How to Get “PE Value” With or Without PE

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How to Get “PE Value” With or Without PE

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Advisor Compensation: How to Pay Your Team the Right Way (Ep. 34)

Podcasts

Inside SRG’s Talent Strategy Report: Compensation Benchmarks for Advisors

Infographics

5 Most Common Post-Transition Roles

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Building Your Team for Succession Success

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Building Your Team for Succession Success

Webinars

How to Make a Merger a Growth Move: A 5-Step Roadmap for Advisory Firms

Articles

The Exchange: Selling Your Advisory Business and What Every Owner Needs to Know (Ep. 33)

Podcasts

Financial advisor pay is ‘one of the most powerful strategic levers’ for RIAs

Articles

Grow Your Advisory Firm Without Limiting Your Exit Options

Articles

SRG Entity Support: More Than an Entity Filing

Brochures

Financial Advisor Compensation Guide for Advisory Firm Owners

Articles

Equity Explained: How to Incentivize, Retain, and Transition Ownership

Webinars

Equity Explained: How to Incentivize, Retain, and Transition Ownership

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Your 5-Step Merger Roadmap for Advisory Firms

Infographics

What to Expect from M&A in 2026 (Ep. 32)

Podcasts

SRG’s Ensemble Process for Northwestern Mutual Teams

Brochures

How to Make a Merger a Growth Move

Webinars

The Silent Risk Healthy Advisors Never See Coming

Articles

The Exchange: What Advisory Firm Owners Get Wrong About M&A (Ep. 31)

Podcasts

Mergers and Acquisitions 101: M&A for Financial Advisors

Articles

Financial advisor pay is ‘one of the most powerful strategic levers’ for RIAs

Articles

2026 Advisor M&A Highlights Infographic

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Grow Your Firm Without Limiting Your Future Exit Options

Webinars

The SEC’s Marketing Rule Sweep: Endorsements in Advisor M&A (Ep. 30)

Podcasts

Why Relying on Your Broker-Dealer to Sell Your Practice Is a Costly Mistake

Articles

2026 State of Compensation: Pay, Equity & Incentives for RIAs and Advisory Teams

Webinars

Phantom Equity Plan Options: Liquidation Rights (LR) vs. Appreciation Rights (AR)

Articles

Succession Planning 101: Steps and Processes for Advisory Companies

Articles

How to Maintain Client Experience and Retain Staff When Selling to an Outside Buyer

Articles

Larger firms, rising multiples: Is this the new standard for advisor M&A?

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The Exchange: Your Employment Agreement Won’t Protect You Like You Think (Ep. 29)

Podcasts

How Firms Use Equity Stakes to Retain Top Advisor Talent, Drive M&A

Articles

2026 Advisor M&A Review

Webinars

Everything You Need To Understand Liquidation Rights

Articles

The Exchange: Entity Structure and Why It’s The Backbone of Your Advisory Firm (Ep. 28)

Podcasts

Should Financial Advisors List Their Practice? The Truth Behind RIA Practice Listings

Articles

The Exchange: The Truth About Advisor Contingency Planning (Ep. 27)

Podcasts

RIA Leaders: Top 10 firms by number of financial advisors for 2025

Articles

The RIA founder’s dilemma: Choose your successor or sell

Articles

Building a Lasting Legacy Through Equity Sharing with Brian Cochran

ArticlesClient Success Stories

The top fee-only RIAs ranked by AUM in 2025

Planning for internal RIA succession? Experts say it takes a decade

Equity Compensation: A Technical Comparison between Restricted Equity Grants

eBooks & White Papers

Attorney vs Succession Resource Group

Infographics

5 Reasons to Start Your Exit Plan Now

Infographics

Value vs. Price: What Every Financial Advisor Needs to Know About Firm Valuation

eBooks & White Papers

What is Your Practice Really Worth?

Webinars

Year-End Entity Maintenance Checklist: Position Your Business for a Stronger Year Ahead

Checklists

From Siloed to Synergized: How to Form an Ensemble the Right Way

Webinars

Organic & Inorganic Growth | How to be Successful with Both with Jeff Concepcion (Ep.26)

Podcasts

The RIA & Advisor Dissolution Playbook

eBooks & White Papers

Succession & Next-Gen Leadership: Insights from Industry Veterans

Webinars

Employment Agreements: The 10 Most Commonly Asked Questions

Articles

Contingency Agreement Types: Protect What Matters Most

Articles

Divorce Valuations: A Purpose-Built Process for Litigated Matters

eBooks & White Papers

Entity Health Check: Is Your Structure Supporting or Hindering Your Growth

Webinars

When should a new RIA start hiring support staff? It’s complicated.

