Added on February 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Flying solo in the financial-advice business has never been a cakewalk, and mounting compliance costs are making it even tougher. According to Cerulli Associates, the number of sole practitioners has shrunk over the past five years, especially among independent broker-dealers, where multi-advisor practices are up 55%.
Added on February 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Brokers who break away from wirehouses often do so because they’re tired of handing 60% to 70% of their hard-earned revenues over to their employer. But advisors who have taken the plunge into independence say they generally have to wait quite a while before breaking even, let alone turning a profit. Many face unexpected costs when setting up shop for themselves, and even those who partner with hybrid RIAs make sacrifices in the early days, experts say.
Added on February 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: When Clayton Hartman first sat down with executives at Focus Financial Partners to discuss a proposed "lift-out" of his team of advisers, then all working for UBS AG, he brought a spreadsheet of roughly 1,000 questions.That may have been overkill, but it reflected the size of the team--20 advisers and staff, including Mr. Hartman. It was an unusually large number to leave a brokerage in one swoop and form their own independent firm.
Added on January 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The top U.S. securities regulator says its examiners will finally get around to knocking on doors at some of the thousands of investment advisers it has never met, including some waiting for more than a decade for the agency to come calling.
Added on January 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The first year of an advisors' relationship with a client is the easy part. It's the second, third and fourth years that are much more critical to achieve long-term retention, a new study finds. Other tips from the report: Advisors should also try to work with larger (and older) clients, price their fees wisely; seek out hybrid accounts and try to have more than one account in a household.
