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Financial Advisor February 2012 |
IMCA Boosts 2011 Membership The Investment Management Consultants Association's stepped-up efforts to attract new members paid dividends in 2011, with overall membership up 7% for the year. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Bob Clark |
Replacements Without a Clue Moss Adams LLP dropped a widely reported bombshell on the independent advisory community by announcing the firm is phasing out its practice management consulting. Who's going to fill the void? |
Investment Advisor October 2007 K. McBride & K. Stapleton |
Birds of a Feather More than ever, the professional associations that cater to financial planners and advisors are having a meaningful impact outside the planning community itself, among consumers, in the courts, and on Capitol Hill. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Bob Clark |
Name Game Advisors who want to benefit from the more favorable economics of working with fewer -- but higher net worth -- clients will increasingly need to position themselves as investment managers or wealth managers. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Melanie Waddell |
A New Benchmarking Tool's in Town There's a new benchmarking tool that gives advisors a snapshot of what competitors and colleagues in their backyards are up to: the FPA Scorecard. |
Registered Rep. November 10, 2010 Charles Paikert |
Advisor Interest In Ultra Wealthy Grows Wealthy clients, especially the younger ones, want more sophisticated advice and they want a fiduciary who will always act on their behalf. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Is Bigger Really Better? Before you rewrite your strategic plan based on Moss Adams's new research, think about why you became an independent advisor in the first place. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell |
Staffing: The Next Generation Early in the life cycle of a financial planning firm, once it grows beyond a few seasoned principals, comes the day you hire your first new young associate planner. It's an important step for your firm, and for the profession. |
Registered Rep. March 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson |
Social Media Works, Advisors Say Social media is gaining momentum with financial advisors, new research by Registered Rep. and wealthmanagement.com shows. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Joining the Fray Those who can, do, the saying goes. Three Moss Adams consultants embraced this sentiment over the past year, leaving their prestigious perches at the Seattle-based firm to practice what they preached. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Scott Wenger |
FPA's Michael Branham: Succession on His Mind The FPA s president says advisors of all ages should be thinking about the next chapter of their careers. |
Investment Advisor September 2008 Bob Clark |
Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell |
Earnings Rebound Financial advisors are making more money, putting more emphasis on education, and shifting their compensation schemes toward fees |
Financial Advisor October 2005 |
Frontline News Advisors Help Colleagues Affected By Katrina... Intuit Enters Portfolio Management Arena... Inefficient Operations Are Eating Up Revenue Growth... RIAs Overwhelmingly Oppose B-D Exemption... etc. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Andrew Gluck |
Members Only Good intentions and strict rules may have backfired for the Financial Planning Association at a time of change. |
Financial Advisor November 2012 Karen DeMasters |
FPA Membership Slide Stabilizes A free fall in the Financial Planning Association's membership over the last few years has stabilized, and the organization's new leaders say they're hopeful a turnaround is in the offing. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Bob Clark |
Selling Out Can the best way to grow an advisory practice really be to sell it? |
Investment Advisor October 2005 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: After the Flood Hurricane Katrina presents the community of independent financial planners with both challenges and opportunities. |
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Better Than Average Making a New Year's resolution to improve your practice? A new survey lets you benchmark your performance against the broader advisory community. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Suzanne Sataline |
One Year After Sandy, Lessons for Advisors A year after Sandy, advisors say they learned to help clients by becoming experts on small business, insurance - even home repair. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Glory Days Financial planners need to decide whether they want stardom or the benefits of a growing firm. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 Rebecca Pomering |
Four Horsemen Who Missed Their Appointment Things were pretty good for the profession in 2006, but will financial advisors be hearing the hoof beats soon? |
Financial Planning April 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
How Are You Doing? If you were to take a step back right now and ask yourself how well your financial advisory practice was meeting your objectives, what would your answer be? What are the successful ones doing right? Consider the following questions. |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Jeff Schlegel |
Surviving The Plunge Amid falling assets and revenue, advisors try to positions themselves for the eventual upturn. |
Financial Advisor October 2012 Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Divide? An expectation gap between older and younger advisors might be hamstringing the profession's growth. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Anne Field |
