Business Growth

How To Value Your Book of Business as a Financial Advisor

14 minute read | July 12, 2024

As financial advisors, it's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day demands of managing client portfolios and providing sound financial guidance. However, overlooking the...

FinTech

November 5, 2022

The FinTech Guide for Financial Advisors

Financial advisor tech stacks save time and resources—so you can focus on serving clients. Lack of a developed fintech stack can hinder client experience, marketing, and ...

Business Planning

October 28, 2022

5 Key Elements to a Financial Advisor Business Plan

As a financial advisor, the idea of building a business plan can seem a low priority—merely an exercise for entrepreneurs trying to launch a startup. But as a business owner,...

Market Volatility

September 30, 2022

How to Prepare Your Firm for a Market Downturn or Recession

The last bull market, which ended in 2020, lasted 3,999 days. That means if you have been a financial advisor for less than a decade, you are now experiencing the first...

Business Growth

August 24, 2022

The Difference Between Growing and Scaling: Why it Matters to Your Financial Advisory Practice

When talking about increasing practice revenue, the terms growing and scaling are used almost interchangeably, sometimes implying that one is a requirement of the other, as...

Business Planning

August 10, 2022

5 High-Impact Tips to Grow Your Practice When You Feel Overwhelmed

Managing invoicing, investment research, staffing, and the small galaxy of other back-office tasks leaves little time left over to focus on your own future. How do you grow...

Practice Management

July 20, 2022

Advisor Independence: Why Now Is a Good Time to Make the Switch

Starting an RIA (Registered Investment Advisor) firm can be a massive opportunity for financial advisors who want to build monetary value in an independent business. While...

Business Growth

June 22, 2022

Independent vs. Wirehouse: The Pros and Cons (Only You Can Decide)

It’s an ongoing debate – working with a wirehouse vs. being an independent advisor – and there are passionate proponents on both sides. Still, if you are a financial advisor...

Client Experience

June 15, 2022

What Young Investors Expect from Financial Advisors

More than half of Gen Z and Millennials wish they had made different investment decisions in the last year. With half of Gen Z already venturing into the world of investments...

Next Generation

December 16, 2021

Millennial Investing: Should You Get Younger Clients and How?

You’ve almost certainly been told that you need to bring in younger clients and adapt your service models to better fit the needs of Millennials and Gen Xers. (Gen Z is a...

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Business Growth

How To Value Your Book of Business as a Financial Advisor

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