From FA Magazine
Added on June 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The financial advisory business, squeezed by rising costs and a shortage of young talent, may be on the verge of a merger and acquisition boom, according to one of the industry’s practice management gurus.
From investmentnews
Added on June 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: When a good friend recently purchased a house in an exclusive local neighborhood notorious for low turnover and minuscule inventory, we all congratulated her on an amazing find. When asked how she was able to discover such a rarely available home, she gave an interesting answer: “Sometimes the appearance of scarcity outpaces actual scarcity and that's when the determined buyer has more opportunities than you'd think.”
From cnbc
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Summary: Earlier this year, James Ludwick, a 67-year-old certified financial planner, sold the Odenton, Maryland-based advisory firm he founded more than a decade ago. His clients have hardly noticed.That's because Ludwick sold the fee-only practice, MainStreet Financial Planning, to his younger partner and longtime protégé, Anna Sergunina, a 31-year-old certified financial planner who essentially got her start at the firm in 2006 as a paraplanner and administrative assistant.
From wealthmanagement.com
Added on June 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: At first blush, accountants and financial advisors appear to make strange bedfellows. The former are often perceived to be more analytical and the latter, more entrepreneurial. These perceptions aside, many medium to large accounting firms have taken steps to establish or greatly expand their financial services practices.
From Financial Planning
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Summary: Advisors think they're personally successful -- but they think their industry stinks. Those were two key findings of Pershing's second annual study of advisory success, unveiled here last week during the company's Insite conference.
