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What’s the ‘Real’ Value of a Financial Advisor’s Business?

Diamond Consultants

Here are 3 valuation scenarios to address that curiosity. Focus Financial Partners, the largest investor in the independent space, is being taken private at a $7B valuation. Prolific RIA acquirer CI Financial recently monetized a stake in their business at a $5B valuation. Those are some eye-popping numbers.

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“I don’t have a successor. Now what?”

Diamond Consultants

Providing a monetization event for the senior (retiring advisor); and 2.) Lastly, this move ties the retiring advisor’s legacy very onerously to their current firm. Do nothing: Some advisors feel that the currently crafted retire-in-place programs are just too onerous for both the retiring and inheriting advisors.

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The Annual Report for Advisors: The Contradictions of 2022 and Emerging Trends for 2023

Diamond Consultants

With recruiting particularly active at Morgan Stanley and UBS, advisors demonstrated that it’s still the right model for many of them. That is, placing greater focus on building a business with the end in mind, even if it meant eschewing a significant recruitment package.

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How to Negotiate Equity in a Private Company or Startup

Darrow Wealth Management

Did you apply for this position or were you recruited? Here are key provisions to gather: What type of equity is being offered and how many shares Strike or purchase price for the equity Current 409a valuation Vesting schedule Warning! What happens to stock if you retire or are laid off? Are you currently employed?

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Private Bankers Considering Change: What You Need to Know

Diamond Consultants

Be realistic about the valuation of your business. By our count in 2021 alone some 19 teams managing over $88B in assets transitioned from private banks. And big firms fit the bill with their commission-based model plus the cherry on top: a significant transition package on the way in.

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Transcript: Greg Davis, CIO Vanguard

The Big Picture

And your bio explains how you were recruited to Vanguard. And it’s paid off, it’s paid spades in terms of, it helps us make sure that we’re recruiting the right people, it helps us in terms of retaining folks. DAVIS: Where international equities, because of valuations, probably 7% to 7.5%.

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Dystopian Predictions (That Never Come True)

Inside Information

The PE firms, flush with capital, moved in to buy into the rising tide, and valuations were inflated ‘to levels previously unimaginable,’ as ‘buyers contorted themselves to justify higher prices.’ They will create more attractive cultures in order to win recruiting battles, and (separate trait) do what is necessary to keep their talent.