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Registered Rep. October 10, 2011 Susan Konig	How to Guide Your FAs through Turbulent Times Branch managers must guide and motivate financial advisors to keep a positive attitude.
Registered Rep. September 24, 2010 David A. Geracioti	Sex, Drugs and Financial Advisors Stress levels for even the most accomplished financial advisor is high -- even in the best of times.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2011 Susan Konig	NOT My Generation: How to Manage Multiple Generations of FAs A 2010 survey by Lee Hecht Harrison, a Woodcliff, N.J., career management firm, found that over 60 percent of employers surveyed said they were experiencing substantial tension between employees of different age groups.
Registered Rep. March 12, 2012 Susan Konig	The Happiest Branch Office Managers Around While job satisfaction surveys seem to be everywhere in the industry these days, you'd be hard-pressed to find even one devoted to the role of branch office manager.
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. February 13, 2012 Susan Konig	Branch Managers Key to Team Building It's no secret that many branch managers feel their firms now view them more as "costly overhead" rather than as talented coaches and leaders who can greatly benefit their firms' bottom lines.
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.
On Wall Street December 1, 2010 Denise Federer	Creating Better Branch Manager Relationships Have you ever considered the role your branch manager's actions play in your success and satisfaction as a financial advisor?
Registered Rep. September 8, 2015 John Kador	When Advisors Have Advisors Wise advisors accept that when it comes to their own financial destinies, their judgments are, at times, clouded by the same emotional blindspots and irrational reasoning that beguile the clients they serve.
On Wall Street June 1, 2012	Five Questions With Stephen Wershing Forget about asking for referrals. That's the advice of former financial advisor Stephen Wershing, CFP. He tells us how advisors can reorder their thinking.
Financial Advisor March 2011 Bill Bachrach	Success Leaves Clues A look inside the minds of the most successful advisors.
Registered Rep. August 13, 2012 Susan Konig	Can FA Training Programs Redeem Themselves? Brokerages have an outmoded and inefficient way to train new advisors. The high expense and low success rate of broker trainee programs is increasingly problematic for branch managers, who must continually find new talent.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2012 David T. Berman	Bank Branch Secrets A former bank-affiliated financial advisor dishes on the pros and cons of working in a bank.
Financial Advisor October 2012 Evan Simonoff	The Significance Of Your Other A new book by Nick and Joan Murray seeks to empower advisors' life partners. It's called Talking It Over Just the Two of Us: A Guide for the Financial Advisor's Life Partner.
On Wall Street November 1, 2008 Matthew Leung	Keeping Current Is Critical in Challenging Markets Clients' needs rule the day, so take advantage of existing educational sources, even in disparate areas of your work life.
Financial Advisor September 2005 William H. Overgard	The Cornerstone Of The Business Any successful financial adviser knows that trust is what drives the relationship with the investor and ultimately the success of the fee-based advisory business.
Registered Rep. November 4, 2011 John Aidan Byrne	Rep-as-Portfolio Manager Programs Taking Off Despite the compliance hurdles, more than one third of financial advisors see direct handling of clients' assets by FAs acting as their portfolio managers clearly outpacing other fee-based management styles in the next three years.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Less turmoil, Please Investors have had their fill of volatility and are communicating their displeasure to their FAs, an annual advisor sentiment survey sponsored by Curian Capital shows.
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Financial Advisor June 2012	Forward Progress Five experts discuss the state of the advisory business.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 John Churchill	The Ghost in the Machine How did a homeless man with no credentials or experience get in the door and rise to the top as a stockbroker at two of the Street's most prestigious names, then go on to make millions running his own firm? In a phrase, he had what it takes.
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Danny Sarch	Seven Reasons Why Advisors Move A firm that's hemorrhaging money isn't the only reason advisors leave. Company polices and management attitudes also play a part.
Registered Rep. September 25, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	"I Don't Work for a Wirehouse" Firms' credibility with clients, particularly those attached to banks, took a hit following the financial crisis. Five years later, have the firms earned back client trust?
Registered Rep. June 18, 2014 Matt Oechsli	Building a Multigenerational Wealth Management Team The most common exit strategy for a veteran advisor getting ready to retire is to sell his or her book according to the guidelines established either by their firm or industry valuations standards.
Financial Advisor February 2005 Eva Marer	Money Manners For Advisors Financial advisors know that making a stellar first impression can turn a VIP prospect into a star client. Yet sometimes we need to be reminded of the details of decorum that can make or break a deal.
