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Summary: Generation X is like a surfer poised to catch a giant wave of income and inheritance. But they're hanging 10 without any professional help — and that's where advisers have an opportunity to leap aboard and keep them from wiping out.
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Summary: While many financial advisors would prefer to have someone within their practice take over upon retirement, not enough are prepared for the internal succession planning process, Kelli Cruz, the founder of Cruz Consulting Group told advisors here during a presentation on Monday at IMCA's Consultants Conference.
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Summary: To prepare a valuable succession plan that will take their firm into the future, advisors have to begin at the beginning and build a business instead of a practice, according to Charles Farrell and Fred Taylor of Northstar Investment Advisors. Regardless of an advisor’s exit strategy, it won’t work if he can’t detach himself from the firm.
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Summary: The lack of planning is particularly important because advisors over age 60 control $2.3 trillion in assets. According to recent research by Cerulli Associates, a financial industry research firm, nearly one third of advisors in the United States will exit the business in the next decade. The average age of advisors is now 50.9 years and 43 percent are over 55 years of age.
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Summary: It’s well known that the U.S. financial-advisor population is graying, but one research firm’s take on how soon many of them may be calling it quits could come as a shock. According to Cerulli Associates, almost a third of them plan to be out of the game by 2024. On average, financial advisors in this country are around 50, according to other industry studies.
