The Penalty Box – financial advisors are opting to escape the big four wire houses now before it is too late. There have been a record number of top financial advisor teams leaving the big four wire houses for boutique firms or going fully independent themselves. This trend is occurring for a variety of reasons…
On September 27, 2022 the SEC charged 15 broker dealers and one affiliated investment advisor over $1.1 billion in fines due to failure to keep appropriate records. This time, the focal point was text messaging, normally bundled with a more significant offense, but this time, a stand-alone. As an advisor, how many times have you…
Today’s podcast is about the value of independence. And why seriously consider going in the banks and brokerage firms have become a real thorn in advisor sides. They’re more interested in shareholder value, they’re more interested in compliance are more interested in legal, and they’re interested in the lowest common denominator of the financial…
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…
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…
Rockefeller Capital Management acquires The Sargent Team from Morgan Stanley in New York. John Sargent and team produced a trailing $5 million, managing assets of $1.5 billion. Sargent was responsible for the launch of the highly successful “Weekend Journal” at Wall Street Journal publications. In their other acquisition, Rockefeller bought on a $3.5M team that…