Entity Health Check: Is Your Structure Supporting or Hindering Your Growth

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WealthManagement.com: Succession Resource Group’s New Platform to Help FAs Find Lenders

Citywire USA: Behind Creative Planning’s purchase of Coe Financial Services

Citywire USA: Deal structures shift to give sellers more certainty

RIABiz: Focus Financial CEO pumps brakes hard on M&A market, waiting for a return to ‘normal’ — and buyers of Focus stock bid up price as debt ratio improves

When it Comes to Growth, Location Matters

Empowering Independence | Building Self-Leading Teams with Saša Mirković (Ep. 25)

Podcasts

Practice Value Assessment Tool Overview

Brochures

Why SRG Delivers Real ROI

Infographics

When Your Key Stakeholders Want to Help You Sell: 4 Things to Watch For

Infographics

Legal/Tax/M&A: Where Your Professionals Fit Into Your M&A and Succession Plan

Webinars

Contingency Planning FAQ

Articles

Year End

A Legacy Preserved Under Pressure

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New York State Entity Publication Guide

Articles

Selling My RIA as a Financial Advisor, Prioritizing Client Fit Over Highest Offer

Client Success Stories

New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants: Structuring the Deal: Taxation When Selling Your Financial Service Business

Articles

Balancing Act | Exploring Value and Terms in Deals (Ep. 24)

Podcasts

Pathways to Advisor Growth & Succession

The Seller’s Playbook What to Know Before You Let Go

Webinars

Empowering Advisors, Enhancing Transitions

eBooks & White Papers

Selling to Your Kids? Why Family Deals Demand Extra Scrutiny

Articles

Advisor Succession Plan: Inside a Real-Life Succession Plan

Webinars

Selling a Book of Business as a Financial Advisor | Complete Guide

Articles

What’s the Deal with PE and Aggregators!​ (Ep. 23)

Podcasts

Breaking the Cycle | Compensation Strategies That Protect Value & Drive Growth

Webinars

5 Must Have Items for Your Equity Grant Plan

Infographics

Executing A Successful Internal Succession Plan In The Private Equity Era Of Advisor M&A

Podcasts

Webinar Questions

Why RIAs are Giving Synthetic Equity a Hard Look

2025 Advisor M&A Highlights

Infographics

How to Get 10x for Your Advisory Practice

Webinars

Spring Clean Your Business | Annual Entity Maintenance Checklist

Checklists

Carson Group Hires Former Envestnet Executive as CTO

Wealth management’s evolving take on ‘location, location, location’

Putting Your Equity to Work

Webinars

12 Key Reasons to Assess Your Practice’s Value Annually

Articles

Trust Isn’t a Strategy: Protecting Your Practice and Unlocking Growth with Employment Agreements

Articles

5 Reasons Why Business Owners Avoid Formal Employment Agreements

Articles

2025 Advisor M&A Review

Webinars

How to Land a Great Successor for your RIA

Articles

How to find the right RIA successor

Selling My RIA: How I Found Peace Of Mind In the Process

Articles

Six Ways to Increase the Value of Your RIA Firm

Articles

Selling Your Practice with Expert Advocacy

Webinars

10 Tips for Selling Your RIA

Articles

The Psychology of Dealmaking in Advisory RIA M&A Transactions

Articles

How to Effectively Share Equity

Webinars

The Future of Financial Advisory Firms

Articles

Carrot and the Stick | Protecting Your Advisors and Clients (Ep. 22)

Podcasts

Contingency Planning | Death/Disability Considerations for Advisors (Ep. 21)

Podcasts

The Psychology of Dealmaking

Webinars

Three Major RIA Growth Mistakes to Avoid

Articles

2024 Advisor Mid-Year M&A Update

Webinars

Steve Woods & Kathryn Lichty

Client Success Stories

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Nick de Freitas & Jon Lawry

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Rex Brenton & Karen Curry

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Strategies for Building Enduring Wealth Advisory Firms With Ray Sclafani Part 2 (Ep. 20)

Podcasts

Strategies for Building Enduring Wealth Advisory Firms With Ray Sclafani Part 1 (Ep. 19)

Podcasts

Can’t Find Top Talent? No Problem, You Can ‘Build’ It! (Ep. 18)

Podcasts

The Founder’s Exit Paradox with Jerome Myers (Ep.17)

Podcasts

Succession Role Transition Planner Tool

eBooks & White Papers

Advisor Deal Lending Simplified with Dustin Mangone and Aaron Racino (Ep.16)

Podcasts

2024 Mid-Year Advisor M&A Highlights

Infographics

Contingency Planning – A key to acquisition success?!

