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  Striving for Sustainability: 2012 Growth by Design Study

  By Eliza DePardo, Dan Inveen  |  September 25, 2012

  Growth is the lifeblood of the independent advisory industry.

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  Smaller Pieces Make a Bigger Pie

  By Eliza DePardo, Dan Inveen  |  May 22, 2012

  Across all stages of development, better-performing advisory firms distribute equity more broadly among their team members.

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  Building a Talent Hothouse

  By Dan Inveen, Eliza DePardo  |  March 26, 2012

  With just two associate advisors available to replace every three lead advisors; creeping compensation costs for advisory positions; and woefully low levels of succession planning, the demand for top talent is outstripping supply.

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  Disaster Recovery Plans and Succession Planning

  By Les Abromovitz  |  January 1, 2012

  RIAs owe a fiduciary duty to clients to prepare for disasters and other contingencies. If an RIA does not have a disaster recovery plan, clients’ financial well-being may be jeopardized.  RIAs should also engage in succession planning, ensuring a smooth transaction if an owner or principal leaves.   

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  Retirement Reality; Worst Decade; Manage Volatility With Managed Futures: January Investment Advisor—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  December 28, 2011

  It’s hard enough to get retirement planning right with all the challenges your clients face—market volatility, living longer than they imagined—that could take their savings, but have you considered some of the other challenges they face that could take their lives?

• What’s in a Plan?

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  December 28, 2011

  “In our view, transitioning control and management of [advisory] firms from founding owners to a new generation will prove to be the single most challenging issue for advisory firms over the coming decade.”

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  Sounding the Alarm

  By Eliza DePardo, Dan Inveen  |  December 28, 2011

  Lately an advisor can rarely open a trade publication without coming across at least one article focusing on succession planning.

• The Touch of a Blacksmith

  By Mark Tibergien  |  November 1, 2011

  Elite advisory firms manage staff with the same degree of care used in managing assets.

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  2011 BDs of the Year; Investing in Europe’s Debt Crisis; How to Retain Top Talent: September Investment Advisor—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  August 25, 2011

  September brings the 21st annual Broker-Dealers of the Year awards.

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  Endangered Supply

  By Eliza DePardo, Dan Inveen  |  August 24, 2011

  Recovery continues for financial advisory firms.