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The ethical will is the advisor retention play

Cresset's Eric Becker says the industry has spent its energy preparing assets for heirs while neglecting the heirs themselves—and the family conversation is where the next generation of client relationships is actually won.

The talent war’s quieter front

The Sept. 6 registration file paired four block-trade team moves with the single-advisor moves into Prudential and Linsco by LPL. The quieter ones are the ones to watch.

NewEdge's $12 billion day resets the talent war

Four $3 billion Fort Lauderdale teams moved in one day, pushing the week's disclosed advisor AUM in motion to $19.8 billion and showing block trades have replaced advisor-by-advisor recruiting.

Silence, not taxes, is the real transfer risk

LendingTree, Fidelity and LegalShield surveys show heirs expecting money the older generation has not planned to give. Advisors should treat the gap as a retention event.

Governance is the new retention play

Schwab's $10 million SMA floor and the OBBBA formula-clause trap turn trust, gift, and suitability processes into the retention edge.

Distribution, not AUM, is the new recruiting magnet

Benefits brokers, corporate-retirement shops, digital planners and trading platforms all out-recruited LPL in the latest 30-day table, and the reason is a client pipeline rather than a transition check.

The Bank of Mom and Dad needs a process

Nearly a quarter of first-time buyers leaned on family money in 2025; the RIA that systematizes the 709, the GST allocation, and the title question will own the second gift as well as the first.

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