From TD Ameritrade
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Summary: According to a survey conducted by TD Ameritrade Institutional, more independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) are making the move to develop a formal succession plan and most say they will identify an internal successor. According to the quarterly survey of 502 RIAs, 62 percent of advisors say they have or are in the process of developing a succession plan, up from just 43 percent in2010.
From Investment News
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Summary: For many, 2011 will be remembered as the year the broker-dealer model cracked. Scores of independent firms shut down, unable to keep up with rising legal and compliance expenses. Dozens were simply buried under the cost of lawsuits from clients who bought suspect private investments when the market was roaring in the middle of the last decade.
From RIAbiz
Added on February 2012 in Join an RIA
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Summary: “Fidelity Insights on Independence Study” is a survey Fidelity conducted on breakaway brokers in collaboration with Cogent Research. The findings confirm the antidotal evidence; 94% reported that that they are happy with their decision, more than 75% are better off financially and 86% said that all or most of their clients moved with them.
From Advisor One
Added on February 2012 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Fear of Flying depicts two advisors, one from the East Coast and one from the West Coast, who leave their respective wirehouse firms and start their own RIAs. The advisors describe their choice points, fears, challenges and success.
From Advisor One
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Summary: Pershing Advisor Solutions (PAS), the RIA custody division of BNY Mellon, on Thursday released Developing a Sustainable Business and Succession Plan: An Independent Advisor’s Guide, a 30-page practical PDF guidebook that presents detailed steps advisors can take to build a business plan and a succession plan. The guidebook, developed with Advisor Growth Strategies LLC, the practice management consulting firm led by former Schwab executive John Furey, presents stark figures on the relatively small number of advisors who have developed formal business and succession plans, including research showing that fewer than a third of RIAs have either defined or implemented a succession plan.