Growing Pains Ever think of your financial advisory practice as your baby? Well, you should. For one thing, it needs an awful lot of care and attention. For another, you can expect it to go through a number of fairly predictable stages of growth. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Anne Field |
Hiring Good Help A panel of experts gives advice on hiring the right new employees to grow your firm. |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Reality Check A good exercise is to periodically examine the things we know to be true and explore why we think so. Here's a list of possible misconceptions financial advisors hold to be true: Client portfolios need international exposure... It doesn't matter what the other advisors do... etc. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Deena Katz |
Great Expectations? Think British. New Rules to Apply there in 2013 New U.K. regulations will force advisors there to make big changes. You should consider following their lead. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Angela Herbers |
One Small (Big) Step The advisory industry has taken a giant leap forward in the past year. Attendees at this year's FPA NexGen conference clearly have made progress at getting small pieces of equity in their firms. |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Grove & Prince |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The top 1,200 U.S. financial advisors, who regularly earn more than $1 million on an annual basis, rely on characteristics and techniques that can be adopted and refined by a great number of advisors. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 David A. Geracioti |
What Advisors Look Like Now Here are selected highlights from a reader survey selected from wirehouses, independent broker/dealers, RIAs, financial planners, bank brokers and insurance reps that offers a pulse from this demographic on business trends. |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: The M Word Cometh Older and younger advisors both have a new appreciation for marketing. |
Entrepreneur June 2009 Asheesh Advani |
Put Your Advisory Board to Work It's time to rethink the roll of advisors and how they are compensated. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Evan Simonoff |
Challenges Confront FPA Editor's Note: Like many associations, the FPA is not doomed, but it needs to rethink its value proposition. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Andrew Gluck |
Finra Makes Its Move Who regulates financial advisors may shift. Here's a look at the positions various groups are taking on fiduciary standards. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 Mark Tibergien |
Think About These What do you think the future holds for your firm? The following 10 essential considerations have already begun to take root: No. 1: Managing growth... No. 2: Hiring professional management... etc. |
Financial Advisor September 2005 Rebecca Pomering |
The Haves And The Have-Nots Any report that makes financial advisors examine their profession, the industry, and more importantly their businesses, is a good report. Even if all the predictions in the report are wrong, having built a better business will only be to your benefit, after all. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2006 Anne Field |
Taking the Growth Plunge Even with the most sophisticated technology available, your financial advisory practice isn't going to grow significantly unless you start staffing up. |
Investment Advisor October 2010 Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: American Standard Comp tables based on surveys of advisory firms won't help you find the right salary range for your firm if those firms are over- or underpaying. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 |
GroupThink News from RIIA, IAA, MSRB, and the CFP Board. |
Financial Advisor March 2008 David J. Drucker |
Blueprint For Success Nowadays, an energetic financial planner can get up and running in three to five years. The industry has simply built a body of knowledge around starting an independent advisory firm and, independent planners have disseminated that knowledge freely. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 James J. Green |
Lessons From a Banker Investment Advisor meets with investment banker Nimi Natan, who specializes in putting together deals for smaller business owners looking to sell or merge their businesses. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Mark Tibergien |
No Accounting For This Advisory firms affiliated with CPAs are outpacing their peers. |
Investment Advisor December 2009 Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Figures Don't Lie Finding the compensation benchmarks you need may take work. |
Financial Advisor November 2007 Tracey Longo |
Is Your Price Right? A select group of advisors are significantly increasing their planning fees. Here's the lowdown on unbundling and how your pricing helps or hurts your firm. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
Person of Interest: Asking Clients for Feedback Few planners ask their customers to evaluate them. Julie Littlechild is on a mission to change that. |
Financial Advisor December 2005 Grove & Prince |
Raising The Bar On Value-Added Services There is an unequaled opportunity for growth when financial advisors leverage the expertise and resources of financial institutions and partner with their product providers. |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Hinchcliff & Longo |
Extraordinary Vs. Ordinary Experts at The 6th Annual Financial Advisor Symposium outlined what it takes for advisory firms to be among the best in the country. |