For the past few years, financial advisors in the dealer channel have been among the eldest in Investment Executive's Report Card series. That trend has continued this year and, in turn, a greater percentage of advisors surveyed said they have a documented succession plan in place.In fact, not only are advisors in the dealer channel among the oldest surveyed, they are actually getting older. The average age of advisors surveyed rose to 52.6 this year, up from 50.4 in 2012. And among the advisors surveyed, 39.2% say they have a documented succession plan in place, a notable increase from 18.6% in 2012.