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Financial Planning
September 1, 2010
Donna Mitchell |
Mass Market The Garrett Planning Network has brought a lot of attention to the middle class as an underserved market for financial planning services.   |
Financial Advisor
December 2006
Jeff Schlegel |
The Next Wave There is a quiet movement going on within the financial advisory industry: Young financial advisors imbued with a missionary-like zeal to spread the fee-only message are striking out on their own at a much earlier age than the prior generation. |
Financial Advisor
December 2003
David J. Drucker |
So You Want To Charge Retainer Fees? Moving to retainer fees isn't just a computational change; it's a cultural one. |
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
July 2006
Tracey Longo |
Why Aren't There More Women? NAPFA's new women's roundtable plans to learn why more women aren't choosing the financial advisory profession. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2013
Dave Grant |
Start a Mentoring Program To help your youngest team members develop, set them up with mentors. Then consider finding one for yourself. |
Financial Advisor
April 2005
David J. Drucker |
Moving On How financial advisory firms are dealing with planners who leave, and take clients with them. |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
David J. Drucker |
Chasing The Wrong Clients? Some think that financial advisors are after the wrong group of wealthy clients. |
Financial Advisor
September 2004
Tracey Longo |
7 Sins Of Bad Business Planning Correcting these bad business practices might make your financial firm seem like heaven. |
Financial Advisor
April 2008
David Drucker |
Why Aren't We There Yet? When asked about financial planning as a profession, most advisors get introspective with observations like, "I don't know if our industry is a profession yet, but I know I'm a professional." When will financial become a true profession? |
Financial Advisor
June 2005
David J. Drucker |
The Ethics Of Paying CPAs For Referrals Sure, financial advisors can pay CPAs for referrals, but is it right? |
Financial Advisor
November 2006
David J. Drucker |
Who Needs To Market? The question about marketing isn't just how, it's if. Not every advisor wants to market, nor do they need to market. The need depends on three things: your time in the profession, the rate of growth you desire (if any) and the way you practice. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
Ilana Polyak |
The Influencers When we sat down to decide which nominees deserved to win in each category in the magazine's second annual Influencer Awards, we found we had far too many worthy contenders. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
Bob Veres |
The Myths of Our Age These days, the planning profession seems to be caught in a web of myths and half-truths, which make it difficult for us to talk about a lot of issues. Here are some common myths regarding the financial planning industry. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Tracey Longo |
NAPFA: Holier Than Thou The chairwoman of the the small and once-feisty organization for fee-only financial advisors seeks balance between the group's rabble-rousing roots and concern for members. |
Financial Advisor
September 2006
Andrew Gluck |
Referencing Referrals While many financial advisors around the country struggle to bring in new clients and grow their businesses, others enjoy an embarrassment of riches -- they have so much new business they don't know how to handle it. Why? |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Declaration of Independence Starting with fiduciary duty, I propose standards for a new profession. |
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
October 2012
Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Divide? An expectation gap between older and younger advisors might be hamstringing the profession's growth. |
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Jeff Schlegel |
Surviving The Plunge Amid falling assets and revenue, advisors try to positions themselves for the eventual upturn. |
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
October 2010
Mary Rowland |
Quietly Contrary Some advisors find success by scorning conventional wisdom about size, growth and clientele. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2012
Jim Grote |
Wisdom in Numbers Networking separates successful leaders from the rest of the pack. The most efficient technique for getting things done in your own practice may well involve joining a study group. |
Financial Advisor
December 2004
David J. Drucker |
Reassigning Clients Offering replacement advisors doesn't have to be a dreaded event. Many advisors have found lots of ways to do it smoothly. Just borrow from their experience and you, too, should be able to devise a system that works for your firm. |
Financial Advisor
September 2009 |
Frontline News News for the financial services industry: Regulations, Fiduciaries And Other Things... Breakaway Broker Trend Slowing?... Barney Frank Won't Push SRO For Advisors... CFP Board's Proposed New Education Standard... M&A Activity Down, But Not Out... more... |
Financial Advisor
May 2007
Karen DeMasters |
Fast Forward Financial Planning Association programs aim to build the profession of the future. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2007
Elizabeth O'brien |
Snagging Breakaways Schwab Institutional and Cambridge Investment Research have joined forces to attract financial advisors turning independent. But just how big is the prize? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Gregory Bresiger |
Advisors Are Living Dangerously Professionals continue to grapple with the question of errors and omissions insurance coverage. They believe that it is unnecessary. These uninsured advisors, one insurance executive says, run in the thousands. |
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. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2005 |
Movers & Shakers 2005 Who is showing the way in the financial planning profession? Here are nine leaders, as determined by votes from readers, judges, and editors of Financial Planning. Guy Cumbie... Roy Diliberto... Elizabeth Jetton... etc. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Angela Herbers |
Barring the Door How to stop training your (future) competition. |
Financial Advisor
November 2003
David J. Drucker |
Ethics And The Elderly Serving the elderly puts in play a host of ethical dilemmas for financial planners. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld |
Poised for Success Sheryl Clark works three days a week from home as a member of the Alliance of Cambridge Advisors. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Robert F. Keane |
"NAPFA Is Back," Says Group's Chair Fee-only planners gather in Chicago and announce new leadership |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bruce W. Fraser |
Through The Eyes Of Estate Planning Attorneys Attorneys and financial advisors are natural allies in the estate planning process, but if the relationship is not cultivated properly, it can deteriorate quickly. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008 |
Frontline News News: As the number of financial advisory players shrinks, recruiting intensifies... Pomering to run Moss Adams' RIA unit... Pershing advisor solutions sets exec committee... Larger taxable distributions on mutual funds... etc. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2006
Bob Veres |
Adviser Services 411 Here's your guide to the new support ecology that has grown up around the financial planning profession. Practice Management Tools... Client Services Resources... |
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. |
Investment Advisor
May 2006
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: A Planner's Planner Reflections on the passing of esteemed financial planner Lynn Hopewell. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2010
Bob Veres |
A Profession Comes Of Age As the planning profession reaches maturity, motive and opportunity seem to be conspiring to create a better professional world. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
June 2007
David J. Drucker |
Defining Success Do financial industry studies of profitability and compensation measure success the way you define it? Maybe it's time for the media to abandon assets under management in favor of a more appropriate measure of advisors' accomplishments. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: The Riddle of the CFP Board Have you ever wondered what those folks at the Certified Financial Planning Board are thinking? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Avoid the Boiler Room Some financial advisors know more about sales than they do about investing. Finding good financial advice is tough. Investors with little or no knowledge about their finances are extremely vulnerable to disreputable professionals. |
Financial Advisor
November 2008
John Knowlton |
A Bigger Challenge A reasonable case can be made that the greatest challenge facing the financial advisory profession will be to attract, develop and retain qualified staff. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Angela Herbers |
From Senior to Partner A description of a smooth transition from senior advisor to partner. |
