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2017: The Year of M&A?

From WealthManagement.com
Added on December 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: After a disappointing 2016 for mergers and acquisitions, next year we’re likely in for a rebound, a new Deloitte report says, with 86 percent of private equity and 71 percent of corporate dealmakers expecting to close more deals in the next year. And

Advice for the Career Change Advisor

From WealthManagement.com
Added on December 2016 in Join an RIA
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Summary: We often get calls from advisors wanting to know how to leverage their prior profession in growing their budding financial services practice. Many of these advisors have significant prior experience, so it’s a natural question to ask.

The Death Of Referrals And The Future Of Business Development For Financial Advisors

From Nerd's Eye View
Added on December 2016 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: In the latest Investment News 2016 Financial Performance benchmarking study, a stunning new trend has emerged when it comes to growing an advisory firm: for the first time, non-referral business development is now driving materially more AUM growth than all client and professional referrals, combined.

The Alarming Cost of Replacing an Employee

From IRIS
Added on December 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: One of the biggest but hardest-to-predict costs when it comes to personnel is turnover. The Center for American Progress estimates that replacing an employee with a mid-range salary ($30,000 to $50,000 a year) costs 20% of that salary. And the process takes 52 days on average — just imagine the cost of that lost productivity.

How Attractive is Your Firm to a Seller?

From IRIS
Added on December 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Many aspirational buyers are overconfident in what they believe differentiates them from every other firm out there and focus exclusively on what they are looking for in a seller, failing to appreciate how much competition exits and not taking an objective look at themselves from the seller’s perspective. Especially in a seller’s market such as this, it’s critical that buyers take a hard look at their own firms and honestly answer this question: Why should a seller choose my firm?

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