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More Solo Advisors Are Joining Forces

From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on February 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Flying solo in the financial-advice business has never been a cakewalk, and mounting compliance costs are making it even tougher. According to Cerulli Associates, the number of sole practitioners has shrunk over the past five years, especially among independent broker-dealers, where multi-advisor practices are up 55%.

Why Won't Advisors Sell?

From Think Advisor
Added on February 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Securities America’s Roger Verboon relates what he sees on the front lines of advisor M&A: emotional hurdles for sellers, financial for buyers. 

Document Management Company Finds Paperwork Payoff

From Financial Planning, How to Grow your business as a financial advisory
Added on February 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary:  Want to cut your firm's costs? Creating more effective back-office operations can help yield significant savings, according to a study by Laserfiche -- an enterprise document management company that, conveniently, promises to help RIAs do just that.

Advisors Struggle With Internal Succession

From Financial Planning
Added on February 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: While many financial advisors would prefer to have someone within their practice take over upon retirement, not enough are prepared for the internal succession planning process, Kelli Cruz, the founder of Cruz Consulting Group told advisors here during a presentation on Monday at IMCA's Consultants Conference.

How to Get Better Referrals

From Financial Planning
Added on February 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: To advance your business to a higher level of success, there is one step you must take: Create strategic alliances with other professionals who serve the affluent. There's simply no better strategy; these referral alliances can help you make huge strides in terms of revenues, profits, business valuation and even overall enjoyment of your career.

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