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You Need More Client Friendships

Added on September 2022 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: We’ve long reported on the impact of more personal relationships with clients, talking often about the “emotional connection” that benefits advisors and clients alike. In our most recent project, we simplified this study to focus on whether or not a client considers their financial advisor a friend. If you’re curious, 55% said they did, 35% said they did not, and 10% weren’t sure.

Deals and Dealmakers: An M&A Deep Dive

Added on September 2022 in M&A Issues
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Summary; Echelon Partners’ 10th Deals and Dealmakers Summit, reprised at San Diego’s Intercontinental Hotel after two pandemic postponements, offered attendees a deep dive into mergers and acquisitions in wealth management with a curated group of respected colleagues, potential partners and industry leaders from adjacent professions boasting a range of relevant expertise.

How Smaller RIAs Can Compete in Today's Cutthroat M&A Game

Added on August 2022 in M&A Issues
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Summary: How can smaller RIAs compete against the deep-pocketed serial acquirers that dominate the brutally competitive mergers and acquisitions market?

When Top Advisors Leave Their Firms

Added on August 2022 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: When it comes to advisor movement, the disruption and hassle of changing firms or models are real. So, the upside in a new opportunity must be significant; the move must solve for frustrations and limitations an advisor may be experiencing.

Outsourcing can increase firms' scale and efficiency

Added on August 2022 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Advisers today have many tools to help them increase their efficiency, and technology, in particular, allows for unparalleled opportunities to be productive. When advisers are able to accomplish more without adding additional staff, they see better business metrics and greater profitability.

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