Ask any consultant who works on compensation in the financial services industry and they’ll probably tell you that retaining Human Capital should be the #1 cause of sleepless nights for advisors. And the research bears this out. A 2019 Schwab survey found that 76% of RIA firms planned to hire from competitors over the next 12 months (nearly double the 42% of firms that recruited from other RIAs in 2018).
The gauntlet has been thrown down – your competition doesn’t just want your clients, they want your employees as well. And many of those firms have deep enough pockets to chip away at whatever loyalty you’ve been able to build over the years. Nobody is safe.
Read More