From New York Times
Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The year was one of the best for mergers and acquisitions since the passing of the financial crisis. Some 40,298 transactions — worth nearly $3.5 trillion — were announced worldwide in 2014, according to Thomson Reuters, fulfilling the hopes of an industry that has bet on such a resurgence for some time. It was the biggest year in deals since 2007.
From Think Advisor
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Summary: The veteran advisor who has built a billion-dollar wealth management firm says there’s one troubling issue he and his owner-advisor peers share. While the next generation of advisors has many great skills, it doesn’t know how to sell. The firm run by this advisor is an SEC-registered, proudly fee-only RIA firm. “Fee-only” and “sales” are rarely uttered in the same sentence, but his point is well-made. All advisors are salespeople, even if the only “thing” they’re selling is their firm.
From Think Advisor
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Summary: Experience tells us that bullish stock markets will inevitably turn bearish: often, dramatically. Our Nov. 24 blog—“Buying High and Selling Low: Are you ready for the next downturn?”—suggested that the damage to independent advisory firms from failing to be prepared for the next down market almost always outweighs any growth gained during the tail end of a run up.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: The 2014 InvestmentNews Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms found that the only marketing activity that top performing firms engage in more frequently than other firms was updating and upgrading their websites.
From Financial Planning
Added on January 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Mariner Wealth Advisors made a big splash in a tight M&A market, taking a majority interest in Vantage Investment Advisors, a $1 billion RIA based in State College, Pa.
