The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors

The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors

Launched in 2017 as Mindy Diamond on Independence, the show has taken on a broader perspective beyond the independent space to include topics, insights, and candid conversations around financial advisor transitions, growth, and an ever-changing industry landscape. Each episode is designed to offer objective guidance and actionable advice with some of the industry’s brightest movers and shakers.

Episodes

If You Build It, Will They Buy It? A Special Industry Update on M&A

May 1, 2025 • 43 mins
A download on M&A for the advisor who has an interest in building a business designed to be an attractive prospect for sale at maximum enterprise value. Identifies options to consider, the risks, and potential rewards.
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The Canadian Wealth Management Perspective: One-on-One with the CEO of $35B Wellington-Altus

April 24, 2025 • 54 mins
Shaun Hauser offers a unique perspective on how our northern neighbors perceive the wealth management industry, drawing comparisons to practices and firms in the US, and providing insights into creating an independent firm that has achieved extraordinary growth.
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The Buck Starts Here: Ex-Edward Jones Advisor on His Leap to Independence

April 17, 2025 • 38 mins
Glenn Israel reached a point where he recognized that, as an employee, he was limited in his ability to serve clients and grow his business. So he left Edward Jones to launch GFI Wealth Partners and shares what he learned in the transition process, what he can do differently in independence, and more.
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Michael Kitces on the Secrets to Accelerating Growth and Maximizing Efficiency

April 10, 2025 • 80 mins
The industry thought leader shares insights on the factors that impact efficiency and growth, citing research from his latest Productivity study, and weighs in on launching a firm, building a team, the role of technology and AI, and much more.
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“The Least Boring CPA” on How Tax Planning Can Add Value to Clients and Your Business

April 3, 2025 • 49 mins
Steven Jarvis, the founder and CEO of Tax Retirement Services, offers advice on how a CPA can help increase the growth and enterprise value of an advisor’s business by providing tax planning strategies and more.
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LPL’s Acquisition of Commonwealth and What it Means for Advisors and the Industry

March 29, 2025
LPL Financial, the largest independent broker dealer, is set to acquire Commonwealth Financial Network. Louis Diamond shares a perspective for Commonwealth advisors and LPL advisors alike and what the acquisition means for the industry at large.
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The Leap from IBD to RIA: Unpacking a $700mm to $1.7B Growth Story

March 27, 2025 • 56 mins
Scott Pinkerton of FourThought Private Wealth offers a perspective on outgrowing the independent broker dealer model, transitioning to an independent RIA, and the extraordinary growth realized as a result of the change. Scott unpacks the difference between the models, shares why he opted to sell equity to Focus Financial, and more.
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The Annual Update on Advisor Transitions and Deals: 2024 Edition

March 20, 2025 • 47 mins
In this companion guide to the annual Advisor Transition Report, Jason Diamond and Louis Diamond share key findings and post-publication insights from the annual state of the industry, with updates on advisor movement, transition deals, and more.
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Crafting the Perfect Employer Value Proposition: The Key to Attracting and Retaining Top Talent

March 13, 2025 • 49 mins
A special episode designed for firms with their sights set on enhancing recruiting efforts and advisors looking to attract new team members, offering the steps to craft an effective Employer Value Proposition (EVP), with examples on usage and potential impact on hiring success and retention.
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Up Close with Rich Steinmeier: LPL’s CEO on the Transformation of a $1.8T Company

March 6, 2025 • 62 mins
Rich Steinmeier offers a candid perspective of LPL’s journey and how the founding core principles remain a pillar of the business today, even as evolutionary changes have made it one of the hottest firms in the industry.
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Beyond the Broker Dealer: Next Gen Sheds Light on Their Evolution to RIA

February 27, 2025 • 54 mins
Gideon Drucker shares a multi-generational growth story, evolving from the insurance world, to independent broker dealer HTK, and most recently, to fully independent as an RIA. Now CEO, Gideon shares insights on his own evolution from next gen to leader, the advantages of independence, and their transition.
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Friends & Fiduciaries: College Roommates Leave Their Series 7s Behind to Build an Independent Business

February 20, 2025 • 50 mins
Chris Griffith and Henry Wheelwright, rising stars in the wirehouse world, share their growth story and motivations to leave Morgan Stanley and launch their own independent firm on the Goldman Sachs custody platform.
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The Lifecycle of a Billion Dollar Business: Build at a Broker Dealer, Grow as an RIA, then Sell

February 13, 2025 • 50 mins
Bryan Sweet of Sweet Financial Partners shares the ultimate independent business growth story, starting with 32 years under the Raymond James BD umbrella, then as an RIA, and most recently selling to Carson Wealth.
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What’s on the Minds of Elite Advisors and Teams? A Special Industry Update

February 6, 2025 • 35 mins
What drives the industry’s top advisors and teams? This special episode with Jason and Mindy Diamond explores the traits that drive their success, as well as the challenges they face.
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Unlocking a Niche: 30-Year Wirehouse Veteran on Building a $1B Independent Business

January 30, 2025 • 53 mins
Gerry Spitzer of Questar Capital Partners discusses leaving the wirehouse world after 30 years to launch an independent firm, sharing a perspective of building a business at Merrill and, more recently, UBS, and why focused, niche businesses may be better served in the independent space.
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Focus Financial Partners 2.0: Inside Baseball from the New CEO on the Firm’s Evolution

January 23, 2025 • 70 mins
Michael Nathanson shares his vision for Focus, offering a unique insider’s perspective on the firm’s evolution and differentiators, and how that plays into the future of independence. Plus, he offers thoughts on his own transition to CEO and advice for advisors and business leaders.
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Unconstrained Growth: $6B+ Former UBS Team Finds Real Freedom to Focus on Clients

January 16, 2025 • 48 mins
Tony Smith of Stonegate Investment Group discusses transitioning from UBS after 14 years and $4.4B in AUM to independence and building the business to $6B, including the motivations to make a change at this stage of his career, how they achieved such extraordinary growth in a short time, and much more.
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The Most Valuable Insights for Advisors: On Goals, Growth, and Building Something Great

January 9, 2025 • 31 mins
A compendium of advice extracted from 48 episodes of the 2024 season of the Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors, including the importance of your “Why,” the most compelling reasons for change, being a “true” fiduciary, unique value propositions, and more.
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The Good News on Marketing: An Industry Legend on How to Grow Bigger Faster

December 26, 2024 • 54 mins
A free session on accelerating growth via marketing with one of the leading firms in the wealth management industry. They offer advice on the value of content, the referral process, building strategic partnerships, CRMs and technology, and much more.
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An Advisor’s Guide to 2025: The Impact of 2024 on the New Year

December 19, 2024 • 32 mins
Mindy and Louis Diamond’s annual review is designed to provide guidance on the most impactful wealth management industry trends anticipated for 2025 including transitions, deals, comp, private equity, the wirehouse recruiting race, and more.
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