Succession Planning
Learn how top financial advisors and firms handle succession planning and what industry experts suggest is key to getting it right.
How to Prepare Your Succession Plan: Tips From Cerulli
By Bernice NapachA new report from Cerulli Associates explains what advisors contemplating retirement need to do to groom their successors.
October 25, 2016
How to build a multi-generational practiceHere's how three generations of advisors created a million-dollar, multi-generational advisory practice.
September 08, 2016
If Advisors Get Dementia, What Happens to Their Clients?Advisors hopefully have a plan for clients who show signs of dementia, but what happens if advisors own decline prevents them from fulfilling their duties?
December 28, 2015
Finding the Right Fit; Getting the Right AdviceDarrell Reese and Paul Kink say they were lucky in their timing, and that they share the same values, in transitioning the firm.
December 28, 2015
Wirehouse Reps ‘Keeping Options Open:’ Report; More Women Joining the Advisor BusinessWhere are wirehouse advisors and the overall industry headed? The latest research paints a conflicting picture.The number of advisors in the U.S. grew…
December 28, 2015
How Live Oak Is Solving RIAs’ Succession ProblemMany older advisors struggle to finance their succession deals. But Live Oak is willing to lend to advisors when many other banks arent.
November 19, 2015
Wells Fargo Promotes Sloan, Positioning Him as Likely CEOIt establishes a succession plan, says analyst Marty Mosby, though the bank adds there are other viable candidates.
October 19, 2015
5 Steps to Stepping Down From Your FirmNearly 70,000 advisors with more than $2 trillion in assets under management will retire over the next decade, but few have plans in place.