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Summary: Writing a succession plan isn't too difficult. Overcoming the concerns that inhibit advisers from tackling the project in the first place is. The chief stumbling blocks that stand in the way of advisers' creating a plan include concerns over sharing client records, fears about giving up control and getting past the anxiety of dealing with younger advisers. It also takes much longer to plan and execute a succession than generally thought.
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Summary: All advisors should have a continuity agreement, even if they do not have a final succession plan in place. Every year, we hear of advisors who die unexpectedly. Untimely deaths without a contingency plan translate to a distressed sale price for family left behind. The clients too are left without a critical service. The initial plan does not have to be perfect.
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Summary: Pershing Advisor Solutions (PAS), the RIA custody division of BNY Mellon, on Thursday released Developing a Sustainable Business and Succession Plan: An Independent Advisor’s Guide, a 30-page practical PDF guidebook that presents detailed steps advisors can take to build a business plan and a succession plan. The guidebook, developed with Advisor Growth Strategies LLC, the practice management consulting firm led by former Schwab executive John Furey, presents stark figures on the relatively small number of advisors who have developed formal business and succession plans, including research showing that fewer than a third of RIAs have either defined or implemented a succession plan.