Articles

Succession Planning and Scaling Businesses in the Financial Advisory Sector (Ep. 15)

Podcasts

2024 Advisor M&A Highlights

Infographics

The True Power of Succession Planning — A Retirement Readiness Guide

Articles

How To Elevate Your Business with CRM (Ep. 14)

Podcasts

Entity Structure for Financial Advisors: LLC, S-Corp & Tax Setup

Articles

The Future of Business Growth with Julia Sexton (Ep. 13)

Podcasts

Successful M&A and Financing Strategies with Parker Finot (Ep. 12)

Podcasts

Advisor NextGen Talent Sourcing and Training Strategies (Ep. 11)

Podcasts

Employee Retention Guide for Advisors – 2024 ed.

Articles

Creating a Winning Compensation Plan (Ep. 10)

Podcasts

Success Through Succession Series

Webinars

Advisor M&A Highlight – 2023 Mid-Year Update

Infographics

4 Reasons to Formalize Your Business Entity as a Corporation or LLC

Articles

Succession Planning: The Secret Sauce to A Smooth Exit Strategy (Ep. 9)

Podcasts

Fueling Your Future: Unleashing Growth Potential through Entity Planning

Webinars

Employee Retention Strategies of Today’s Top Firms

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Building Intentionally: The Key to Creating A Thriving Advisory Firm (Ep. 8)

Podcasts

Ensure a Seamless Experience with SRG’s myCompass Platform: A Financial Advisor’s Guide

Articles

Teaming Advice When Preparing for a Merger

Articles

How Much is Your Financial Practice Worth? (Ep. 7)

Podcasts

Expanding Your Practice: Key Tips (Ep. 6)

Podcasts

SRG Off Script: The Importance of Succession Planning for Advisors

Webinars

Selling Your Advisory Practice: What Your Clients Need from You

Articles

Acquiring a Financial Practice? Avoid These Common Points of Contention

Articles

The Importance of Succession Planning for Advisors (Ep. 5)

Podcasts

Family & Finances: What To Expect (Ep. 4)

Podcasts

Loans, Interest Rates, and Lending Solutions: Inside PPC Loan with Dustin Mangone (Ep. 3)

Podcasts

Selling Your Practice: When is the right time? (Ep. 2)

Podcasts

Welcome to The Fine Print With David Grau Jr. (Ep. 1)

Podcasts

SRG Off Script: Loans, Interest Rates, and Lending Solutions

Webinars

Six Events that Require a Valuation of Your Financial Practice

Articles

Fundamentals of Exit Planning

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Valuing Your Financial Practice: What you need to know in today’s market

Webinars

SRG Off Script: RIA Tax Considerations with Succession and Selling

Webinars

Acquiring a Financial Practice? Avoid These Common Points of Contention

Articles

SRG Off Script: Understand and Leverage Your Firm’s Value

Webinars

2023 Advisor M&A and Equity Highlights

Infographics

Everything Equity

Webinars

The Financial Advisor’s HR Toolkit

eBooks & White Papers

SRG Off Script: Advisor Compensation

Webinars

Five Best Practices To Create An Effective Compensation Plan

Articles

SRG Off Script: Building Greater Enterprise Value

Webinars

SRG Off Script: Succession & Equity Sharing Q&A

Webinars

Five Building Blocks of an Attractive Compensation Model

Articles

Buying a Book of Business- How to Acquire a Financial Practice

Articles

What is Phantom Equity and How is it Used?

Articles

How to Acquire a Financial Practice

Articles

What Low-Interest Rates Mean for M&A in 2022

Articles

Making Sense of the Great Resignation

Articles

FINRA Rule 2040: Payments to Unregistered Persons Explained

Articles

The Impact of Regulation Best Interest for Brokers-Dealers

Articles

Financial Services and Other Employee Benefits

Articles

How to Determine Your Business Valuation

Articles

What You Need to Know About Income Valuation

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Asset Valuation Methods: The Different Methods and Roles

Articles

How Does Equity Compensation Work?

