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growing your practice / succession planning
How some advisers are
ensuring their team carries
on strong when they leave
I
t goes without saying that a good adviser has the expertise and experience to help clients
navigate the planning process with equal measures of carefulness and confidence.
What is less obvious is the need for advisers to bring the same focus to bear on their
own future.
This is the conclusion drawn by a recent survey conducted by SmartAsset. Earlier this
year, the firm surveyed more than 460 financial advisers, asking them questions ranging
from what type of succession plan do they have at their firm, to how has the COVID-19
pandemic affected the way their firm views succession planning.
Among its key findings, the survey shows that financial adviser succession planning is
simply not a top-of-mind issue for most professionals or for their clients. Only a little more
than a quarter (27%) of financial advisers have had a succession plan in place for six or
more years. Some 38% of the advisers surveyed implemented a succession plan in the last
several years, meaning that, as of this February, roughly two-thirds of financial advisers
had some type of succession plan.
Across the firms surveyed, most advisers plan on an internal succession. Almost 71%
of those with a succession plan intend to pass their business to a current firm employee.
Another roughly 11% mean to pass their business to a family member, according to
SmartAsset. Only about 9% of financial advisers plan to sell their business to another firm.
Adviser Dorann Cafaro went the family route. She had owned what is now Cafaro
Greenleaf until 2011, when her daughter, Jamie Greenleaf, became the lead adviser and the
firm's principal. Another development for the practice, which has its offices in Red Bank,
New Jersey, came in 2020, when OneDigital bought Cafaro Greenleaf. The practice wanted
to offer its clients a more holistic view of their benefits spend, Greenleaf says. (Read our
full discussion with Greenleaf on page 28.
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A Digital Divide
Staying Power
The Prospects of Staying Virtual
Another Retention Tool
Is It Time to Let Go?
The Evolving Use of RFPs
Best Interest Reasons For a Rollover
Guaranteed Lifetime Income
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PLANADVISER - March/April 2022 - A Digital Divide
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PLANADVISER - March/April 2022 - The Prospects of Staying Virtual
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PLANADVISER - March/April 2022 - Another Retention Tool
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PLANADVISER - March/April 2022 - Is It Time to Let Go?
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PLANADVISER - March/April 2022 - The Evolving Use of RFPs
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