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Summary: Some advisers aren’t looking very far to find a successor to their practices. They are counting on their sons and daughters to take over one day. There are benefits to having one of the kids as a successor: The business is left to someone with the same value system, clients may be happy to still work with someone from the same family and the adviser can feel pride in having a child carry on their legacy.
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Summary: Succession planning is a hot topic in the independent advisory world these days, and many older owner-advisors are thinking about, or working on, succession plans. While there’s been a lot written on creating workable succession plans, and some written about preparing junior advisors to become firm owners, we’ve seen very little about preparing firm owners to work with new owners.
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Summary: If you can count yourself among the minority of advisers — about 40% — who are within five years of retirement age and have created a succession plan, you're all good, right? Maybe?
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Summary: Succession planning isn't just about advisors realizing value for the businesses they've built. It's about protecting and ensuring that clients' needs are met and that the practice can remain an ongoing business after its founder has retired or passed away.
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission is working on a rule that would require investment advisers to develop a continuity plan for their practices that would go into effect when they leave or become incapacitated, agency Chairman Mary Jo White said Thursday
