Added on July 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In the course of trying to expand his business, advisor Derek Holman is reaching out to smaller competitors throughout the West. But after more than a year of negotiations with a handful of select practice owners, the managing director at EP Wealth Advisors in Torrance, Calif., reports he’s yet to find just the right fit.
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Summary: The indpendent advisory space is maturing. Many of the 1,000 registered investment advisors surveyed in Charles Schwab’s 2015 Benchmarking Study surpassed 20 years in business, and and reported all-time high revenue and profitability.
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Summary: For the past couple of decades, wealth management has been a pretty sleepy corner of the financial services industry. Not much has changed in the process of delivering financial advice over the years, despite the fact that there have been seismic shifts in technologies, demographics and consumer demands during that same time frame.
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Summary: Most, if not all wealth managers have heard the expression, "This is a people business." It's true; the business of providing financial advice and wealth management solutions is about people, and personal relationships may be the only element of our business that cannot be commoditized.
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Summary: From the perspective of the end-client, the process of procuring financial products, from whole life insurance to liquid alts, is changing and the industry should be proactively changing with it. Investors as well as advisors should benefit.
