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55% -- advisors reporting new client acquisition as top challenge for financial advisors (2025)
55% of financial advisors reported new client acquisition as one of their top challenges according to a Cerulli study.
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55%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Cerulli Associates
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https://www.redrocksp.com/post/advancing-up-the-organic-growth-pyramid ↗
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Advancing Up the Organic Growth Pyramid
Advancing Up the Organic Growth Pyramid
In my previous article, The Foundation of Organic Growth, we explored the core strategy for growing your wealth management business: establishing relationship primacy. Now, we’ll move further up the growth pyramid and dive into proven methods for acquiring new…
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financial advisors: 55% advisors reporting new client acquisition as top challenge. Source: Cerulli Associates (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/financial-advisors-client-acquisition-challenge-cerulli
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