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Advisors Add Value During Market Volatility

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Advisors Add Value During Market Volatility

Fluctuating markets fuel uncertainty, fraying the nerves of clients. Although this increases demands on advisors and staff, it’s also an opportunity...

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The Key Types of Financial Advisor Practice Sales

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The Key Types of Financial Advisor Practice Sales

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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Choosing Help for Your Succession

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Choosing Help for Your Succession

When it’s time to sell your practice, you want help from someone you know and trust. Naturally it makes sense to turn to your own broker-dealer...

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How Aging Clients Hurt Your Value

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How An Aging Client Base Hurts Your Practice Value (And What to Do About It)

As you near the point of finally exiting your practice, either through internal succession or outside sale, one of your main goals becomes maximizing...

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Tax Implications of Buying and Selling Financial Advisory

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The Tax Implications of Buying and Selling a Financial Advisory Practice

Selling a financial advisory practice — or a financial planning practice — involves more than simply agreeing on a price and signing documents. One...

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40% of Advisors Set to Retire In the Next 5 Years

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40% of Advisors Set to Retire In the Next 5 Years

The financial advisor industry is rapidly approaching the crest of its retirement wave, yet many advisors nearing retirement don’t have a succession...

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Finding a Successor For Your Financial Advisory Practice

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Finding a Successor For Your Financial Advisory Practice

You spend decades building your practice. During that time, you cultivate and nurture strong relationships with your clients and your staff. With so...

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Top Three Reasons Advisors Sell Their Practice

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Top Three Reasons Advisors Sell Their Practice

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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RIA Succession Plan Checklist

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RIA Succession Plan Checklist: A Guide to Continuity, Valuation & Transition

Is your RIA prepared for the succession cliff? According to DeVoe, only 42% of firms have written succession plans in 2024—the lowest percentage...

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