Mindy Diamond on Independence: A Podcast for Financial Advisors Considering Change

An episode for all members of the wealth management community—from those at wirehouse firms to independent business owners. Mark Tibergien, the CEO …

How nearly a decade of exploration and planning paid off for an advisor looking to build a “real” fiduciary model for his clients.

For many advisors, it takes some time to get comfortable with considering a move to …

Featuring guest host Louis Diamond

Not every wirehouse advisor who moves to independence makes the break in one move: Sometimes, the road involves a …

What’s inspiring folks to jump ship from where they’ve built their life’s work to pursue other firms or even business models?

By our count, of the 19 …

Special Guests Bill Loftus of Coastal Bridge Advisors and Mark Dupont of Focus Financial Partners provide an “outside-in” look at how a capital partner helped this RIA make the leap to independence—and achieve amazing …

An exercise that guides you through looking at the thought process behind a move from a different vantage point.

Throughout this series, Mindy has focused mostly on what it means to be independent and how to get from …

An inside view of the growth of the independent space—and what advisors need to do to make their own move successful.

As more and more advisors …

Why are advisors not protected by the Broker Protocol – and sometimes facing significant garden leave – willing to take on the added risks to become …

Why is M&A so important? And how do you best position your firm for M&A success?

After years of strong growth, many successful independent …

Is it possible to find support, synergy and community in the independent space?

Advisors often worry that independence means isolation. Is it …

Every independent business owner will reach a point where gaining scale and solving for continuity and succession become paramount. It’s then that …

Before independence was in vogue, this advisor left the comfort and familiarity of a big-name firm – plus significant chips on the table – to build her own RIA. And she did it without leveraging a service …

Drilling down to what’s behind the turbo-charged growth in the independent space, and how those same factors help improve client service

Employee advisors are often limited to organic growth alone—that is, adding one …

At a time when many other advisors would be focused on retirement, this senior advisor and his team took “the road less traveled” in order to better …

Many advisors who explore full-on independence find that it’s just too much of a leap. For those folks, the quasi-independent space may be just the …

How do the economics of going independent compare to the value of taking a recruiting deal from a major firm?

The number one question advisors ask when exploring a move to independence is how the economics compare to …

How do advisors who move to independence overcome their concerns about making the leap?

Many advisors considering a move to independence don’t have access to peers who actually made the leap and will candidly describe …

While the freedom and flexibility of the independent space is attractive to many, it’s the long-term economic potential that’s the real draw for entrepreneurial-minded advisors.

An expanded landscape has paved the way …

A discussion about the effects of Protocol withdrawal with Sharron Ash, Chief Litigation Counsel at Hamburger Law Firm

The withdrawal of Morgan …

While most advisors dream about the freedom, flexibility and control of independence, many don’t make the move because of the perceived downside in …

It’s often not easy to separate reality from myths and untruths—and this is especially true in the independent space. As one of the relatively new models in the wealth management landscape, it’s often subject to …

What drives a wirehouse advisor to make the leap to independence? And what happens once they get to the other side? Hear it first hand in this one-on-one interview with breakaway broker Matt Celenza.

Many advisors come …

Advisors with their sights set on the highest level of freedom and flexibility, plus the maximum ability to build long-term enterprise value, owe it to themselves to take a closer look at the RIA model.

In this episode, …

The Independent Broker Dealer or IBD model offers a mix of freedom and support for advisors who want flexibility but also to retain some of the …

How to strategically determine if independence is a good path for you.

After exploring the origins of independence in the first episode of this series on independence for financial advisors, Mindy Diamond walks advisors …

Independence is not for all financial advisors, but it’s a topic everyone wants to learn more about.

In the first episode of her podcast on independence for financial advisors, Mindy Diamond explores the origins of the …