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Summary: Financial advisers as a group are aging and that means many of them are about to retire or transfer their practices to someone younger, just as doctors, dentists and other professionals do. But for clients who have worked with the same adviser for decades — and may be close to the adviser in age and outlook — the change could come just when they need that person the most: to help them financially manage their own retirement.
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Summary: Some advisers aren’t looking very far to find a successor to their practices. They are counting on their sons and daughters to take over one day. There are benefits to having one of the kids as a successor: The business is left to someone with the same value system, clients may be happy to still work with someone from the same family and the adviser can feel pride in having a child carry on their legacy.
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Summary: Succession planning is a hot topic in the independent advisory world these days, and many older owner-advisors are thinking about, or working on, succession plans. While there’s been a lot written on creating workable succession plans, and some written about preparing junior advisors to become firm owners, we’ve seen very little about preparing firm owners to work with new owners.
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Summary: If you can count yourself among the minority of advisers — about 40% — who are within five years of retirement age and have created a succession plan, you're all good, right? Maybe?
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Summary: Succession planning isn't just about advisors realizing value for the businesses they've built. It's about protecting and ensuring that clients' needs are met and that the practice can remain an ongoing business after its founder has retired or passed away.
