Experienced practice owners understand the value of a well written contract and the value of getting all parties on the same page during an acquisition. When negotiating an acquisition, it’s always best to leverage an experienced acquisition consultant and lawyer to help you in structuring the deal. To help you identify some items you will […]
Month: January 2020
What Influences the Value of a Financial Advisor Practice
The value of your financial practice has tremendous influence over your ability to secure working capital and financing to grow your business through acquisitions. Understanding how your value is calculated and what influences that value is essential to improving your purchasing power if you are looking to acquire and strengthen your selling price if you […]
What are My Loan Options for Purchasing a Financial Advisor Practice?
Recently, we shared a post highlighting the many financing options available to financial advisors looking to purchase a book of business. We specifically noted how lenders have learned how to value the goodwill collateral of a financial advisor practice in order to develop lending solutions specifically geared to this unique market. Typically, these loans fall […]
The Five C’s of Making Your Financial Practice Credit Worthy
Many practice leaders discover that to grow their practice they need access to capital. As the financial advisor market has grown and stabilized, more lenders have emerged to assist financial advisors with loans for everything from acquisitions to working capital. To do this, lenders have worked with consultants to develop methods for determining the value […]
Financing Options for Purchasing a Book of Business
Acquisitions are a great way to grow your financial advisor practice quickly. However, many financial advisors struggle to decide the best way to finance the purchase of a book of business. For a long time, advisors had limited options, but as the industry has grown and the profession has become more established, advisors now have […]