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    Posted: Jan/19/2018 at 8:35pm
Hi,

My partner and I are looking at leaving our current firm for RIA land and I’m looking to get some advice.

We are currently getting recruited by an ria. Their pitch essentially is to take care of all the admin stuff, help with the transitioning, and provide a top tier tech suite. They would take 15 bips to provide this service.

My first question is about tech. I’m concerned with finding tech that works well together. What are you guys using for crm, rebalancing, etc that Work together?

How long would you say it takes to plan an exit if we did it all ourselves instead of going to an already established RIA?
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There's that word again
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Depends on your practice size, investment strategy, services offered, etc.
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Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

There's that word again


Huh?
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Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

Depends on your practice size, investment strategy, services offered, etc.


100mm close to 100% fee based.

Mainly running etf portfolios with some individual stock portfolios mixed in.
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Still amazed at FAs that don’t know what bps are.
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Originally posted by Gob Gob wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

Depends on your practice size, investment strategy, services offered, etc.


100mm close to 100% fee based.

Mainly running etf portfolios with some individual stock portfolios mixed in.

Could you run your office with one admin?

You could pay them a very healthy salary, pay for tech out of pocket, and still come out way ahead compared to 15 bps on 100mm.

Portfolio Management & Rebalancing - TD Ameritrade iRebal
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Originally posted by helado helado wrote:

Still amazed at FAs that don’t know what bps are.


Haha. He’s talking about the word -recruited
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Originally posted by bc2051 bc2051 wrote:

Originally posted by helado helado wrote:

Still amazed at FAs that don’t know what bps are.


Haha. He’s talking about the word -recruited


That's pretty funny
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I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.
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Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.

THIS
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Good point Chief. Iceco1d 10/30/12
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Originally posted by Chief Chief wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.


THIS


Why not? What is the main value you offer and deliver to your clients?
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Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

Originally posted by Chief Chief wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.


THIS


Why not? What is the main value you offer and deliver to your clients?

I think it's because "rebalancing" can be figured out in excel in less than 2 minutes. If there is a program out there that tracks each individual client mandate and automatically rebalances portfolios at once, their may be some value in that
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Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

Originally posted by Chief Chief wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.


THIS


Why not? What is the main value you offer and deliver to your clients?


Popcorn ready. This is the kind of question that sets AH off
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Originally posted by OnTheLoose OnTheLoose wrote:

Originally posted by Gob Gob wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

Depends on your practice size, investment strategy, services offered, etc.


100mm close to 100% fee based.

Mainly running etf portfolios with some individual stock portfolios mixed in.

Could you run your office with one admin?

You could pay them a very healthy salary, pay for tech out of pocket, and still come out way ahead compared to 15 bps on 100mm.

Portfolio Management & Rebalancing - TD Ameritrade iRebal
CRM - Wealthbox
Billing - BillFin
Planning - MoneyGuidePro
Risk Analysis - FinaMetrica
Compliance - Smart RIA


FinaMetrica is garbage.  There is no reason to pay for risk tolerance software unless it is providing some sort of lead generating value, or sales juju a la Riskalyze.

For regulatory purposes, come up with a quick five question "risk assessment" and use that.
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Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

Originally posted by Chief Chief wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.


THIS


Why not? What is the main value you offer and deliver to your clients?
rebalancing a main value? I manage money. I don't have someone else tell me what mutual fund to put a clienT in and then act like I know what they are truly invested in.... that's your job.














You skipped leg day.
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Originally posted by Moraen Moraen wrote:

Originally posted by OnTheLoose OnTheLoose wrote:

Originally posted by Gob Gob wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

Depends on your practice size, investment strategy, services offered, etc.


100mm close to 100% fee based.

Mainly running etf portfolios with some individual stock portfolios mixed in.

Could you run your office with one admin?

You could pay them a very healthy salary, pay for tech out of pocket, and still come out way ahead compared to 15 bps on 100mm.

Portfolio Management & Rebalancing - TD Ameritrade iRebal
CRM - Wealthbox
Billing - BillFin
Planning - MoneyGuidePro
Risk Analysis - FinaMetrica
Compliance - Smart RIA


FinaMetrica is garbage.  There is no reason to pay for risk tolerance software unless it is providing some sort of lead generating value, or sales juju a la Riskalyze.

For regulatory purposes, come up with a quick five question "risk assessment" and use that.
this
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Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

Originally posted by Chief Chief wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.


THIS


Why not? What is the main value you offer and deliver to your clients?
rebalancing a main value? I manage money. I don't have someone else tell me what mutual fund to put a clienT in and then act like I know what they are truly invested in.... that's your job.

You skipped leg day.

I didn't say re-balancing was a main value.

I just asked what your main value add to your clients is. "I manage money" doesn't sound like much of a differentiator.

How do you manage it? I'm seriously asking. I'm curious what you say to clients/prospects
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Buy AAPL on margin as a cash surrogate.  😁 
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Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

Originally posted by Fitness1983 Fitness1983 wrote:

Originally posted by Chief Chief wrote:

Originally posted by PEACH_cm PEACH_cm wrote:

I cannot believe people pay for rebalancing programs.


THIS


Why not? What is the main value you offer and deliver to your clients?
rebalancing a main value? I manage money. I don't have someone else tell me what mutual fund to put a clienT in and then act like I know what they are truly invested in.... that's your job.

You skipped leg day.

I didn't say re-balancing was a main value.

I just asked what your main value add to your clients is. "I manage money" doesn't sound like much of a differentiator.

How do you manage it? I'm seriously asking. I'm curious what you say to clients/prospects


I am the best manage money. Ask anyone on the street. They will tell you how fantastic I am at managing money. Now sign this acat.

Are there platforms that offer a full tech stack? My main concern is integration between programs.
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