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On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Larry Silver	Get Closer to Clients Don't just hang your shingle in the local business district and expect prospective customers to come to you.
On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Carri Degenhardt-Burke	Guide to Increasing Your Business For one thing, advisors need a dynamic branch manager to help them grow their business in tough times.
Registered Rep. December 15, 2011 Diana Britton	Want to Outperform in 2012? Fire Some Clients The fastest-growing advisors in 2012 are likely going to be those who can become more calculated and deliberate about the types of clients they do business with.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Ray Sclafani	Get Some Support An increasing number of B-Ds are recognizing the importance of coaching and training for advisors -- especially their top producers.
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Registered Rep. June 30, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly.
Registered Rep. June 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Too Much Client Hand-Holding, Not Enough Prospecting The nervous-client-syndrome has yet to wear off. That's according to a new survey that says most advisors are still spending the majority of their time with existing clients rather then generating new business.
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Joseph J. Duran	Are You a Dinosaur? One of the most important keys to longevity in any industry is to recognize and adapt to major structural shifts in order to avoid becoming extinct. As financial advice changes, it's wise to heed this basic rule of nature.
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj	Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness.
On Wall Street November 1, 2008 Alden Cass	Age Before Beauty: Experience Helps in Tough Markets If you are confident and unbending in tough times, your clients will respect you.
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr.	5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips.
Investment Advisor April 1, 2011 Steve Luckenbach	The Path to Authentic Client Service Advisors must 'serve,' not 'sell' in order to regain investors' trust and elevate their perceptions of the financial services industry
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 John J Bowen	Can We Talk? Reaching out to clients and communicating with them during periods of intense market volatility is an absolutely essential-and effective-way to differentiate yourself from other advisors and win the loyalty of your clients.
Registered Rep. March 25, 2008 Halah Touryalai	J.P. Morgan Offers Retention Deal To Bear Reps. Will It Be Sweet Enough? The retention package makes obvious the kind of advisors CEO Jamie Dimon is hoping will call his firm home.
On Wall Street December 1, 2010 Matthew Leung	Winning Over Clients Who Have Been Burned It's not surprising that investors and even financial advisors may be disheartened about the market. So how can advisors remain motivated and prevent clients from sitting on the sidelines?
Financial Advisor June 2005 Grove & Prince	Preserving Client Relationships In Down Markets What should financial advisors do when the stock market tanks? Communicate early and often to keep clients happy.
Registered Rep. August 24, 2011 Charles Paikert	Family Businesses Offer Opportunities -- and Pitfalls -- for Wealth Managers Advisors have to be more aware of the interplay between a family's personal portfolio and its business.
Financial Advisor October 2005 Chris Radford	Practice Management: What The Survey Doesn't Say Because there are no surefire business plans for success, it takes a unique combination for each financial advisor to find the "x-factor" -- that intangible number in every business opportunity that equals ultimate success.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough.
Financial Advisor November 2003 Blomfield & Hamil	Who Puts Clients First? Client-centered financial advisors have an edge over ones focused on investments.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Angela Herbers	Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first
Registered Rep. March 2, 2010	Check Out RegisteredRep.com's Newly Revamped Advisor Forums Want to "socialize" with other financial advisors? Discuss how to sell your book? Have a question about marketing yourself to high-net-worth investors? These and many more topics are being discussed right now on RegisteredRep.com's Advisor Forums.
On Wall Street December 1, 2011 Carri Degenhardt-Burke	Does Your Firm Have Your Back? From managers to million dollar producers, we scoured Wall Street to Main Street to be told repeatedly that constant communication and perspective can help see your clients through the difficult times and into the good.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	More Than Equal A study of the role of the female financial advisor. The research compares female to male advisors and looks at the varying performance levels of women advisors.
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 John J Bowen Jr	Interesting Times This interesting financial environment offers unparalleled opportunities for advisors to grow their businesses and come out of the current mess stronger than ever.
Registered Rep. March 24, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Will Dimon Offer Retention Package To Coveted Bear Advisors? JP Morgan's chief may have asked rival firms to back off from hiring Bear Stearns advisors, but that doesn't mean competitors have stopped offering recruiting deals to anxious Bear reps.
Financial Advisor June 2008 Grove & Prince	Survival Of The Fittest Whatever plateau your advisory business may have reached, whatever ceiling you might have bumped up against -- now is the time to blast off or blast through.
Registered Rep. August 9, 2010 Susan Konig	How One BOM Retains Top FAs The dizzying industry turmoil of the last few years has induced wirehouses to offer their top producers some of the largest retention packages ever.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008 Halah Touryalai	Anywhere But Here No, you didn't want to be a financial advisor at Bear Stearns during the week of March 10. That was the week that news broke about Bear's serious liquidity problems, and the week it had to be bailed out.
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.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince	Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors.
Financial Advisor July 2007 Tracey Longo	The Big Picture Clearing firms stake their future on helping financial advisors' businesses grow.
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Danny Sarch	This Is Your Career, So Start Acting Like It Like any labor market, the financial services one comes down to supply and demand, and a number of forces are in line to start pushing values down.
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Financial Advisor May 2005 Shaw-Grove & Prince	Taking the Pulse of Affluent Investors A recent survey reveals that millionaire investors have changed their thinking over the past four years and have lost faith in their financial advisors.
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Jonathan Scheid	Surviving the Heat Advisors often panic in economic downturns, throwing best business practices out the window. But the advice for advisors is the same as at any other time: Don't overreact or overcorrect. Here are tips for survival in today's market.
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Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
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