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Mother joins daughter at $28B firm
Marianne Carter says her move was motivated by the need for a succession plan.
RIAs leaned on organic growth to weather 2022, Schwab study shows
In the latest RIA Benchmarking Study, growth supplanted the pursuit of talent as the top priority for most advisory firms.
How bear markets wreak havoc on succession plans
When the equity markets decline, as they have this year, they take the value of your firm down with them.
Rich business owners rethink retirement amid pandemic
More than half of the individuals and families surveyed by BNP Paribas and Aon said they're altering the timetable for stepping away from their companies, with 41% delaying or phasing more slowly into a move.
Captrust buys $2.2 billion Rinet in 8th deal this year
Rinet executive says $2.2 billion in AUM is no longer enough to be competitive in the fast-consolidating RIA market.
The evolution of the advising business
The industry is consolidating amid an explosion in mergers and acquisitions.
Record 101 RIA transactions took place in first half
Aging owners and a lack of succession planning are driving the M&A activity, DeVoe says.
Father and son team build out niche financial planning for family physicians
When a medical doctor became a financial adviser, picking a niche was a no-brainer. Benold Financial Planning tends to the financial health of family doctors.
Mercer acquires $170 million RIA
Succession planning motivated the sale of Mississippi-based ET George Investment Management.
Spring-cleaning your advisory practice
The key to success is to keep improving, innovating and taking the right steps to achieve change.
How the 401(k) industry can help attract young advisers
Training advisers to be financial coaches or mentors is more appealing to the younger generation. Rather than cold-calling or selling insurance or high-priced annuities, these younger advisers would be contacting 'clients' of their firm with the blessing, and fiduciary oversight, of their employer.
To raise your valuation, simplify your business
The more complicated you make your advisory firm, the less valuable it is. Complexity can also reduce the odds of arriving at a fruitful succession plan.
Get ready for a breakaway stampede in 2021
The events of the past year have set in motion several factors that have contributed to a surge of pent-up interest in breaking away.
Beacon Pointe acquires $350 million RIA
The deal for Wealth Design adds to the firm's footprint in Silicon Valley.
Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting
The competition for high-quality advisers and advisory firms, combined with an insatiable thirst for growth, is creating more choices for advisers as to both whom they partner with and how they choose to structure that relationship.
Carson Group acquires $200 million firm
Doylestown-based Strategic Wealth Partners is Carson's first foray into Pennsylvania.
Don’t just sort of retire
Rather than stop working, many older advisers simply ‘retire in place.’ But are clients’ interests really that well served if you aren’t fully engaged?
How aging advisers could hurt the 401(k) industry
Retaining ownership of a practice for too long can be risky
Small RIAs delay succession planning during pandemic: DeVoe survey
Confidence has increased among respondents that the next generation can afford to buy firms
COVID-19 emphasizes importance of succession plans
The pandemic has moved the issue to center stage for leaders of RIAs and multifamily offices
