Questions to ask yourself when growing through acquisition

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 […]

Building bridges with the next generation (Part 1)

This is the first instalment in a two-part article about expanding your client base into the next generation of younger clients, by accessing the children of your clients. In this first piece, we consider the challenge of gaining access to the children of clients. Next month we’ll look at how you make this work within […]

What exactly is Lifestyle Financial Planning?

We have seen quite a significant movement over the last few years of Financial Brokers extending the services they offer to their clients, through the delivery of lifestyle financial planning. While this service may not be suited to every client, or indeed you cannot justify delivering it to every client, the shift is happening. This is […]

What impact would 0% asset management fees have for advisers?

Are we seriously talking about 0% asset management fees? Well maybe not yet in Ireland, but Fidelity recently announced the introduction of two core equity index mutual funds covering the U.S. and international markets without any management fee. If we saw a similar development in Ireland, what would it mean for financial advisers? And even […]

How can you improve the value of your business?

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 […]

What’s your advice business worth (to someone else)?

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 […]