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Planners Often Have to Team Up, Take Outside Money, to Grow

Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Planners have to team up – and bring in an outside investor – to rapidly grow. For example: family office veteran Rick Flynn, who’s spent years serving ultrahigh-net-worth clients, just doubled the size of his new firm.

4 Takeaways for Understanding Your Firm's Valuation

Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Market valuation can provide especially useful insights to business owners who anticipate selling their firm in the near future. Although buyers may differ on the factors they care most about, valuation can often explain why one firm gets a high offer and another is sold for a so-so price.

Executives Debate: Should RIAs Go Public?

Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary:  Do the benefits of going public outweigh the disadvantages? Top financial advisory industry executives weighed in with forceful arguments for both sides of the issue at the keynote session of the annual Deals and Deal Makers Summit, “Demystifying the Financial Engineering of Deal Makers.”

RIA Deal Makers' Shopping List: What They Want

Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: What are M&A deal makers on the hunt for advisory firms really looking for – and what kind of deals are they offering? Many of the industry’s top M&A executives attended the annual Deals and Deal Makers Summit, and Financial Planning sat down with three of them to get a report from the trenches.

How - and Why - M&A Deals Are Getting Done Now

Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Thinking of buying or selling an RIA? The advisory industry’s impressive growth record -- and potential for continued success – likely makes this a great time to pull the trigger.

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