From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Could clearing up the decades-old confusion over the role of a broker compared to that of an investment adviser be as easy as clarifying their professional titles?
From WealthManagement.com
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Summary: Advisor businesses are growing in client numbers and geographical reach. Investors typically find advisors through personal referrals, but also increasingly use online searches and social media to make a connection. One study found 65 percent of clients research potential advisors through social networks, and 86 percent use those networks to help in their buying decisions.
From WealthManagement.com
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Summary: The ball doesn’t lie, and neither does the math. As an industry, our client acquisition rate has slowed from 7.1 percent in 2014 to 5.8 percent in 2016, asset growth has dropped from 10.6 percent in 2014 to 8.9 percent in 2016, and revenue growth has deteriorated from 14.4 percent to 6.6 percent over the same period, according to the 2016 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms by TD Ameritrade.
From Barron's Advisor Center
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Summary: If you’re an ambitious female advisor going hard after new business, you’ve likely heard comments like these:
From IRIS
Added on March 2018 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In the last article we considered the pros and cons of achieving revenue growth through acquisition. In this blog we examine the options to accelerate growth through selling your firm. But before we do, an overview of the M&A landscape may be helpful.
