIAs... Merger Creates $1 Billion Fee-Only RIA Firm... Boosting Retirement Savings Longevity... Is The Commodities Party Over?... Hometown Investing Can Spoil A Portfolio... |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
David DeVoe |
Succession Planning: Planning Your Future Tips for financial advisors on choosing a successor, valuation, informing clients, etc. |
Financial Advisor
July 2009
Eric Rasmussen |
Surviving The Storm Account sizes, staff and profits have shrunk, but far more firms gained clients than lost them. |
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.
February 2, 2011
Diana Britton |
RIA M&A Hits Record in 2010, More To Come In 2011 Registered investment advisory firms were furiously busy getting hitched last year: they did the highest number of merger and acquisition deals recorded in at least seven years. |
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.
October 20, 2010
Charles Paikert |
Make Room For More Wealth Firms With National Reach The already crowded field of wealth management firms who want to go national is getting more crowded, still. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
July 29, 2010
Halah Touryalai |
RIAs Keep Up M&A Momentum RIAs continue to buy and sell their businesses this year as M&A deals in the industry reach record levels. |
Investment Advisor
July 1, 2011
John Sullivan |
Finding Success in Succession Planning Whether you're affiliated with a broker-dealer or completely independent as an RIA, proper succession planning helps you realize value long before you walk out the door. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Donna Mitchell |
M & A: Who's Buying? Forget the dearth of capital afflicting the rest of the financial industry: RIA firms have access to plenty of money for mergers and acquisitions. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Target: RIAs The New York City-based company has expanded well beyond its roots as a discount brokerage for do-it-yourself investors. E*Trade seals a greater foothold in the crowded wealth management arena. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
James J. Green |
What to Do Now? When you're in the middle of a crisis, by definition it's difficult to plan ahead to avoid the next crisis, but that's exactly what the smart, growing, most profitable advisors tend to do. |
Registered Rep.
February 26, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Let's Make A Deal The RIA M&A market is poised for growth, but not gaudy growth. |
Registered Rep.
June 21, 2010
Jerry Gleeson |
Boston Private Builds A Better Balance Sheet Is Boston Private Financial Holdings making a comeback? After a string of unsuccessful RIA acquisitions, soured loans at its private bank division, and a drawdown of $154 million in federal TARP aid, the RIA consolidator's outlook was glum. |
Financial Advisor
June 2011 |
Frontline News Stories from June 2011 Frontline News: The Advent Purchase Of Black Diamond... Two Takes On RIA M&A Activity... Forum Gives First Ever Innovation Award To Putnam... more... |
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. |
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
January 2004
Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Custodians Are Knocking More custody players have been clamoring for the business of registered investment advisors, and that trend will continue this year, say two well-known research firms for financial institutions and investment managers. |
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
June 2009
James J. Green |
Best of Times, Worst of Times Securities America and Capital Analysts have responded to the financial crisis in quite different ways. But they're also quite similar in how they're proactively changing their business models to help reps and the home office thrive |
