Added on September 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: When Chicago-based broker Nick Brait, 62, wrote his five-year plan in 2012, he decided that by 2017, he wanted to spend almost half of every year traveling the world and sailing the U.S. Great Lakes. The best way to accomplish that, he figured, was to sell his financial practice, Lasting Legacy Ltd., and gradually move to a scaled-back schedule.
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Summary: Niche practices are coming to the financial advising industry. A few of them are already here and taking off. Whether specializing in financial transitions, financial gerontology or Generation X or Y, more and more advisors are targeting their practices to certain demographic groups or specific service circumstances or philosophies.
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Summary: The investment advisory business is constantly evolving. Among the many moving parts of this dynamic industry, technology continues to alter the way advisory firms interact with and manage their client relationships. Accordingly, the services and the tools necessary for firms to conduct and grow their businesses must change as well.
Added on September 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Does succession planning impose fiduciary obligations for investment advisers? This recently has become a hot topic of conversation, due in large part to the high volume of mergers and acquisitions in the adviser space.
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Summary: The RIA business was a lonely place when Brent Brodeski joined Savant Capital Management in 1992. He and founder Thomas Muldowney had no forum for talking with other registered investment advisers about how best to manage customer relationships or the back office, what to pay staff and other mysteries of running an advisory practice. After three years, Mr. Brodeski set out to address this glaring lack of support. He helped launch Zero Alpha Group, an alliance of independent advisers who share business knowledge and best practices.
