While M&A activity gets the majority of the attention in the RIA industry, strategic and sustainable organic growth is actually the secret to success for the industry’s top firms. 

The fastest growing and most influential RIAs have a balanced approach to M&A and organic growth. They are always thinking about how the two forms of growth can complement and accelerate one another.

Sanctuary Wealth is writing the RIA playbook on how to balance organic and inorganic growth. In this episode of RIA Edge, Mark Bruno, managing director at Informa Wealth Management, speaks with Jim Dickson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Sanctuary Wealth, about how RIAs can strategically approach mergers, acquisition, recruiting and sustainable organic growth. .

Specifically, in this episode of RIA Edge, Mark and Jim discuss:

• How Sanctuary Wealth is providing growth opportunities to its advisors and acquisition targets
  
• Key factors that contribute to valuation and differentiation in the RIA channel
  
• How does Sanctuary Wealth assess the quality of a firm’s growth and what does “good growth” look like?
  
• Why “growth” and “talent” are the two most important factors to consider in M&A deals and how is it embedded into the mindset of your team.
  

Connect With Mark Bruno:

• WealthManagement.com
  
• LinkedIn | Mark Bruno
  
• Mark Bruno (@brunz99) |  Twitter 
  
• Informa: Overview | LinkedIn
  

Connect With Jim Dickson: 

• LinkedIn: Jim Dickson
  
• Sanctuary Wealth
  

About Our Guest:

Jim Dickson is the visionary who led the founding, development, and launch of Sanctuary Wealth as an innovative, partnered independence network for elite advisors. Jim spent 20+ years in numerous senior leadership roles at Merrill Lynch. Reporting directly to the CEO, Jim spent the last six years as a divisional executive and member of the firm’s executive committee. In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities, Jim was actively involved in spearheading Bank of America’s leadership development program and helped inspire and train the next generation of the firm’s managers. Having begun his career at Ernst & Young, Jim has gained a distinctive perspective and valuable experience in developing and optimizing organizations of all sizes.

Known throughout the financial services industry for his thought leadership, Jim is an active and highly sought-after speaker, recognized for his insights on delivering growth in the wealth management space.