Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Growth opportunities for advisory firms may need to come from acquiring individual advisers, rather than larger firms, because that's where buyers are most likely to find willing sellers, according to a new InvestmentNews/BlackRock study.
Added on July 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: This is the type of value buyers look and pay for. Today we consider the multi-faceted growth plan that most businesses require if owners are to sell or transfer their companies for the amount of cash they need and want for their post-business lives.
Added on July 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The explosive growth of technology has made it possible for individual financial advisors to be more personally productive than ever before, from software to automate key tasks to the use of (virtual) assistants to even further leverage the advisor’s time.
Added on July 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: My partners and I had been with a big wirehouse for a long time before we went independent two years ago. We expected that one of the benefits of being independent would be a lot more freedom to be ourselves — but we didn’t anticipate how that freedom would facilitate much closer relationships with our clients.
Added on June 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: While most planners focus exclusively on managing their clients’ liquid portfolios, they may miss a valuable opportunity to help when clients are interested in selling their closely-held businesses. .
