Added on March 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The wealth management industry is awash in robo hype. The mainstream introduction of online, automated investment services, known as robo-advisers, has the financial advisory business riveted. Headlines, shop-talk and strategic planning sessions are dominated by the human-versus-technology debate for current and future clients.
Added on March 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Even though the number of prospective buyers greatly exceeds the number of financial advisory firms on the market, owners often have unrealistic ideas about what their businesses are worth.
Added on March 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary:United Capital Financial Advisers has pulled off the biggest, best-valued deal in its history, but one that may just underscore how little gas the old roll-up model has in its tank. The Newport Beach, Calif.-based ex-roll-up-turned-super-ensemble-RIA last week quasi-recruited, quasi-purchased a 23-person, $2 billion AUM team — a team that lost its chemistry with its community bank owner after a big Spanish bank purchased it.
Added on March 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Are RIA prices getting too rich? At least two well-known names in the acquisition business, United Capital and HighTower Advisors, have backed away from buying established registered investment advisers while citing, in part, the high costs of the transactions.
Added on February 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Advisors looking to grow business through M&A must look beyond financials at talent retention and cultural fit, say experts who attended Pershing’s regional symposium Wednesday in New York.
