Sara Grillo

AUGUST 25, 2023

I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS. Please conduct your own due diligence and come to your own decision. Also, nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as legal or compliance advice.

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Diamond Consultants

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When it comes to due diligence and even a transition, no two advisors – or their paths – are the same. Here’s why that matters… It’s interesting how advisors think that many of the processes around due diligence and transition are the same. And, of course, there are certain steps that pretty much are what they are.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 24, 2024

But before we get to the blog… Look, there are alot of schmucks out there hawking crap products disguised as financial advice. I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS. Please conduct your own due diligence and come to your own decision. Don’t be fooled!

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Indigo Marketing Agency

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Plus, I was very impressed by your direct, no-nonsense, non-salesy approach—which was the opposite of what I often see from other marketing consultants. Each member of my team did their own due diligence and gave a thumbs-up to moving forward with Indigo as well. Develop a blog content calendar.

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Sara Grillo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS. Check out this blog I wrote about all the BS financial advisor awards. Please conduct your own due diligence and come to your own decision. I was recently featured in a MarketWatch article about how to find a good financial advisor.

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Diamond Consultants

MARCH 28, 2025

Conducting due diligence on the acquiring firms offerings, platform, and retention package is critical.You might be surprised to find that the grass is actually greener with the new broker dealer if it provides the additional resources needed to take your business to the next level. Start the vetting process.

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Diamond Consultants

JUNE 21, 2022

Advisors often wonder if there’s a right time to embark upon the due diligence process. If the gap is big enough and important enough to justify the hassle of a move, then it makes sense to begin due diligence. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Best practices to consider. A subset of this tool is available here.)

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Diamond Consultants

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

While this is an important step in any due diligence process, evaluating another firm and envisioning what makes an opportunity ideal requires more than checking a series of boxes. Advisors sometimes surprise themselves with the outcome of their due diligence. Consider these 5 key areas to serve as your guide….

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Diamond Consultants

AUGUST 13, 2024

No doubt, the process of conducting due diligence can be a lonely one, so you might reason that it’s better to have someone to share the effort with. If you plan to conduct due diligence with a friend, you must be honest with yourself. You operate better as an individual. Is it a good idea? The answer is, “It depends!”

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Sara Grillo

MAY 16, 2022

For those of you new to my blog, my name is Sara G. I’m a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Please conduct your own due diligence and come to your own decision. See you in the next blog!

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Pension Pulse

MAY 16, 2024

For more information, visit cdpq.com , consult our LinkedIn or Instagram pages, or follow us on X. I would recommend you read its company blog posts here to gain an appreciation of what they do. When you are the size of CDPQ, you want to write €300m in private debt financing to get the most bang for your due diligence buck.

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Diamond Consultants

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is Diamond Consultants’ annual endeavor to set the record straight: What are the most common “myths” that can stall an advisor’s plans to realize their full potential? But more than that, there is power in conducting due diligence. Let’s dive in: “ The wirehouse world is truly open architecture.”

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Diamond Consultants

MAY 24, 2022

So, it’s critical that the due diligence process provides the answer with clear and meaningful client benefits identified along the way. So, keeping the idea of “what’s in it for my clients” top-of-mind when performing due diligence will ensure that you really understand how a new firm could move the needle for all.

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The Private Equiteer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This article explores the nuts and bolts of sourcing middle market private equity dealsfrom the importance of relationships and technology to creative strategies and case studieswithout diving into the due diligence or differentiation debates that usually come later. Their referrals often lead to the highest quality deals.

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Diamond Consultants

JUNE 23, 2022

After your own due diligence, you may find that the new BD is actually the right one for you. Any time a firm is sold, advisors owe it to themselves – and, as fiduciaries, their clients – to make sure that where they will land is, in fact, the very best choice. Or you may find that better opportunities actually exist elsewhere.

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Diamond Consultants

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These points may be a bit more nebulous and cerebral than our normal due-diligence-centric teach pieces, but they’re no less critical. Put another way, we believe that without the right mindset, it’s impossible to determine if where and how you practice is indeed best for your business and clients.

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Sara Grillo

JUNE 12, 2023

For those of you who are new to my blog/podcast, my name is Sara. It requires care, skill, prudence, and due diligence (a best interests standard of care) to be followed when selling insurance. Please consult a consultant. I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor. And 0:30:26.4

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Diamond Consultants

MAY 9, 2023

Here are six that are most common: Investment platform – Access to a myriad of investment managers and solutions is not a given; it requires deep relationships and a due diligence framework to ensure all investment products are properly vetted. So, what are some areas in which a firm might provide value to advisors?

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Diamond Consultants

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Pre-emptively hiring an attorney to help determine how at-risk you are for termination and beginning due diligence with a trusted recruiter to understand how hirable you are will help to make the decision. Ideally, advisors should always have a solid “Plan B” in place.

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Diamond Consultants

JANUARY 17, 2023

For those who fall into this category, the notion of affiliating with an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction (referred to as an OSJ) is likely to come up during due diligence. Yet, plenty of advisors want an even greater level of support—not to mention a sense of community.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 8, 2023

For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Prior to joining MetLife in 2013, Bobby was a consultant to life insurers, distributors and high-end agents.

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Sara Grillo

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For those of you who are new to my blog/podcast, my name is Sara. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Thanks for reading our blog about the drawbacks of ESG investing. Please contact a consultant or advisor. I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. For those of you who are new to my blog, my name is Sara. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. Scott Salaske of Firstmetric.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

You have a blog. And you could probably get that dressing in small pieces if you want because when I do my YouTube videos and blog posts, you’re essentially seeing things that will show up as riffs in my class. DAMODARAN: We’re going to do our due diligence. We also tell them to do due diligence.

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Diamond Consultants

JANUARY 21, 2025

Advisors regularly get calls from recruiters, consultants, branch managers, complex directors, business development officersthe list goes on and on. And most advisors dislike the process of exploration and due diligence. In each case, it feels like everyone has a solution (read: firm) to sell.

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Diamond Consultants

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Whether or not you are actively thinking of making a move, advisors must remain vigilant in protecting their confidentiality around any due diligence they perform. Clients can’t be informed or consulted unless allowed by the terms of any existing employment agreements. There’s a saying that can’t ring truer: Word travels fast.

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Diamond Consultants

MARCH 25, 2025

Accordingly, most advisors will demo key pieces of tech and speak to firm leadership across various core competencies during the due diligence process (for example, if you are an advisor who trades a lot of municipal bonds, you might speak with the firms head of fixed income trading).

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Diamond Consultants

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In fact, if you have never held your firm up to the critical lens of due diligence, how can you really know that it continues to be the very best place to serve clients and grow your business? This is not to suggest that all advisors should make a move.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Somehow no one in due diligence ever asked them about any of this. And so that’s actually when I started blogging, I started kidding. And not being able to tell them or show them makes it harder for them to do due diligence to understand how it may have behaved. I’ve never been introduced.

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