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Summary: Turns out Youtube is more than just a website for music videos and cat clips — viewers appreciate educational and informational segments, as well."Every day, people watch hundreds of millions of hours on Youtube," Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google, said during parent company Alphabet Inc.'s most recent earnings call. "People turn to Youtube because they want to research, buy or fix a product."Advisers can take advantage of this trend by offering research-driven videos.
Added on October 2015 in Join an RIA
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Summary:Expect more breakaway brokers who become RIAs to merge their teams and form mega-firms, says a top industry executive.
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission’s chief of staff, Andrew “Buddy” Donohue, is challenging chief compliance officers to be “proactive” by focusing on nine priorities, and quelling CCOs’ fears that their elevated roles will expose them to “increased personal liability.”
Added on October 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Inorganic growth is becoming an increasingly fundamental business strategy for many registered investment advisory firms, to the point where many established advisor practices are now becoming experienced buyers engaging in multiple deals.
Added on October 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In today’s M&A rich environment, every advisory firm and financial advisor wants to get in on the action. Unfortunately, though, most would-be buyers and sellers come up empty. Why? Because of unreasonable expectations.
