Grow Your Business
Affiliate Your Way
SFA Partners empowers you to run your firm, your way, whatever your business model. The Strategic Financial Alliance, our broker-dealer, supports transaction-based independent financial advisors. Strategic Blueprint serves fee-based advisors in need of a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) platform. And many of our advisors affiliate in a hybrid manner, leveraging both the broker-dealer and the RIA. No matter your firm’s approach to serving clients, we have a solution to support your success.
To learn more, please contact us.
Practice Management
We support you in all areas of practice management, helping you problem-solve and plan for the future with consulting and useful tools. We help you focus on office management tools such as administrative job descriptions and workflows, tips for the ideal branch exam, business valuation and continuity planning assessments, technology best practices, and training opportunities for you and/or your administrative support team members.
Technology
Technology is a critical element for maximizing your productivity, meeting regulatory compliance, and maintaining successful client relationships. Use the secure portal to access compensation, customer accounts, reports, and data. Establish a paperless workflow, and partner with leading providers such as Albridge, an affiliate of Pershing, for portfolio management, performance reporting, and account aggregation.
Investment Solutions
You need access to a varied and deep investment solution platform. SFA’s due diligence team has carefully vetted the platform, which includes alternative investments, insurance-based products, third-party asset management, and more. You have options and choices to offer your clients a comprehensive planning approach to help protect, preserve, accumulate, and transfer wealth throughout their entire financial lives.
Want to suggest an investment option not currently on our platform? We are open to considering and reviewing additional programs because, if they are of interest to you, they may also be of interest to the rest of the SFA community.
Business Continuity
It is never too soon to plan for the future. You do this for your clients – why shouldn’t you do this for your own business? We help you coordinate and put in place the resources needed to assist you in an orderly, rewarding progression. SFA can also help you obtain the base financing you might need for your succession plan.
A carefully-considered succession plan begins by asking the right questions:
- What are my long-term goals for myself and my family?
- Do I wish to maximize value immediately or continue in my commitments to my clients?
- What has been the unique value proposition that kept my clients loyal throughout the years?
- Do I wish to sell internally or find an externally based exit strategy?
Your close advisor community, our in-house support, and well-established industry network will help you succeed in finding the right partners for taking the next big step in the plan you envision.
Your Transition to SFA
At SFA, we’re committed to making your transition seamless. From the moment you begin the process, a dedicated Transition Manager will be by your side, coordinating every detail and guiding you through each step at a pace that works for you and your clients.
Our expert Transition Team will provide hands-on training for you and your staff, covering everything from submitting documents to opening, funding, and maintaining accounts. We’ll also ensure you’re fully equipped to use the software tools essential for your daily operations.
To get started, we invite you to explore our Transition Quick Reference Guide.
And once you’ve officially joined SFA, our Advisor Relations Team will continue to support your growth working with you to define your goals and build a plan to help you reach them.
Planning Your Future
Creating a clear growth and succession plan is a key part of becoming one of the best independent financial advisors. We help you plan for growth and secure the resources needed to assist you in an orderly, rewarding progression. SFA can also help you obtain the base financing you might need for your succession plan.
The Right Plan Starts with the Right Questions
A carefully considered succession plan begins by asking the right questions.
- What are the long-term goals for myself and my family?
- Do I wish to maximize value and exit immediately or continue in my commitments to my clients?
- What is the unique value proposition that has kept my clients loyal throughout the years?
- Do I wish to sell internally or to pursue an external buyer?
Insurance Services
SFA Insurance Services, part of the SFA Partners organization, provides you with additional opportunities to support your clients’ financial objectives. SFA Insurance Services, powered by Pinnacle, provides full service advanced planning, retirement services and underwriting. Our SFA Insurance support includes sales strategies and industry updates you can use to enhance your insurance offerings for your clients.
Please contact us to learn more.