by Matt Sonnen | Oct 13, 2020 | Business Development, COO Best Practices, Operations and Technology
Until an advisor can identify who they are serving and how they want to serve them, they cannot begin to build out a proper technology stack. We are often contacted by breakaway advisors looking to establish their firms, or by existing RIAs simply looking to...
by Matt Sonnen | Jul 6, 2020 | Business Development, Operations and Technology
The RIA industry has always done a good job detailing the career path for those aspiring to become financial advisors and ultimately owners in their business. In fact, the Center of Financial Planning put out a fantastic report last year titled “Financial...
by Matt Sonnen | Apr 21, 2020 | Business Development, COO Best Practices, Operations and Technology
This article is being published a bit early, I realize that. When you go to the doctor with clogged sinuses, a splitting headache, and body aches like you’ve never had, you just want some antibiotics that will get you back on your feet as quickly as possible –...
by Jay Veale | Mar 17, 2020 | Business Development, Operations and Technology
From social media giants to your local grocery store, these days everyone is looking to gather and use client data to run their businesses better— and your RIA should be no exception. Any RIA not incorporating analytics into the development of its business processes...
by Matt Sonnen | Feb 11, 2020 | Business Development, COO Best Practices, Operations and Technology
There is a friction that commonly exists within many organizations, and it occurs between the sales department and the back-office operations department. Both feel underappreciated by the other – Operations thinks Sales doesn’t realize that no product or service...
by Matt Sonnen | Dec 12, 2019 | Business Development, COO Best Practices
Following the success of our COO white paper and personal enjoyment of interviewing the profiled COOs at the end of 2018, we at PFI Advisors declared 2019 to be “The Year of the COO.” We launched our COO Roundtable podcast in January and have spent the entire...
