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Summary: John Anderson, creator and lead author of Practically Speaking blog and Managing Director of Practice Management Solutions for the SEI Advisor Network shares tips for those starting out their career.
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Summary:With so many advisers contemplating retirement, the chatter about succession options has become constant. Forget valuations, terms of the deal and buy/sell agreements. Far before you get to that point, you need to anticipate what the future business could and should look like. Do you want the firm to continue without you (internal succession), or do you want to sell your business to another firm (external succession)? Each approach has its pros and cons.
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Summary: A few years ago, my firm invited some of our “A” clients to participate in a focus group. The objective was to determine whether we were delivering the proper solutions for them and their families. There was one aspect that these clients thought was unique, and we received rave reviews for it.
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Summary:In early 2012 I posted a blog on a change I had made in my business structure. Specifically, I closed the LLC and changed to a C Corp. That blog garnered a lot of good comments, as many advisors were interested in reducing their own tax burden. That year, 2012, was the first in which I filed as a C Corp and 2013 will be the second. Now that I have had some time under the new structure, I thought I'd reveal the results.
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Summary: A former advisor at Edward Jones, whom the firm unsuccessfully sued for $5 million after he left it in 2012, tells ThinkAdvisor his former employer has a “Kool-Aid culture.” That’s why John Lindsey, the advisor in question, takes time from running his new firm, Westlake Village, Calif.-based Lindsey and Lindsey Wealth Management, to counsel other advisors on the verge of following his example by leaving a “captive” or “full service” for independence.
