Contain Your Costs with Proven Strategies, Processes, and Systems

Contain Your Costs with Proven Strategies, Processes, and Systems

Rising Costs Are Threatening RIA Margins

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Perspective | Contain Your Costs with Proven Strategies, Processes, and Systems

Contain Costs and Amplify Growth Across the industry, advisors are experiencing cost rate increases that are compressing margins. According to an FA Insight study, the median overhead cost per client rose 30% between 2008 and 2011.1

Rise in Median Overhead Cost per Client

30

+

Median overhead cost per client rose 30% between 2008 and 2011.1

2

%

If you can't find a way to curb the rate of cost increases, your firm’s profitability and valuation could be at risk. Compressing margins will likely continue as older clients require distributions affecting your revenue, and younger clients demand increased support and communication via new media. And, to keep up with the demands of the younger clients, you may soon need to implement more sophisticated technology solutions and hire additional staff who may or may not have the experience and skills to help you manage this increased complexity.

If you can't find a way to curb the rate of cost increases, your firm’s profitability and valuation could be at risk.

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FA Insight study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design, FA Insight, 2012

What if you could contain your costs and amplify your growth? RIAs who custody with TD Ameritrade Institutional have the opportunity to improve operational efficiencies, level off costs, and free up time to focus on revenue–generating activities. With the help of TD Ameritrade Institutional's experienced consultants and innovative technology solutions, you can apply industry best practices—helping to ensure you contain your costs and continue to grow.

Increase the Amount of Time You Spend with Your Clients

117

%

Fully integrating your technology has the potential to save time on

By integrating your existing CRM, portfolio management, and other systems with TD Ameritrade Institutional’s account management and trading ® platform, Veo , your systems will share information. With this integration, you will automate and streamline labor-intensive tasks to increase productivity and free up your staff so they can spend more time with clients.

operational activities, which can increase the amount of time you spend with your clients by 117%.2

Next Step Intergration Across Systems

3 To learn more about how you can contain your costs and amplify your growth, please:

Advisor Technology Systems

Account Management

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Streamline Tasks

Increase Productivity

Spend More Time with Clients

Additionally, by working with TD Ameritrade Institutional, you’ll have the guidance to implement best practices developed by industry experts who help advisors just like you improve their bottom line. According to internal analysis, RIAs who utilize our business consulting services grow almost twice as fast as those who don’t. In fact, according to a 2011 Aite Group study, fully integrating your technology has the potential to save 26% of you and your staff’s time on operational activities. With this savings, you can increase the amount of time you spend with your clients by 117%.2 2

Aite Group Survey of RIAs, 2011

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