From RIAbiz
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Summary: All advisors should have a continuity agreement, even if they do not have a final succession plan in place. Every year, we hear of advisors who die unexpectedly. Untimely deaths without a contingency plan translate to a distressed sale price for family left behind. The clients too are left without a critical service. The initial plan does not have to be perfect.
From TD Ameritrade
Added on October 2011 in Join an RIA
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Summary: TD Ameritrade attracted a record 348 breakaway brokers in 2011, up nearly 20 percent from the previous fiscal year.
From TD Ameritrade
Added on October 2011 in Other Ideas
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Summary: According to a survey conducted by TD Ameritrade Institutional, more independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) are making the move to develop a formal succession plan and most say they will identify an internal successor. According to the quarterly survey of 502 RIAs, 62 percent of advisors say they have or are in the process of developing a succession plan, up from just 43 percent in2010.
From Investment News
Added on February 2012 in Other Ideas
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Summary: For many, 2011 will be remembered as the year the broker-dealer model cracked. Scores of independent firms shut down, unable to keep up with rising legal and compliance expenses. Dozens were simply buried under the cost of lawsuits from clients who bought suspect private investments when the market was roaring in the middle of the last decade.
From RIAbiz
Added on February 2012 in Join an RIA
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Summary: “Fidelity Insights on Independence Study” is a survey Fidelity conducted on breakaway brokers in collaboration with Cogent Research. The findings confirm the antidotal evidence; 94% reported that that they are happy with their decision, more than 75% are better off financially and 86% said that all or most of their clients moved with them.
