From Financial Planning
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Summary: The next time you attend an industry conference, take a look around the room. Investment advisors tend to be an older lot, and studies have shown that with the baby boomer generation retirement bubble upon us, there’s a shortage of qualified financial advisors at precisely the same time that many of us will be transitioning into our own retirements. So have you considered how much more enjoyable your own post-work years might be if you’d only take the time to mentor the next … you? “
From Think Advisor
Added on January 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: A recent report by Tiburon Strategic Advisors found that mergers and acquisitions by registered investment advisors slowed quite a bit last year. However, these deals and other advisor-related MA&s should jump in 2014 due to the growing presence of roll-up firms or aggregators of financial advisors, the consulting group suggests.
From Advisor Perspectives
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Summary: Practice management expert, Beverly Flaxington, provides some time management tips to help advisors deal with disorganized staff. She affirms that some people can do more with less, but many people need a process and structure and someone to delegate to.
From On Wall Street
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Summary: Research and coaching firm CEG Worldwide counts about 420,000 advisors in the United States, of whom only about 1,200 (less than 1%) have made more than $1 million in net income three years in a row. One hallmark of that elite group is that it has an average of 43 client households, significantly smaller than the 200-plus average that other firms manage.
From weathmanagement.com
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Summary:WealthManagement.com asked advisors to submit their resolutions for 2014. Some are business-related, some personal. Some of them may even provide inspiration that you can use for your own practice.
