Added on March 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: RIAs overtook strategic acquiring firms as the leading buyer of advisory firms in 2013, according to data released Tuesday by Schwab Advisor Services. Mergers and acquisitions are up overall, too, although the amount of assets under management acquired in those deals dropped.
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Summary: RIA and dually registered advisory channels will grow their share of the advised assets to 26 percent by 2016, up from 21 percent today, according to a new report by Cerulli Associates. That growth will largely come at the expense of the wirehouse channel, said Cerulli associate director Kenton Shirk.
Added on March 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: RIAs are looking to grow and are seizing on the opportunity to scoop up smaller firms, according to new report by Schwab Advisor Services. RIAs were the biggest buyers of other RIAs last year, with 44 percent of the 54 overall merger and acquisition deals for 2013 completed by RIAs. Smaller firms in particular utilized the deals as a growth strategy during the second half of the year, Schwab found.
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Summary: To really grow, a financial advisory business needs to find ways to become more efficient. Those ways often involve new technology and systems to make their expanding ranks of advisers more effective at tending to clients and their money, and bringing in more of both.
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Summary: Looking to attract and retain top advisors this year? Expect senior-level executives to demand equity and career growth, says Kathy Freeman.“When we started the survey five years ago, executives were more focused on the health of the company,” says Freeman, president and CEO of her eponymous executive search firm. “Now it’s all about their own careers.”
