Added on March 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: RIAs are looking to grow and are seizing on the opportunity to scoop up smaller firms, according to new report by Schwab Advisor Services. RIAs were the biggest buyers of other RIAs last year, with 44 percent of the 54 overall merger and acquisition deals for 2013 completed by RIAs. Smaller firms in particular utilized the deals as a growth strategy during the second half of the year, Schwab found.
Added on February 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Some financial advisers have found a way to work less, keep their best clients and even pocket a little change. These advisers, many close to retirement, are selling their smaller client relationships to another adviser or firm. Though it can be an emotionally difficult process, some think it's a great solution to help aging advisers, struggling junior advisers and even investors with lower account sizes.
Added on February 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Peter J. Raimondi walked away from The Colony Group 20 years after he launched the Boston advisory firm with just nine clients. After expanding the firm to 650 clients and $900 million in assets under management, he wanted to shift the business focus toward asset management, a move that he had decided was key to further growth. His partners didn't agree, so he left.
Added on February 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Securities America’s Roger Verboon relates what he sees on the front lines of advisor M&A: emotional hurdles for sellers, financial for buyers.
Added on January 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Choosing a buyer for your advisory practice should be a piece of cake. The number of buyers vastly outnumbers that of sellers, so you should simply sell to the highest bidder, right? In most cases, that would be a costly and irreversible blunder, because much of the value of the deal comes in back-end payments. Thus, advisors need to do the due diligence to be sure that a potential buyer can live up to his or her promises. Once an advisor sells a firm or practice, there are no “do-overs.” You have to get it right the first time, because your retirement nest egg is riding on it.
