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Planning Recruitment Wealth Management 
Nerd's Eye View
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Sebastian is the President of Guerra Wealth Advisors, a hybrid advisory firm based in Miami, Florida, with nearly $15M of revenue and almost 60 team members, supporting over 1,700 client households.
Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
RetirementDNA, a San Diego-headquartered advisory team with over $1 billion in assets under management, has joined Integrated Partners.
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Wealth Management
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Citigold plans to hire 150 advisors over the next two years to fill out bank branches in six affluent markets.
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Wealth Management
MARCH 7, 2024
Created last year, the self-described digital family office has dramatically overshot recruitment goals with spate of Empower expats.
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Wealth Management
JANUARY 23, 2025
The self-described digital family office has also beefed up its leadership team with new roles in engineering, trading, product and finance, after recruiting 30 advisors in 2024.
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Abnormal Returns
JULY 3, 2023
Fintech Why fintech startups need advisers onboard to help them sell to wealth management firms. kitces.com) Estate planning Four things to consider in anticipation of 2026. financial-planning.com) Wealth.com's Ester will help you read estate planning documents. matts-newsletter-7a3f46.beehiiv.com)
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Abnormal Returns
MARCH 4, 2024
fa-mag.com) Headcount RIAs need to do a better job of recruitment AND retention. advisorperspectives.com) Practice management Why RIAs need to focus on organic growth. riabiz.com) Estate planning is growing in importance for advisers. kitces.com) People undergoing divorce need a range of financial planning services.
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Abnormal Returns
JULY 10, 2023
Podcasts Meb Faber talks with Blake Street is a Founding Partner and CIO of Warren Street Wealth Advisors. mebfaber.com) Ashby Daniels talks with Hannah Moore about "doing" financial planning. wiredplanning.com) Laurence Kotklikoff talks with David Blanchett about problems with conventional financial planning tools.
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Nerd's Eye View
MAY 16, 2023
Jim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dew Wealth Management, an independent RIA based in Scottsdale, AZ, that provides virtual-family-office-style financial planning on a monthly retainer basis for 150 small-business owner entrepreneurs. Welcome back to the 333rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast !
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Diamond Consultants
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Whats the reality when it comes to recruiting and transitions? One factor working in favor of higher deals: For the first time in recent memory, all four wirehouses are back in the competitive recruiting battle. Competitive recruiting is coming to an end at the big firms. An annual perspective for advisors. Its simply outdated.
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Diamond Consultants
DECEMBER 16, 2024
By Allie Brunwasser & Jason Diamond Its no secret that the wealth management industry has a major impending crisis: A shortage of quality next gen advisor talent. Option 2: Sell the business to a strategic buyer A quality wealth management business is like the holy grail: everyone wants it.
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Podcasts Jeff Ptak and Christine Benz talk with Feraud Calixte who is the founder and lead financial planner of Vantage Pointe Planning. riabiz.com) CI Financial ($CIXX) is planning to spin-off its U.S. wsj.com) Advisers How to recruit, train and retain next generation advisers. unit debt-free in 2023.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Joe is a Partner and Head of Goldman Sachs Personal Financial Management, a national wealth management firm within Goldman Sachs which oversees more than $100 billion in assets under advisement for tens of thousands of client households.
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 4, 2023
Marc is the Founder of Fairhaven Wealth Management, an independent RIA based in Wheaton, Illinois, that oversees more than $1 billion in assets under management for 450 client households. Welcome to the 327th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Marc Horner.
Sara Grillo
OCTOBER 21, 2022
In this blog, I interview paraplanning professionals to get their take on what the role is, what it pays, and what it potential is for someone who wants to get a job as a financial paraplanner, possibly as a stepping stone to other wealth management jobs. For those of you who are new to my blog/podcast, my name is Sara.
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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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Diamond Consultants
AUGUST 23, 2023
On the one hand, as the largest global wealth manager, the firm boasts an internationally renowned brand, a sophisticated investment, trust, and lending platform, and a more boutique feel than its direct competitors. Even the availability of financial planning resources may depend on the size of the account.
