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How to Buy a Financial Advisor Practice: Smart Steps to Acquire and Grow
Why are so many advisors shifting their growth strategy toward acquisitions? Recent research from Cerulli shows that 48% of financial advisors are...
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Todd Doherty serves as Vice President for Advisor Legacy, where he leads advisors through the full M&A lifecycle—readiness, valuation analysis, buyer/seller matching, due diligence, and post-close integration. With more than 15 years in senior roles at financial advisory firms and hands-on ownership experience, Todd brings an operator’s lens to every engagement. His writing focuses on practical ways to boost enterprise value, structure win-win deals, and avoid execution risk. Todd collaborates closely with the firm’s valuation, lending, and legal partners to help advisors make confident, data-driven decisions.
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Why are so many advisors shifting their growth strategy toward acquisitions? Recent research from Cerulli shows that 48% of financial advisors are...
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When selling a practice, financial advisors have more options than ever before. Advisors can sell in different stages, or all at once, and have an...
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When it comes to selling a practice, advisors have many options available to them. Since most advisors are new to the selling game, the options can...
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Over the last five years, the demand for practice acquisitions has skyrocketed. This increase in demand is fueled by greater access to capital, a...
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As with any industry, there are many myths that can falsely influence an advisor’s decision about their career and their practice. We’ve talked...
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The advisor M&A scene has changed dramatically over the last five years. This change has emerged in tandem with a shift from a concentration in the...
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Why is advisor succession accelerating, and what should buyers do about it?
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Selling a financial advisory practice is a once in a lifetime event, one that can have a tremendous impact on an advisor’s life and family. Yet too...
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Aggressive recruiting efforts among Broker Dealers has led to a surge of advisors shifting platforms in search of better payouts and opportunities....