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Confidence: How you can give it to young financial advisers and watch them run with it

From InvestmentNews
Added on March 2017 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Our fourth annual 40 Under 40 project is under way, and we need your help to uncover top young talent in financial advice. InvestmentNews' goal each year is to find the stories that inspire the industry and illuminate its clearest path to future success, which depends on knowing who our next generation of leaders will be and what ideas are emerging from them.

March Madness: How to Move Your Value Prop to a Higher Bracket

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on March 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Advisors may have been feeling like they’re on winning teams lately, with the market up 7.5% over the past three months (as of February 28). But that has nothing to do with your skill; instead, it's called being in the right industry at the right time.

The next hot M&A target? Solo advisers

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.

What Does a Sellable RIA Look Like These Days?

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.

Principles, Not Regulation, Should Steer FAs

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.

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