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Summary: Attempts to describe the shortage of next-generation financial advisors veer toward the dramatic: “Desperate Need,” Forbes reports. “Firms Struggle,” CNBC declares. “Dangerous Stockbroker Shortage Threatens America,” warns The Wall Street Journal.
Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: With about 30 firms now a part of Dynasty Financial, the firm sees no end in sight as it added a Wells Fargo team to its network on Monday.
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Summary: Earlier this week, Tina Powell of the RIA Beacon Wealth Management moved to go after novice female investors with SheCapital, a robo-advisor service launched as part of a separate RIA of the same name.
Added on September 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Growth has changed the nature of the independent advisory firm. Adviser ownership used to define independence; however, today there are more employee advisers in independent firms than owner-advisers. This change amplifies the importance of career tracks and growing talent. It also poses difficult questions to the culture of the firm and its competitive positioning. With the influx of employee advisers, what does “independent” mean?
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Summary: I think that the recession of 2007 to 2009 was a real time of learning for many financial advisors, myself included. We knew from our research that a 20% drop in the market would likely be followed by a corresponding bounce, and we employed multiple strategies to hold clients in place when they wanted to bolt from the market. Over that entire tumultuous period, we lost only one client — and that experience taught me some useful lessons that I still think about to this day
