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RIAs Increasingly Return Customers to M&A Buffet

From wealthmanagement.com
Added on October 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Inorganic growth is becoming an increasingly fundamental business strategy for many registered investment advisory firms, to the point where many established advisor practices are now becoming experienced buyers engaging in multiple deals.

Want Your Sale, Acquisition or Merger to Close? Reasonableness is the Key

From LinkedIN Pulse
Added on October 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In today’s M&A rich environment, every advisory firm and financial advisor wants to get in on the action. Unfortunately, though, most would-be buyers and sellers come up empty. Why? Because of unreasonable expectations.

Is the future for robo-advisors bright ... or a bust?

From CNBC
Added on October 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: The growth of automated investment advice platforms — also known as robo-advisors — is a top theme of just about every conference in the advisory industry these days. What's more, pundits are debating whether it's the next big thing in investing.

2 Questions to Answer Before You Sell a Business

From Iris
Added on October 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Nearly 75% of the businesses that will go to market will fail to identify an ideal buyer. That’s a lot of time, effort and energy put into something that is so important – only to have nothing to show for all of your troubles.

SEC cracks down on advisers' access to clients' outside accounts

From InvestmentNews
Added on October 2015 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Advisers who can access their clients' employer-sponsored retirement accounts may find themselves in the crosshairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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