Registered Rep. February 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	It's a Tough Route for Younger Advisors Anew report by Charles Schwab, which shows that advisors under the age of 40 are more likely than their older peers to feel pressure to grow their book of business, or to focus on selling proprietary products.
BusinessWeek June 12, 2006	Off the Floor, Onto the Couch The clients of clinical psychologist Alden Cass are high-flying Wall Street traders. They just need a little help coping with the stress.
Registered Rep. December 19, 2008 Christina Mucciolo	Merrill Tweaks Grid; Lowers It For Smaller FAs Merrill Lynch executives released the 2009 Financial Advisor Comp Plan -- with good news and bad.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Erin Schulte	A Perilous Position? The duties of branch office managers (BOMs) have morphed from business strategist and rainmaker to compliance cop. The role, once considered a plum job and stepping stone up the corporate ladder, is increasingly being regarded as a risky, thankless task.
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr	Time to Say Goodbye Today's most successful advisors recognize a simple but powerful fact of business: It's better to work with a small number of great clients than to serve a huge base of clients who are only mediocre.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2005 Matt Barthel	Reinventing the Branch Manager The do-it-all BOM -- the guy who would mentor a financial office's young bucks, auditing their tickets and their client interactions all while recruiting and tending his own book -- is becoming obsolete in today's compliance-happy environment.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	How Sweet It Is? A recent survey ranked financial advisor as the third-best job in the U.S.
Registered Rep. September 12, 2011 Susan Konig	Recruiting Has Been Tough in 2011 but Experts Say It Should Improve Next Year As a result of challenges wirehouse managers are looking to recruit from places they typically didn't in the past.
Registered Rep. April 21, 2009 Christina Mucciolo	Smaller Advisors On The Firing Line It used to be that financial advisors never got fired.
Financial Advisor March 2012 Joni Youngwirth	When To Prune One can find good reasons to cut clients and good reasons not to. Advisors who do are typically happy they took action.
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall	Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change.
Registered Rep. May 13, 2010 Christina Mucciolo	Edward Jones Top Advisor Attrition Remains Rock-Bottom, Says Weddle After Edward Jones lost two top producing reps and increased production expectations last month, some media outlets and recruiters made a lot of noise about rising advisor defections at Edward Jones.
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Consultation, Not Just Advice Financial advisors offer advice, of course, but they'd be much better off if they thought of themselves as consultants.
Registered Rep. September 13, 2010 Susan Konig	Wirehouse Recruiting Stalls, Deals Keep Rising but Fewer Advisors Moving These days there are a lot more strings attached to recruiting packages and in the current market they're not great for brokers or firms.
Registered Rep. January 28, 2013 Anne Field	Grooming the Reluctant Apprentice A New Jersey advisor thought he had the perfect match for a junior partner, until she got cold feet about moving into the client spotlight. Our panel of experts helps them reconcile opposing goals.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	Inside The Minds Of Financial Advisors A conversation with Alden Cass, a clinical psychologist who specializes in financial-services employees.
On Wall Street March 1, 2011 Conrad & Konish	Compensation 2011 While recruiting packages generate a lot of interest, the actual pay that advisors receive from their firms doesn't get as much attention. So once again, On Wall Street has sifted through the payout grids in our industry for a unique comparison of their pay packages.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2011 Kristen French	Broker Report Card 2011: It's Getting Better All the Time Registered Rep.'s 21st annual Broker Report Cards showed advisor satisfaction ratings creeping higher this year across the board -- on everything from compensation and benefits, compliance support and sales support to products.
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.
Registered Rep. December 12, 2011 Susan Konig	Recruiting Wars Heat Up in 2012 A confluence of factors has shrunk the pool of potential recruits for wirehouse firms, and that means competition for the best advisors is fierce.
Financial Advisor May 2010 Evan Simonoff	Nick Murray On Numbers As the country emerges from a nasty recession, this perceptive observer of the financial services industry is upbeat about the future for advisors. A conversation with Nick Murray.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Trust An Advisor? The fallout from Bernie Madoff's alleged fraud on the financial advisory business might not disappear for a long while.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Tibergien & Littlechild	Consider the Clients If you are one of the many who is thinking about buying, or merging, your book of business or a substantive advisory firm, no doubt you have thought about risk. Hint: it's the firm's clients who determine its true value. So talk to them.
On Wall Street February 1, 2010 Matthew Leung	Improving Asset Retention- Keeping Open Dialogue Is Key The top piece of advice from branch managers: Know where all of the client's assets are located.