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Summary: With 2016 behind us, many advisors are pondering what they can improve for their clients and business in the year ahead. While thinking ambitiously is great, it is also important to set realistic goals. Here are a few broad concepts that, employed well, can better your firm for both clients and employees.
Added on March 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: As the wealth management landscape evolves, we continue to watch a steady stream of top advisors leave the traditional wirehouse space for independent RIA models. Although independence invariably gives these advisors greater freedom, flexibility and control, we also need to ask the question, “What’s in it for their clients?”
Added on March 2017 in Join an RIA
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Summary: One of the most overlooked parts of advancing one's career is self-investment. While this is true in nearly every field of work, it is even more common among young financial advisors who are so busy nurturing client relationships that they can forget about their own futures.
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Summary: It takes a thick skin to invite outsiders to rigorously critique your financial planning business, but some financial advisers wouldn't have it any other way.
Added on February 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: M&A deals in the RIA space jumped nearly 50% in average value to a record $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter, according to Charles Schwab.
