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...
LISTENJustin Berman left Goldman Sachs 10 years ago to build his own independent firm, at a time when such a move was much less common. How did he find the courage to leave the Goldman imprimatur, brave the firm’s 60-day Garden Leave, and build the now $3B Berman Capital Advisors? He explains all this and more with Mindy Diamond in this podcast episode.
Former UBS advisor Lori Siegel CFP of Centrix Wealth Partners talks about her first year of independence, forming Centrix Wealth Partners with Raymond James Financial Services, and how the ability to control their own destiny was a powerful driver.
Why would a $6B team choose to leave behind the safety of Morgan Stanley – not to mention two-thirds of their assets – to make the leap to independence? Breakaway Jason Fertitta explains how he and his team decided to make the leap, forming RIA Americana Partners, how their high-net worth clients reacted to the news, and much more.
Mark Sear and David Hou, Managing Partners of Evoke Advisors, talk about their 2008 breakaway from Merrill Lynch to form RIA Luminous Capital, why they chose to sell Luminous to First Republic, their decision to leave First Republic for independence again, and much more in part 1 of a 2-part podcast episode.
In part 2 of 2, Mark Sear and David Hou pick up where their story left off after the 2008 break from Merrill, the sale of their RIA Luminous Capital to First Republic in 2012, and their decision to go back to independence as RIA Evoke Advisors.
Former Merrill Lynch Resident Director Melissa Bouchillon shares what it takes for an RD to consider independence, Merrill’s push to sell bank products, how they compensated a partner who signed onto CTP, why they chose Focus Financial and more.
Advice from the top 10 independent advisors featured in 2020, a special episode representing the 100th in this podcast series for financial advisors. It’s a distillation of key commentary that answers the threshold question: Why independence?
As a wirehouse advisor, Terry Cook found it became too difficult at UBS to meet the increasing demands of his high net worth clients. The only way to act as a true fiduciary meant “taking the ankle weights off” by making the leap to independence.
After building a $1B business at Morgan Stanley, Jeff Thomas found he could only pursue the vision of “doing more and better” for clients by launching an RIA firm. So he and his team left 75% of their assets behind to form Archetype Wealth Partners.
While comfortable at UBS a decade ago, Ahmie Baum started to see things a bit differently when his son Brian joined the business. It was an awakening that made this wirehouse veteran reevaluate everything, and propelled his leap to independence.