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If an Advisor Gets Dementia, What Happens to His or Her Clients?

From Think Advisor
Added on September 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Advisors hopefully have communicated with their clients about how they should address concerns if the client is beginning to show signs of dementia, but what happens if advisors’ own cognitive decline prevents them from fulfilling their fiduciary duties?

How to protect yourself from bad clients

From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2016 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: A street-smart adviser has to rely on his or her gut and a repeatable process for discerning the trouble client from a merely high-maintenance one. Here are some ideas that could keep an ethical adviser away from an arbitration panel because of a bad client.

Preparing for a Sale: How Advisors Can Maximize the Value of Their Firm

From WealthManagement.com
Added on September 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The ultimate goal for many advisors who own their own firm is to eventually sell their business for a profit. While there are countless ways to increase a firm’s value before a sale in order to receive the most money possible, advisors can maximize the impact of their efforts by focusing on tactics that will increase the business’ growth rates, cash flows and quality of service.

Shining a Bright Light on the High Costs of Breaking Away

From IRIS
Added on September 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: There is always a dark side to success.  The RIA market has been booming for years, consistently taking assets away from the traditional bank/wirehouse community, and now manages nearly $3 trillion in assets.

Number of Active CFP Professionals Reaches All-Time High

From Think Advisor
Added on September 2016 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) announced on Tuesday that there are more than 75,000 active CFP professionals, which marks the “highest number of CFP professionals ever,” according to the announcement.

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