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4 Ways Interns Can, and Do, Help Advisors

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on June 2019 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: It’s summer. Your number one client has a child who will graduate from college in a year, and they need to start building work experience. Your client asks you to do them a favor and take him on as an intern.

Seasoned RIA Acquirers Spill Their Secrets

From WealthManagement.com
Added on June 2019 in M&A Issues
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Summary: If the founder of Hightower gets his way, interested advisors might soon be enrolling in an institute for training “qualified successors.” That was one of the many ideas and topics floated at this year’s DeVoe & Company M&A+ Succession Summit in the Harvard Club of New York City.

An inside job: Advisers are picking, grooming successors from within

From InvestmentNews
Added on June 2019 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Bert Herzog III doesn't have plans to step aside anytime soon from Executive Wealth Management, the Brighton, Mich.-based advisory firm he founded in 1981. But the 61-year-old already has a plan in place to ensure that his $900-million investment advisory firm that manages money for 3,000 households will continue for decades after he leaves.

Put Client Service First; the Money Will Follow

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on June 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: It’s easy for owner advisors to make mistakes as they work on growing their businesses. Focusing too much on “making money” is on that list.

Voices An insider look at the SEC's cyber exam

From Financial Planning
Added on June 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Advisors have no excuse for not taking cybersecurity seriously. They’ve heard about the risks — the potential losses to their reputations and their bottom lines. At the same time, the SEC has publicly detailed its focus areas, such as risk assessment, data loss prevention, vendor management and incident response. What has been less obvious, however, is how examiners evaluate firms to determine whether they pass the test.

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