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Serving Small Business Forging solid relationships with small-business owners gives financial planners a chance to grow with clients.   |
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April 1, 2013
Scott Wenger |
Editor's Note: Teaming Up for Small Business As entrepreneurial clients build their businesses, advisors should bring in specialists to maximize the value |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2013
Ann Marsh |
Succeed With Small Business Clients It takes a team to serve small business clients - so make sure you know how to be a strong quarterback. |
Financial Advisor
October 2010
Steve Parrish |
Time To Rebuild Financial advisors can help battered business owners plan for the future. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2011
Elizabeth Wine |
Retirement Rules for Small Business Clients Retirement plans are fast becoming an important tool for small businesses to attract and retain talent. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Ann Marsh |
Think Small to Land Big Advising clients about their small businesses is not for the control freak, the timid or the egocentric. But for planners who venture into this terrain, working with entrepreneurs may provide some of the most satisfying experiences - financially and emotionally - of their careers. |
Investment Advisor
November 2005
Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Wising up Only one person can define your success: you. Before listening to consultants, financial advisors should listen to themselves. |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Mark Feffer |
The Family Lock Box Retirement planning is all about identifying the client's desired retirement lifestyle, then translating that into savings and investment goals. But increasingly, family crises, and the emotions that go with them, are disrupting these well-laid plans. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
A Dynasty of One's Own When family wealth comes from a family business, the planning can get personal. Here's what financial advisors need to know. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Stephanie Bogan |
Growth: Realizing Your Potential To build your advisory practice into what you dream it will be, you need to see it clearly and then think like a businessperson, streamline operations and market yourself. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Roger Verboon |
Succession Planning: Moving on Advisors excel at helping clients plan for the different stages of their lives. But when it comes to planning for stages of their own business lives-particularly the last one-many fail to take their own advice. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005
Nichole L. Torres |
Money Matters Answers to some important questions about who should, and shouldn't, be watching your money -- from Jack Waymire, author of Who's Watching Your Money? The 17 Paladin Principles for Selecting a Financial Advisor. |
Registered Rep.
November 25, 2009
Philip Palaveev |
The Top 10 Financial Mistakes Advisors Make Personal financial issues occur in every channel of the industry and affect advisors of every size of practice -- from the owners of very large wealth management firms to small independent practitioners. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2007
Jim Grote |
Practice Profile: The Enterprising Client Financial planners, Peggy Eddy and her husband Bob specialize in clients who, like themselves, love being entrepreneurs. |
Registered Rep.
December 13, 2011
Charles Paikert |
What Advisors Should Know About the Small Business Owner Market The good news: 50 percent of small business owners could use an advisor, and the best prospects, according to the survey, are women, younger owners, and owners who are thinking about retiring. |
Financial Advisor
October 2010
David Lawrence |
A View From Both Sides To successfully retire, financial advisors have to carefully plan and develop a clear direction before taking action. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Scott Wenger |
Small Biz, Big Thinking Those who are on their own or run a small RIA practice have no doubt spent countless hours doing tasks - picking an office, choosing vendors, hiring assistants, etc. - that have nothing to do with being a CFP. |
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.