Articles

The Challenges in Succession Planning and How to Avoid Them

Articles

7 Steps to Successful Succession Planning

Articles

Mergers and Acquisitions: The Due Diligence Process

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Financial Modeling for Mergers and Acquisitions

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M&A Strategy and Its Alternatives

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How Technological Advances are Revolutionizing the World of M&A

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Succession Planning and Management Process

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Powerful Succession Planning Tools You Need

Articles

Acquisition Lending to Help Your Business Expand

Articles

Three Traditional Approaches to Valuation Methods

Articles

M&A Valuation Process: Methods & Support for Financial Advisors

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M&A Support: What, When, How, and Why

Articles

5 Land Mines that Could Blow Up the Value of Your Practice

Webinars

6 Major Cost Considerations to Sell Your Business

Articles

Sunset vs. Succession: Realizing the Value of a Career in Financial Advice

eBooks & White Papers

3 Reasons Every Advisor Should Have an Entity

Webinars

Five Myths in Succession Planning that Lead to Mistakes

Articles

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Articles

RIA M&A: Compliance 101

Webinars

Maximizing Price, Minimizing Taxes

Client Success Stories

Third Time Is The Charm

Client Success Stories

The Ins and Outs of Contingency Planning

Webinars

Add Succession Resource Group as a safe sender – Get the mail you want

Articles

Getting the Most Value Out of Your Business

Articles

Best Practices: Creating a Business Death/Disability Plan

Articles

The Power of Subtlety in Acquiring a Practice

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Show Me The Money – Acquisition Financing Trends

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Secrets to a Successful Succession

Articles

Create a Simple Succession Plan

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Plan for the worst…Hope for the best

Articles

Intrapreneur or Competitor?

Articles

5 Employment Best Practices to Create a Salable Business

Webinars

5 Mistakes to Avoid During an Acquisition

Webinars

Building a More Valuable Practice – Tip #4

Articles

Building a More Valuable Practice – Tip #2

Articles

2017 Advisor M&A Trends

Articles

Intro to Equity Sharing – Best Practice for All Company Sizes

Articles

What to Expect When You Sell Your Business

Articles

Succession Planning Help Is On The Way

Articles

Top 10 Tips: Succession Planning for Insurance Agencies

Articles

How to Tell Employees You’re Selling Your Business

Articles

The Carrot & the Stick

Webinars

S Corp or LLC: A Guide to Set Up Your Financial Services Company

Webinars

Building a Compliant Plan to Protect the Value of Your Advisory Practice

Webinars

Advisor to CEO: Best Practices for Your Growing Enterprise

Webinars

Advisor M&A Financing: How to Make It Work for You

Webinars

Practice Acquisition Checklist for Success

Checklists

Your Guide to Proper Entity Structure

eBooks & White Papers

A How-To Guide For Protecting Your Business

eBooks & White Papers

3 Tips You’ve Never Heard to Increase Your Value

Webinars

5 Best Practices to Protect the Value of Your Business

Webinars

Contingency Planning Checklist

Checklists

The Must-Know Items When Buying or Selling a Practice

Webinars

Your Guide to Increase the Value of Your Business

eBooks & White Papers

Benchmark Your Way to a More Valuable Practice

Webinars

7 Tips to Increase the Value of Your Business

Webinars

Sutley Wertzer: Looking Back One Year After Transition

Client Success Stories

Due Diligence Checklist

Checklists

Best Time to Sell Your Business

Webinars

5 Important Things to Do Before Selling Your Business

Webinars

Effective Strategies to Exit Your Business

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Succession: The One Thing

Webinars

Succession Planning in Action

Client Success Stories

Secrets of Succession

Webinars

3 Mistakes to Avoid With Your Succession Plan

Webinars

Three Ways to Build Value in Your Advisory Practice

Articles

How and Why to Use an Entity With Your Broker-Dealer

Webinars

How To Tell Your Employees You’re Selling

eBooks & White Papers

Seller Readiness E-Book

eBooks & White Papers

3 Takeaways from 2016 Financial Services M&A Data

Articles

5 Most Common Post-Transition Roles

eBooks & White Papers

6 Reasons Now Is the Best Time to Sell

Infographics

10 Reasons to Value Your Practice

Infographics

Leveraging Your Growth: Equity Compensation Strategies for Advisors

Articles

Selling Your Masterpiece

Articles

DOL Fiduciary Struck Down – Time to Sell

Articles

Are YOU Hurting the Value of Your Business

Articles

Audit Risk and Using S Corp for Financial Advisors – The Fleischer Case

Articles

Maximum Sales Value: The Role of Compliance in the Great Advisor Cash Out

Articles

Revenue Sharing: Variable Comp and Your Value

Articles

Building a More Valuable Practice – Tip #3

Articles

9 Tips to Prepare Your Business for Sale

Articles

Building a More Valuable Practice – Tip #1

Articles

How Soon Is Too Soon?

Articles