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Fear of Flying: Jumping From Wirehouse to Independence
From Advisor One
Added on February 2012 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Fear of Flying depicts two advisors, one from the East Coast and one from the West Coast, who leave their respective wirehouse firms and start their own RIAs. The advisors describe their choice points, fears, challenges and success.
Pershing Releases Advisor Business, Succession Planning Guidebook
From Advisor One
Added on January 2012 in Plan for the Future
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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.
RIA deals fizzle in the fourth quarter but big-paying banks are getting back into the game
From RIAbiz
Added on January 2012 in M&A Issues
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Summary: 4thQuarter 2011 M&A deals were down in volume. Schwab Advisor Services reports that there were only 57 M&A deals involving RIAs for the full year 2011 representing approximately $44 billion in total assets. There were 70 deals in 2010 representing $63 billion in AUM. It’s worth noting, however, that the 57 deals were still the second-most ever recorded by Schwab since it started counting them in 2004. The size of the average deal in 2011 was $798 million, the lowest average since 2005 and down from $895 million in 2010.
Every Job Requires an Entrepreneur
From The Wall Street Journal
Added on September 2011 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: The editorial challenges our government to get it right and support entreprenurial efforts to promote job growth. Schwab sites his own upstart in 1974 when that economy, like today, was bleak. Schwab urges the government to reduce regulatory roadblocks, enocurage entreprenurial investments, create a culture of certainty; all will breed the confidence that is critical for our country to thrive.
Bernie Clark and Tony Blair draw big crowds - but no protestors - at IMPACT
From RIAbiz
Added on November 2011 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Bernie Clark rallies the troops stating that no one wants to leave this industry and that the ultimate open architecture
model is a great success and has spawned an entire industry which is just beginning. He indicated that Schwab will be launching a financing program to aid junior partners in succession planning.
