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Advisor Legacy Insights

Thought leadership from Advisor Legacy to help advisors build, live, and leave a legacy.

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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 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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The Tax Implications of Buying and Selling a Financial Advisory Practice

First-time buyers and sellers are surprised by the many aspects of buying and selling a financial advisory practice. One of the largest, and...

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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

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

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 planning

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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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Why You Don’t Want to DIY Your Financial Advisor Succession

Many advisors find themselves faced with the temptation to handle their internal succession or external practice sale on their own. Whether it’s...

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The Deciding Factor: Why A Seller Won’t Sell Their Practice to You

As we discussed in our previous post Four Factors for Fit, there are many factors you must consider as a buyer before signing on the dotted line. The...

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Making the Decision to Sell Your Practice

The decision to sell your practice can weigh heavy on you. Often, many questions plague your mind. Will you sell to the advisor you know down the...

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