How ESOPs, 1042 rollovers are shaping RIA succession plans
With a growing share of financial advisors nearing retirement, succession planning has become a major challenge for the industry. More ...
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Tag: RIA
Tips to avoid a bad RIA succession plan
A half dozen years ago, planner Joe Ottaviano began thinking about the succession plan at Knoxville, Tennessee-based APC Financial Planning. ...
‘Culture’ tops talent for RIA acquirers: DeVoe
For advisors hoping their practice will be bought by a larger firm, sheer talent is no longer enough.Processing ContentRIA acquirers ...
A former broker on the costs of running a new RIA
In the "practice management for financial planners" class I teach at Texas A&M University, I recently asked how many students ...
How Bailard became the best RIA to work for in 2025
Ask most wealth management firms about the foundation of their practice and you'll hear some version of the term "philosophy." ...
How RIA owners can retire successfully
This is the 30th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on how to build a ...
How an ex-Marine grew an RIA into a $2.7B national firm
Inspiration for change can strike in odd places. In my case, it struck at 30,000 feet after reading an in-flight ...
How RIA owners should hand off clients to successors
This is the 29th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on how to build a ...
RIA Leaders 2025: Top 20 firms by AUM
For the first time, a registered investment advisory firm requires at least $10 billion in assets under management to make ...
How to sell a minority stake in RIA M&A
This is the 26th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on how to build a ...
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