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Summary: As a financial advisor, it’s easy to get caught up in day-to-day activities, working IN your business instead of ON your business. But making an effort to help grow yourself personally and professionally cannot fall at the wayside.
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Summary: In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on succession planning, and an explosion in the number of consultants providing advice on merger and acquisition deals, and metrics about the deals themselves. Yet thus far, almost all of the guidance and "best practices" offered regarding succession planning focus almost exclusively on the veteran planner who is selling the business, and doesn't necessarily consider the buyer's perspective.
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Summary: In the advisor technology sphere, it used to be enough to look for evidence of change. What’s different now is the velocity of the action.From robo advisor technology to real-world tools that build on mobile platforms, and from risk assessment to financial planning software, changes are taking place that will shape the industry for years to come
Added on December 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: As advisers you have the job of measuring value: The value of assets, the value of a trade, the value you bring to your relationships with your clients. But the ultimate value, that all of these things build to, is the total value of your business.
Added on December 2014 in Join an RIA
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Summary: You’re pinching yourself. Hoping it’s not a dream. A branch manager from the evil empire just offered you $1.4 million to join his wirehouse. The upfront money is deceptive, warns Mr. Spitzer. As principal and interest are forgiven on an EFL, they generate ordinary income. And the ensuing taxes can reduce your take-home pay to zero.
