From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Recent high-profile cyberattacks underscore the importance of tracking how and where client data is used, transferred and stored by third party vendors to RIAs. The reality is, "the cloud" is not – and never was – a cybersecurity solution.
From WealthManagement.com
Added on November 2017 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Alan Moore started his career as a financial advisor working under the traditional, face-to-face model, but he always felt tied down with that conventional structure. He wanted to have more time with people he cared about, freedom to go where his passions might take him, and most importantly, more time to hit the slopes!
From FPA
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Summary: According to a recent InvestmentNews article, “RIAs Must Confront the Emotional Side of Letting Go of Their Business,” of the 118,000 financial advisers planning to exit the business in the next 10 years, about 61 percent have some plan in place—whether it’s succession, sale, or client reassignment.
From Financial Planning
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Summary: CHICAGO - Your best clients give you cookies at Christmas. They hug you when they see you. They know the names of your children. But they won't give you a referral.
From WealthManagement.com
Added on November 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: For growing advisory firms, acquisitions are increasingly seen as a viable path forward; for advisors looking to exit the business, selling is seen as an easy way to monetize the business at the end of a career.