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Summary: The average age of financial advisors creeps higher each year, approaching the traditional age of retirement. A growing chorus of voices have warned of the looming onslaught of advisors retiring, the lack of young talent to take over their firms, and thus a wave of advisory firms that will come up for sale resulting in a competitive buyer’s market that will make advisors regret having waited to sel
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Summary: The recruiting crisis in the financial-advice industry isn’t fueled by disdain so much as by ignorance, says Fidelity Investments. After the fund manager surveyed nearly 800 recent college grads and young professionals, it concluded that the talent shortage is due to a lack of awareness about the profession, not to a lack of interest. In fact, only 20% of those polled had even a rough sense of what advisors do.
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Summary: Small and medium-size RIAs may have to start formulating succession plans to be in regulatory compliance. If state financial regulators have their way, firms under their purview — essentially RIAs with less than $100 million under management — will have to show they’ve made arrangements to ensure that clients and their assets are safe if a lone practitioner gets seriously ill, has an accident or dies, writes Financial Planning.
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Summary: Advisory firms around the country are looking to hire young professionals like her to help them take on some of the increased tasks of the modern advisory practice, stay current in technology and trends, and attract younger clients. In addition, many advisers who hope to eventually step away from the business without abandoning clients are looking for successors.
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Summary: Finding the right firm to acquire is hard enough, but attracting top talent is becoming increasingly problematic for growth-minded registered investment advisors.
