Financial planning is a fairly simple concept. There, I’ve said it! It is at least in the eyes of clients, who consider it broadly as sorting out their money stuff. Of course, effective financial planning is anything but simple. It takes a lot of expertise, talent and a really good process to transform the financial […]
I became aware quite recently of a family business, thankfully not in the financial advice space, that had failed. Their products were excellent, their target market was big and while there were some competitors, they weren’t a huge threat in reality. This business should have succeeded but didn’t. I was very fortunate to be given […]
The last few years have generally been very good times for financial advisers. Many of you have grown significantly through your own efforts and those of your team. However there are many of you who have looked to turbo charge this growth through acquisition, either of a book of business or indeed through buying another […]
We wrote last month about the different ways in which a potential buyer will look to value your business. This is a follow-up piece about how you might increase the value of your business, to ensure you extract the very best price possible. Obviously your recurring income is a crucial starting point. However a good […]
This is the first in a two part-series of articles that examines the sale of financial advice firms. In this initial article, we consider the various valuation methods that can be used to place a value on your business. Next month we’ll take a look at some of the ways that you can (positively) influence […]
Trail commission. Is it the silver bullet that enables Financial Brokers to be paid for the value they add, to build value in their businesses and eventually sell the business at a healthy multiple? Or is it a somewhat opaque way for advisers to be paid, sometimes with very tenuous links between the value provided […]