November 1, 2005
Todd K. Ballenger |
Trading Down to a Better Retirement Without preying on your clients' fears, you can use the concern over the real estate bubble to do something that financial advisors should have been doing all along: talk about real estate as part of the comprehensive investment plan. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
5 Ways to Act Like an Entrepreneur Whether you run your own firm or your practice is part of a larger organization, an entrepreneurial strategy will help you create long-term success. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2014
Anne Field |
Plug And Play? Matthew Westhoff and his partners have a successful practice and want to expand it by letting other advisors plug into their operation. How can they structure a competitive contract and attract qualified candidates? |
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Melanie Waddell |
Catch Up How financial advisors can meet the challenge of keeping pace with their clients' retirement needs in a changing world. |
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Bob Clark |
Why Bigger is Better This compensation and staffing study offers a preview of how financial advisory firms will be different five or 10 years from now. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Angela Herbers |
Advisor, Heal Thyself Good advice to advisors these days is that they revise their own financial plans. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2007
Nancy Opiela |
Love, Life...Insurance In general, life and health insurance are subjects financial advisors discuss reluctantly and infrequently. But they're tools that are essential to wealth management. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Karen DeMasters |
Succession Survival Guide Advisors plan for their clients' futures but often ignore their own. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Jeanne Lee |
Protection Money Financial planners can cement their position as trusted advisors to small business owners by starting conversations about succession plans that provide a legacy for their families. |
Investment Advisor
March 2008
Angela Herbers |
Words of Wisdom Keeping older professionals in the industry should be a priority. And if we don't do something to rectify this situation sooner rather than later, we face the prospect of watching the experience of a whole generation literally walk out the door. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
April 2010
David J. Drucker |
Deyfing The Odds Small practitioners thrive in spite of predictions they wouldn't. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2012
William Ainson |
13 Steps to Avoid Fumbling Your First Meeting With A Prospect Whether you are relatively new to the planning business or have been in the profession for decades, odds are you have lost potential clients as a result of mistakes made at a first meeting. |
Financial Advisor
April 2006
Karen DeMasters |
Mission Critical Here's how financial advisors can help small businesses find affordable health insurance plans. |
Investment Advisor
February 1, 2011
Angie Herbers |
The Why Factor: Explaining the Revenue-Employee Motivation Link What makes a tremendous difference in employees' future performance and contribution to an advisory firm is making sure they really want the job. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2008
Michael A. Bell |
Time Is Money When asked what their greatest challenge is, virtually all advisors say it's not product complexity -- or even the regulatory landscape -- that causes the most stress. It's lack of time. |
Investment Advisor
May 1, 2011
Angie Herbers |
The Fruits of Passion Creating passionate employees is one of the keys to building a great advisory firm |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2015
Mary Stark-Hood |
Succession Planning According to a 2014 Financial Planning Association Survey, the greatest financial challenge facing small business owners is developing a retirement plan and exit strategy. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Angie Herbers |
A Star is Made When advisors hire "stars," they expect them to "hit the ground running," but the best employees aren't hired; they are created in-house. |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Mike Sheets |
Satisfying Your Self-Made Clients Some of the most challenging clients to help transition into retirement are business owners or career professionals who have had some success managing their own money during their working years. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Joni Youngwirth |
Who Is Your Firm's CFO? Advisory firms need to better manage their financial risks. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse If a new survey is to be believed, advisors who help their clients with retirement planning -- and that's most of you -- will soon face a difficult choice: Change the way you service clients or watch your profits shrink. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
David Grau |
Worthy Successors In the financial services industry, the general term "succession planning" describes any number of plans to deal with an owner's departure from the business. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
Embracing The Small Client The trend is to seek out big accounts, but many investment managers and planners continue to value relationships with small clients. |
Financial Advisor
May 2010
David J. Drucker |
Help From Your Friends More advisors are signing on to advisor networks to fast-track their businesses. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012 |
Sex Bias "The financial services industry needs to do a better job of recruiting, training and retaining women as financial advisors if it is going to successfully meet the demand of women small business owners," said Mary Quist-Newins. |
Entrepreneur
June 2008
Carol Tice |
Give Yourself a Raise How entrepreneurs can get an income boost and cut taxes at the same time. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2004
Anne Field |
Thinking Small (In a Good Way) The small-business market can be a big one for many financial advisors - just make sure you understand the terrain. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2006
Marshall Eckblad |
The Retirement Puzzle Serving retirees might be a lot less profitable than most financial planners imagine. There are certainly opportunities in catering to this wealthy crowd, but only if you know where to look. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Angela Herbers |
Under-Cookin' the Books There is irony in the fact that a significant number of financial advisory firms don't keep adequate financial records of their own. |
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Tracey Longo |
Small Businesses Confused About Retirement Plans The SBA and Nationwide Financial say advisors can help. |
