Former Goldman Sachs advisor Scott Neu shares the client-first growth strategy behind Sage Mountain’s $8.5B independent RIA, and why he...
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Hear from financial advisors who have made the move from traditional firms to independence. These podcast conversations explore the motivations, challenges, and opportunities behind breaking away, offering firsthand perspectives on building a business, serving clients, and creating greater control over the future.
Former Goldman Sachs advisor Scott Neu shares the client-first growth strategy behind Sage Mountain’s $8.5B independent RIA, and why he...
LISTENIt’s no small task to build an RIA firm. There are some breakaway advisors willing to do the heavy lifting on their own, others do not have the capacity, time nor desire. In this podcast episode, Matt Sonnen of PFI Advisors gives a realistic view of resources and requirements, plus compares and contrasts the different paths you can take.
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In this podcast episode, 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 team make the leap to independence in 2008, and share the story behind the amazing success of this RIA.
In this podcast episode, Jim Dickson, Founder and President of Sanctuary Wealth Partners, shares the inside track on what it was like to be in a senior role in the wirehouse as bureaucracy was on the rise, and why he left behind his 20-year career to build an independent firm.
Alex Goss of Goss Advisors speaks with Louis Diamond about his path to independence, starting in the wirehouse world, then on to the independent broker dealer (IBD) space before launching his own firm, now a leading platform for prospective advisors.
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Gil Baumgarten, President and CEO of Segment Wealth, joins Mindy to discuss how, in the 8 short years since he launched his RIA firm, he has more than doubled his assets under management, quadrupled his take-home pay and created a “much better business” for himself and his clients. It’s a story about the growth potential of an RIA and the satisfaction that comes with it.
In this podcast episode, Liz Nesvold, founder and managing partner of Silver Lane Advisors, joins Mindy to explore what it means to build your business with the end in mind, and why it’s one of the most critical directives an RIA firm owner should follow.
Michael Henley, a 34-yr old “diehard Merrill Lynch advisor” and team, with a partner less than 10 years from retirement, came to a point at the wirehouse when it was more about “jumping through hoops” for the bank than doing best for their clients.
Merrill breakaway Lisa Van Walleghem of MAXIMAI shares why leaving the once “great school of experience” with a globally diverse book to form her own independent firm was the best way for her to serve her offshore clients and grow her business.
Industry superstar Greg Fleming at the helm, the Rockefeller name, an extraordinary financial advisor community and leadership dream team makes this firm a home run. COO Chris Dupuy shares some inside baseball on Rockefeller Capital Management.
Chip Munn reminds us that breakaways do not always come from the wirehouses. He left regional broker dealer Hilliard Lyons for RJFS in 2016 in search of more freedom and flexibility to grow his business. And grow he did: from $300mm in AUM to $1.2B in just a few short years.