From Financial Planning
Added on March 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Over 60% of RIAs who are considering an M&A transaction over the next five years plan to acquire a solo adviser, and 47% would like to take over a smaller firm's client accounts by buying its book of business, according to a survey of RIAs by FA Insight, a division of TD Ameritrade Institutional.
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on March 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: A RIA’s size, the demographics of its clientele as well as its advisor force, and the owner’s ability to negotiate are the three main factors buyers use to value an advice practice, says the Wall Street Journal.
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on March 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: For financial advisors, acting prudently means more than just following rules, Joe Bert writes in Kiplinger. Advisors should aim for a higher level of care for their clients by being guided by principles.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Seventeen years ago, when Brighton Jones launched as an advisory firm billing clients based on their total net worth, it was a rare and innovative fee structure in the financial planning business.
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: It’s been well-documented that women earn less than men for the same or equivalent job and are less likely to be promoted than their male counterparts. Now a study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research has unearthed what they call a “new type of discrimination” in the financial services industry: discrimination in job termination.
