Added on March 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The wealth management industry is awash in robo hype. The mainstream introduction of online, automated investment services, known as robo-advisers, has the financial advisory business riveted. Headlines, shop-talk and strategic planning sessions are dominated by the human-versus-technology debate for current and future clients.
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Summary: As the saying goes, just when I knew all the answers, they changed all the questions. This is the situation facing the wealth management industry today. Fifteen years ago, all major firms were focused on an aging client population and developing programs to capture the tremendous wealth transfer that was about to take place. Next generation marketing programs were all the rage.
Added on March 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Even though the number of prospective buyers greatly exceeds the number of financial advisory firms on the market, owners often have unrealistic ideas about what their businesses are worth.
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Summary: It's no secret that the independent adviser has risen from being a cottage industry on the margins of professional finance to reframing a debate about how financial advice should be provided.
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Summary: There are 3 things a rider does when he jumps a fence: look up, heels down and release. Many advisors should be thinking about their next jump whether it’s an internal succession or a sale to an outside firm. The exit struggle exists because advisors can’t picture what’s beyond the jump that is succession.
