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Posted by FP Transitions on April 11, 2023
Tips for Increasing Firm Value
You invest a substantial amount of energy into running, growing, and evolving your business. Knowing when, where, and how to best direct your efforts could mean the difference in thousands, or even millions, of dollars long-term. Having spent two...
Posted by FP Transitions on February 27, 2023
2023 Financing Update - An Interview with Live Oak Bank
We’re coming off an incredible year from mergers and acquisitions yet again. In fact, we closed out 2022 as one of our greatest ever for FP Transitions, and the same goes for Live Oak Bank. We took a moment to reconnect with James Hughes, SVP of...
Posted by FP Transitions on February 1, 2023
Your Catalyst for Growth and Progress: Focus on Your Team
Editor’s Note: We originally posted this article by Colleen Jordan Hallinan in 2018. Since then, the need for business owners to focus on building the right team in order to grow and establish sustainability has only increased. And so, five years...
Posted by FP Transitions on January 12, 2023
(Tech) Stacked for Growth
Growth can be enabled – or hindered – by your technology. And not only that, but it can also seriously erode your profit margin if it costs you clients, requires constant fixing, or slows down cross-department collaboration. But here’s the thing:...
Posted by FP Transitions on January 5, 2023
Sell and Stay® - the Gradual Exit Plan
The Sell and Stay® path is an often overlooked, gradual exit option hidden amongst the other options of internal succession, mergers, and external sales. For owners who need to–or want to–work towards an exit but are not yet ready to leave the...
Posted by FP Transitions on December 7, 2022
The Perfect Fit
In our post-covid M&A world, finding “the perfect fit” is paramount. While price plays a role in deals, it has much more to do with the merging or acquiring entity’s vision and proposed deal terms. Our team has an unmatched vantage point in this...
Posted by Elise Rogers on October 10, 2022
7 Acquisition Tactics You Can Implement Today
I rarely meet a financial advisor who doesn’t immediately mention that they want to buy a practice. It seems to be every advisor’s goal. Of course it is. And in my fifteen years in the industry, I have seen why.
One of the fastest ways for a firm...
Posted by FP Transitions on October 6, 2022
Mark, Measure, Monitor and Master KPIs to Maximize Growth, Profit, and Value
Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are data points which help businesses assess progress towards an intended result. Ensuring you take the time to Mark, Measure, Monitor, and Master those KPIs which will help you manage, protect, and grow the...
Posted by FP Transitions on September 23, 2022
BOOK REVIEW: Successful Hiring for Financial Planners: The Human Capital Advantage by Caleb Brown, CFP®
Many small financial advisory firms don’t have a Human Resources Department. So when it comes time to seek out, hire, train, and...
Posted by EMS Team on July 26, 2022
How To Build the Best Continuity Plan for You
While continuity plans are required by the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), many advisors stop at the bare minimum, leaving their firm open to major disruption, and potentially an eroded value that leaves family or colleagues holding...
Posted by FP Transitions on July 12, 2022
Maximizing Key Drivers For Business Revenue and Growth
For many years, our data has shown that firms with over $2M in annual revenue tend to grow twice as fast as those with $250K in annual revenue. Contrary to how it might seem, this is actually a function of their structure, not necessarily their ...
Posted by FP Transitions on June 28, 2022
Surviving Deal Fatigue
Despite the continued surge of wealth management M&A activity, one surprising fact remains: most of these market participants are engaging in a transaction for the very first time. While there are aggregators and larger RIAs that will continue to...