Smaller advisors, in the sub–$250 million AUM range, discuss their challenges, goals and desire to maintain control of their businesses, rather than participate in the red-hot market for M&A.
The SEC’s proposal to overhaul how transactions are conducted reads like the invention of lawyers and economists who can’t see the easy fix that exists right before their eyes.
Compassion, instead, comes in all shapes and sizes.
Who’s in charge? It's not employers.
It’s hard to see how the uncertain benefits justify the effort.