Diamond Consultants

MARCH 13, 2024

Although there are similarities across firms, there are noticeable cultural and strategic positioning differences amongst the major players: For example, Bank of America’s ownership of Merrill relative to the wealth management focus of Morgan Stanley and UBS. We continue to believe that there has been no better time to be an advisor.

Recruitment 52

Recruitment Wealth Management Retirement Clients 52

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

MARCH 28, 2022

(Click here for Blog Archive)(Click here for Blog Index) (Presentations in this Blog were created using the InsMark Loan-Based Split Dollar System) Editor’s Note: This blog presents a sizzling loan-based split-dollar plan. This executive benefit will be difficult to justify if interest rates increase considerably.

Recruitment 40

Recruitment Taxes Financial Services Planning 40

Diamond Consultants

JUNE 14, 2023

When advisors evaluate wealth management firms, there is a series of items they are (rightfully) concerned with above all else. Do they treat you as a VIP during the recruiting process? Are they pricing you aggressively relative to similar size advisors they have recruited? Are they responsive to your asks?

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Recruitment Wealth Management Economics Clients 52

Darrow Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

If you are considering taking a job at a startup or private company with plans for an exit, there’s a lot to consider before accepting an offer. Did you apply for this position or were you recruited? Changes in the market/economy or industry landscape are also outside your control but can easily derail well-laid plans.

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Startup Taxes Wealth Management Tax Planning 99

eMoney Advisor

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Here, we take a look at projected job growth for financial advisors, the predicted wave of retirements, the demographics of financial planners, and more. A Wave of Retirements Expected. Over the next decade, more than a third of advisors (37 percent) are estimated to be retiring, according to a 2022 Cerulli Associates study.

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Financial Planner CFP Certified Financial Planner Financial Advisor 74

Inside Information

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Now there’s a new white paper that predicts ‘The next phase of the evolution of the wealth management industry,’ called ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’ Going forward,” the paper concludes, “wealth management will look much more like a jungle than a club.” Conclusions? This profession-wide complacency is due for a rude awakening.

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Wealth Management Clients Management Numbers 40

Diamond Consultants

JUNE 7, 2022

Ten years ago, if I asked a successful advisor in the prime of their career to explain their succession plan and glide path to retirement, they likely would have looked at me like I had three heads. Plus, their firm may be able to help them find a successor while providing the opportunity to take advantage of a retire-in-place program.

Retirement 52

Retirement Recruitment Wealth Management Clients 52

Diamond Consultants

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The best team members make a wealth management business operate like a well-oiled machine. Bound by sunset agreements The ability to acquire businesses from retiring advisors is a great way to leapfrog an advisor’s growth.

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Compliance Clients Retirement Recruitment 52

Indigo Marketing Agency

JANUARY 24, 2024

Michael Kitces Reason to Follow: Unparalleled insights and thought leadership in financial planning and wealth management Michael Kitces, a legend among financial advisors, is an industry name who needs no introduction. To stay ahead of the game, financial advisors need to link up with the brightest and best in the industry.

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor CFP Financial Services Education 52

Diamond Consultants

MAY 3, 2022

There’s been an interesting shift in movement amongst one sector of wealth management: private bankers. By our count in 2021 alone some 19 teams managing over $88B in assets transitioned from private banks. By our count in 2021 alone some 19 teams managing over $88B in assets transitioned from private banks.

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Banking Wealth Management Commission Assets 52

Indigo Marketing Agency

JANUARY 24, 2024

Michael Kitces Reason to Follow: Unparalleled insights and thought leadership in financial planning and wealth management Michael Kitces, a legend among financial advisors, is an industry name who needs no introduction. To stay ahead of the game, financial advisors need to link up with the brightest and best in the industry.

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor CFP Financial Services Education 52

Diamond Consultants

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A look back – and forward – on the forces behind an evolving wealth management industry. For instance, while Rockefeller Capital Management and First Republic Private Wealth Management led the headlines by landing some of the industry’s most elite teams, the real news was actually in the wirehouse world.

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Recruitment Compliance Wealth Management Banking 59

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

He is the Chief Investment Officer of Asset and Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. He’s a member of the management committee. He co-chairs a number of the asset management investment committees. JULIAN SALISBURY, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER OF ASSET AND WEALTH MANAGEMENT, GOLDMAN SACHS: Thanks, Barry.

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Assets Clients Investing Investments 290

SEI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

So it kind of seems like that the retirement of Trust3000 is a long ways away. So when you look at the company as a whole, a substantial portion of our revenue is related to wealth management processing or occurring on SWP. Maybe if you can just comment on your advisor recruiting efforts. Rajiv Bhatia: Got it.

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Clients Assets Banking Planning 49

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

We’ll discuss these questions: The CFP Board has specifically stated that it wants the CFP® mark to be a requirement for anyone who practices financial planning. The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. What is your opinion? Robert will be on the “for” team.

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CFP Financial Advisor Financial Planner Ethics 59

The Big Picture

APRIL 25, 2023

Now, full disclosure, Ritholtz Wealth Management has been around a decade. And I said, I really think that we would be able to do a great job for our RIA clients, for our wealth management clients, by having this consulting firm, and they rejected the idea. It’s so great to be here. We retained your firm.

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Compliance Wealth Management Clients Management 154