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Myth vs. reality: What is your independent advisory firm really worth?

Added on November 2013 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Independent advisors are inundated with a variety of information surrounding the present and future value of their businesses. Although many advisors do an outstanding job helping clients manage their net worth and personal equity, more independent advisors need to take the opportunity to manage their own business equity. This white paper will provide insight on how  aRIA advisors think about managing  their own business equity and provide  advisors with a tactical overview of the  key drivers of value

30 Great Schools for Financial Planning

Added on November 2013 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: In this article, Financial Planning Magazine 30 of the top Schools for Financial Planning. Be sure to see which schools are near you for potential internships and  new hires.

Can Advisors Actually Measure Success?

Added on November 2013 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Practice management experts frequently seem to be urging you to create a scalable enterprise, acquire professional management and develop clear metrics that will help you make better operational decisions. It appears that the profession is going through a phase where thousands of practices are taking this advice to heart, becoming businesses either through mergers of equals, acquisitions of firms of retiring advisors, or hiring key employees and turning them into partners.

Want to keep the inheritance in-house? Try a different approach

Added on November 2013 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Financial advisers who want to keep managing the wealth their clients' children will inherit should be approaching those kids very differently than the way they appeal to their parents, a generational expert told advisers.Generation X, 34 to 48, and Millennials, also called Gen Y, who are 13 to 33, want an adviser who will teach them but not "tell them" what to do.

New FidelityŽ Research Shows That Two-Thirds of Advisors Don't Have Succession Plans in Place

Added on November 2013 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services, a division of Fidelity Investments®, today unveiled new research from the 2013 Fidelity RIA Benchmarking Study that found two-thirds of participating firms (67 percent) reported they don’t have a succession plan ready for implementation

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