HeyJaredTransition To RIA Podcast
The Transition To RIA Podcast is named by Kitces as a Top Podcast for Financial Advisors!Brad Wales, founder of Transition To RIA (TransitionToRIA.com) discusses WHY and HOW to transition your financial advisory practice to the Registered Investment Advisor ("RIA") model.
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Q157 - Can I Offer Insurance Solutions In The RIA Model? (opens the original)
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The RIA model generally provides far more flexibility with how you can run your practice. Consequently, an exciting part of transitioning your practice to the RIA model is contemplating the services and investment solutions you'd want to offer your clients upon making the transition. Providing insurance solutions to clients is one such option. However, several variables affect whether and how you can offer these solutions. In this episode (#157) of the Transition To RIA question and answer serie
Q156 - Do Custodians Have Minimum AUM Requirements? (opens the original)
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Choosing a custodian to hold your clients' assets is one of the most significant decisions when transitioning your practice to the RIA model. Many variables are involved in deciding which of the roughly dozen custodians best fits your practice. Though just as you would perform due diligence on them, each custodian has its own criteria for which RIAs they will work with. For some custodians, one of those criteria is that the RIA must have a minimum AUM level to use them. However, many nuances exi
Q155 - What Is A W2 RIA Model? (opens the original)
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Many people think of the RIA model as an "independent" model. This is accurate, as many pathways into the model are independent in nature. However, some RIA models feature advisors affiliated as W2 employees. These come in many different flavors: partnership models, traditional grid payout models, buyout models, etc. In this episode of the Transition To RIA question and answer series, I explain what these models are and when they may be a fit for your practice. Come take a listen! P.S. Prefer vi
Q154 - What Is An RIA Aggregator? (opens the original)
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For those that follow my content, I often rant about "TAMPs" and "hybrids." Not that they aren't good solutions, but rather because our industry often uses those terms to refer to offerings that are sometimes not at all similar. (i.e., one "TAMP" provides one type of service, while another "TAMP" has a quite different model.) It is safe to add "aggregator" to my rant list. How some market participants define an "aggregator" firm can sometimes look nothing like how another defines it. In the late
Q153 - What Are Red Flags To Look Out For In The RIA Model? (opens the original)
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All affiliation models have pros and cons. They all have red flags to watch out for as well. The RIA model is no exception. Case in point: when someone predominantly touts the "100% payout" of the model. Yes, with your own RIA, you retain 100% of your client fee revenue. But when someone loudly touts the top line without also explaining the expenses required to generate that revenue, that is generally a red flag. On this episode (#153) of the Transition To RIA question and answer series, I addre
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