Non-protocol transitions are far from impossible, but do require a tighter planning schedule and a budgetary process.

News of big M&A deals is becoming more frequent these days. But that doesn’t make it any easier for the advisor whose firm was just sold.

How RIAs should handle the SEC’s unannounced examinations.

There’s plenty of opportunity, argued a panel of acquiring RIAs at Schwab IMPACT. But unrealistic expectations on the part of buyers and sellers mean there is far more “frog kissing” than actual matches.

Talk of a firm’s “culture” is all hot air until those values find traction in the most important decision a growing firm can make: who to hire and how to pay them.