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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.
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Diamond Consultants
DECEMBER 19, 2023
This is Diamond Consultants’ annual endeavor to set the record straight: What are the most common “myths” that can stall an advisor’s plans to realize their full potential? There are important differences between Morgan Stanley, Merrill, UBS, and Wells when it comes to their cultures, economics, platforms, emphasis on wealth management, etc.
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Diamond Consultants
APRIL 16, 2024
6 ways to ride off into the sunset for advisors without a next gen in the wings The wealth management community agrees on one thing: We have a massive next gen talent gap, and it’s worsening with each passing year. Providing a succession plan whereby the clients can continue to be serviced with little to no interruption or friction.
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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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Diamond Consultants
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Pre-emptively hiring an attorney to help determine how at-risk you are for termination and beginning due diligence with a trusted recruiter to understand how hirable you are will help to make the decision. Ideally, advisors should always have a solid “Plan B” in place. Immediately hire an attorney and call a good recruiter.
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eMoney Advisor
DECEMBER 15, 2022
The Financial Planning Workforce. The RIA model has outpaced other categories in wealth management, with 12 percent annual growth in assets observed since 2016. Are you looking to energize recruitment and boost staff retention for your practice? The Future of the Profession. The Wall Street Journal.
Diamond Consultants
MAY 17, 2022
Tenured advisors have invested a lifetime in building a business with real value, yet many don’t have a succession plan. Succession planning has become one of the hottest topics in the industry and a leading driver of advisor movement. Yet some 26% of advisors still do not have a succession plan in place. Why the delay?
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Diamond Consultants
JUNE 28, 2023
First, UBS left the Protocol for Broker Recruiting. Wells offered them the ability to have a unique brand on their website, a custom-built space, and demonstrated through the recruitment process that management could remove obstacles more easily than they experienced at UBS. But things started to change at the firm.
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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.
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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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. In the short term, there was nothing to solve for. But now they’re thinking differently.
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Diamond Consultants
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The best team members make a wealth management business operate like a well-oiled machine. Advisors that don’t take the opportunity to make one well-timed move are forgoing a transition deal, which, at current levels, can deliver as much as 300-400% of an advisor’s recruited production.
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SEI
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
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. So every quarter you kind of mentioned that you recruited a certain number of advisors. Rajiv Bhatia: Got it.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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.
International College of Financial Planning
MARCH 13, 2020
It is not common for fresh graduates to be left in a lurch while they had planned a successful transition to becoming a working professional. According to International Labour Organisation (ILO), SMEs are the major job creators and recruiters. There are many sectors that are recruiting fresher even during the pandemic.
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The Big Picture
JULY 29, 2024
There are few people who have her unique insights into the inside baseball of what drives change in actual wealth management, not only working with FINRA and the SEC on the regulatory side and working on the technology side, but having some insight into behavioral finance and understanding what advisors need to help their clients obtain their goals.
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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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Diamond Consultants
MARCH 25, 2025
This is why firms like RBC and Raymond James have been so successful in recruiting wirehouse advisors, touting strong cultures that advisors can feel from day one. We often facilitate name-blind calls between an advisor recruit and an advisor at the prospective firm. How can advisors assess a new firms culture before joining?
The Big Picture
APRIL 8, 2025
She was CIO at Merrill Lynch Asset Management, and now CIO at both Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and runs their asset allocation models and their outsourced chief investment officer models. She, she absolutely has a unique background and a unique perch on, on wealth management and what’s going on in the world.
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The Big Picture
MAY 16, 2023
And I’m like, dad, I found I need 25 grand to get going and my dad said send me a business plan. LINDZON: And … RITHOLTZ: I like your dad’s idea You should have created a business plan, just so you have it under your belt So now, I can’t imagine. LINDZON: No, so obviously, I did the business plan, I’m kidding.
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