From Financial Advisor IQ
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Summary: For wealth management firms a data breach doesn’t just risk potential monetary loss, according to Cunningham, CIO and chief information security officer of cybersecurity tech provider Docupace Technologies. The reputational damage from a cyberbreach is often too much for an advice practice to recover from, he writes.
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Among the most complicated aspects of an enduring business is people; specifically, recruitment, retention and development of talent. Yet this area seems to get short shrift in most advisory firms.
From Financial Planning
Added on April 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Acquirers in the wealth management industry these days aren’t looking for sleepy one-person firms but those with specific characteristics.
From LinkedIn Pulse
Added on April 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Many independent advisors will be relying on the greater fool theory to strike a rich deal. Independents know that larger institutions and roll-ups routinely overpay for an advisor’s book of business. The word on the street is that buyers frequently overestimate how much advisors can grow their business.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Financial advisers award LinkedIn's Pro-Finder service a poor grade so far in terms of helping them identify worthy prospects who have become clients. But they're not giving up hope on the business development tool.
