Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Buyers are setting the deal terms and RIA sellers are "leaving tons of money on the table," says Seivert, speaking at the annual Deals & Deal Makers Summit hosted by Echelon.
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: “There are no shortages of opportunity to sell a financial advisory business,” says Matt Matrisian, senior vice president of Strategic Initiative sat AssetMark, which provides investment, relationship and practice management for those firms.
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- No, it really isn't a seller's market in the RIA M&A space. In fact, on the contrary, says Dan Seivert, CEO of Echelon Partners, the M&A consultancy and investment banking firm.
Added on September 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Increasing sophistication around independent RIA support was vital to the merger this past week of breakaway wealth shop Syntal Wealth Partners and a prominent Merrill Lynch team in Dallas. But friendship and complementary skill sets – forged over more than a decade – were the real catalysts, say those who made the deal.
Added on August 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: It’s coming to pass as industry watchers have predicted time and again through the last twenty years. With baby-boomer financial advisors surging into and past traditional retirement age their RIAs are changing hands at an ever-faster pace. But some experts warn this activity comes at a steep price – not least in emotional terms for the seller.
