Today’s podcast is about why would you ever consider departing your firm in a tough or bear market? Mean, frankly, it’s never a good time to exit. I mean, think about the last few years, I mean, the businesses have been booming and advisors to bring on new clients and bring on new staff. And…
Why do advisors believe that they have the inside edge to negotiate their own deal and go direct advisors invariably know somebody on the inside of the, of the competition. They know senior leadership, they know the local manager, they might even know the CEO. They might be friends with them. They might be neighbors…
This podcast is called the tug of war banks versus financial advisors. For years, there was a difference between banks and their products in their offerings, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James RBC, Hebert inquest, Alex Brown, Deutsche Bank. Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns. And so each firm had their belly…
This podcast is about why your business just may not grow for the next decade. Why not? Well, why wouldn’t we enter a bear market where markets are flat for 10 years, Stanley Drucken miller, who is one of the most respected minds on Wall Street, whose average any returns were 30% for almost 20…
This podcast is about the greatest retirement boom we’ve seen in a generation. And I’m not talking about Baby Motors. I’m talking about financial advisors entering the greatest retirement boom in the history of financial advisors. Today there’s mass buyers and many different exit strategies. The question is, do you want to be the last…
Who is the Boogie Man? The Boogie Man is your compliance department who knew this already? You knew that they’re watching, but we’ve seen a massive increase in the scale of firms watching over the shoulder of those advisors with massive divisions within your firm that are getting more and more efficient. Watching everything you…
Today’s podcast is about transitioning in a tough economy. Is this the time to move? There never is a good time to move. When markets are booming. It’s really busy. Really tough to consider when markets are getting smacked and things are down and you’re holding a lot of clients hands. Another really tough…
So this is a podcast regarding a monster trend that we’re seeing of traditional advisors that big banks and brokerage firms moving to start their own independent operations. The reason why we’re seeing this mega move and mega moves at all these big banks are because of the ease of creating your own independent…
Meet Bartenstein: As the chief executive officer of Kestra Private Wealth Services, Rob is dedicated to providing experienced advisors with the services and support they need to start their own successful, independent businesses. In 2011, he helped establish Washington Wealth Management, which rebranded as Kestra Private Wealth Services in 2016. Meet Roger: Having spent…
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