If You Build It, Will They Buy It? A Special Industry Update on M&A

With Mindy Diamond & Jason Diamond Overview A download on M&A for the advisor who has an interest in building a business designed to be an attractive prospect for sale at maximum enterprise value. Identifies options to consider, the risks, and potential rewards. Listen in… > Download a transcript of this episode… NOTE: The views and opinions expressed by the guests on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Diamond Consultants. Neither Diamond Consultants nor the guests on this podcast are compensated in any way for their participation. About this episode… Mergers and acquisitions in the wealth management industry continue to break records and dominate the headlines, particularly those at the “enterprise-level”—like LPL’s acquisition of Commonwealth. While that transaction rocked the world at Commonwealth, many advisors have a more “personal” interest in M&A. Specifically, they’re thinking more about their own business and maximizing enterprise value so that one day they can sell it on the open market. We’re often asked about the concept of M&A, especially by advisors who work in the wirehouses or are building their practices at other employee-model firms. They’re often attracted to the potential of building an independent business that they can monetize at the end of the day, but they are unclear on what it takes to get from A to B and beyond. And they’re wondering, “If I build it, will they buy it?” In this episode, Mindy Diamond and Jason Diamond explore the answer to that question