Added on June 2022 in M&A Issues
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Summary: There are two things that are usually true about transitions: They are not easy, and they never go off without a hitch. And like a round of golf, you need to be ready to scramble, since things often don’t go the way you planned. Selling your advisory practice is one of the biggest transitions you may ever make in your career — but for me, it was also one of the best decisions of my life.
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Summary: While financial advice firms traditionally have been slow to adopt new technology, pandemic restrictions provided a new impetus for employing various fintech solutions. The 2022 InvestmentNews Adviser Technology Study provides insight into what independent advisory firms are doing in this year. Click through to see the financial technology solutions that are gaining the most traction, based on the portions of firms that said they planned to add the solution in 2022.
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Summary: Registered investment advisor firms are offering employees equity ownership to get them more invested in the success of the practice and to provide an avenue for succession planning.
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Summary: After the Covid-19 delta variant cancelled 2021 plans, the Technology Tools for Today conference made its long-awaited return this week. This year’s event was the most attended in the event’s history, according to T3 president Joel Bruckenstein. Around 1,000 people came to Denton, Texas — nearly half of whom represented advisory firms — to learn about innovative startups and the latest trends driving the world of adviser technology.
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Summary: For years, many advisors have been operating under the assumption that successors who inherit or buy a book from a retiring advisor are stuck until their succession obligation has been completely forgiven. That is, should these inheritors decide that their firm is no longer the right home for their growing business, they’d have no choice but to wait out the terms of the agreement and hope for the best.
