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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 |
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 Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them. |
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. |
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 September 2005 Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: The Price of Everything... If you're not adding profit into what each financial advisory client costs, you're losing money. Advisors who use a combination of performance fees tied to assets and a retainer tied to more complex planning are able to consistently demonstrate their value. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2011 Martin Shenkman |
Keeping the Faith When it comes to estate and financial planning, religious topics are rarely discussed and almost never integrated into planning. |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Smarter Way to Plan Your Portfolio The right fee-only planner can make a huge difference in the outcome of your investments. |
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. October 29, 2013 David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: November 2013 A common refrain heard at industry conferences and in the trade press is that "the financial services industry suffers from a bad reputation. How can we rebuild client trust?" |
Registered Rep. April 11, 2014 Diana Britton |
Is the CFP Board Losing Credibility in the Eyes of Advisors? WealthManagement.com surveyed 321 CFP holders and found that one-third believe the recent scandals detract from the perceived value of the designation. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Your Network of Experts Forging ties across disciplines can improve your client service and give your practice an edge over the competition. |
Financial Advisor November 2012 Mary Rowland |
Tough Test An entrepreneur evaluates advisors for the wealthy. These families now have a "search firm" to perform due diligence on advisors and help the families find exactly the right one. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 Mary Rowland |
Resolutions For 2007 Ideas for 2007 that you may have neglected to put on your list: Bringing balance to your life... Becoming a better financial planner and a better person... etc. |
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 Planning November 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
How Is Your Business? Having survived bubbles, busts and bouts of irrational market behavior, the best financial planners are now feeling very rationally exuberant. |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Karen DeMasters |
A Passion For Values Some advisors are focusing their practices on socially conscious investing. |
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. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Will Leitch |
The Advisor as Traffic Cop As high-net-worth investors spread their assets around more liberally, they are finding themselves in need of a traffic cop -- a central advisor who can sit in the middle of all the financial activity and make sense of it all. |
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 23, 2015 Mindy Diamond |
Happy Advisors Are Better Are you in the right place to best serve your own needs as well as those of your clients? How could you even consider replacing your current business card with a new one? |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: The Challenges of Advising the Affluent Advisors need to focus on more than just assets with their very wealthy clients. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Michael Patrick Jacobs |
Investors Demand More This advisor provides highlights of what he's found clients today are looking for when they seek advice. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
The Thing You Can't Ignore (Anymore) Seven industry experts discuss the topic of financial advisory practice management. Success breeds competition, and the advisors who come out ahead will know how to run their practices like businesses. |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Hannah Shaw Grove |
Life Insurance And Wealth Management Helping client with life insurance is an important service of effective wealth managers. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse Financial planners are working hard to meet the needs of their retiring clients. But according to a recent survey, they might be doing so at their own expense. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Marc Freedman |
Word Games The public wants to hire financial planners who can visibly showcase an ongoing commitment to their words and promises. |
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. |
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. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 Maya Ivanova |
War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Maya Ivanova |
A Victim of Success? A recent survey of registered investment advisors reports that while advisors recognize that marketing is a key component of their business, few devote enough time to this vital activity. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2014 Diana Britton |
Investors Prefer Holistic Advice, CFP Board Says Contrary to the prevailing belief in this industry that it pays to focus on a niche market, investors actually prefer to work with an advisor who can discuss all areas of their life. |
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 May 2008 Mary Rowland |
Clinging To Intimate Relationships Mergers and acquisitions are an important discussion point in every firm's growth plans. |
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients. |
Registered Rep. December 17, 2014 Jerry Gleeson |
Meet Your Robo Advisor Like other firms often maligned as "robo-advisors," Personal Capital provides an online platform of free tools that let investors track and benchmark their holdings. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Dave Grant |
New Kids in the Field Fee-only RIA firm owners and tenured financial planners younger than 30 are ready to move the planning profession forward and are in a strong position to do so. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Success on Purpose The right practice framework is essential to reaching success in the financial advisory industry, and the most important aspects of this framework fit into seven categories. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Dave Grant |
To Grow, Think Small Niche marketing, by design, focuses on a small segment of the market. By choosing a smaller group to serve, you can become a specialist serving the needs of this population. |
Investment Advisor October 2010 Maya Ivanova |
A Decade of Evolution Advisory practices make gains, but still face challenges |
Registered Rep. December 2, 2013 Diana Britton |
Leaving Home We ask why aren't advisors doing a good job of capturing the assets of their clients' kids? |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2014 David Armstrong |
Editor's Letter: October 2014 The wealth inequality gap is not between rich and poor, it's between the high-net-worth households and everyone else, including the middle class, who have not seen a significant increase in their middling net worth in over a decade. |
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. |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2004 |
Need a CFP? Tips on getting money advice and a solid financial plan without pain. |
Registered Rep. June 3, 2015 Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: How Advisors Stack Up Advisors whose business mix leans more toward fees make almost twice as much as those who still lean heavily toward commissions, according to data collected in WealthManagement.com's compensation survey. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Joan Warner |
Life Planning Goes Mainstream Will baby boomers respond best to asset allocation models that are served up with a dash of soul-searching? Some of the biggest firms are betting on it. |
Inc. February 1, 2003 Susan Hansen |
Let Us Now Pray ... for Accu-Fab Three years ago Gregg Page and Dennis Zullig decided that spreading the glory of God -- not making money -- would be their company's top priority. They had no idea how deeply the experience would test their faith. |
Financial Advisor October 2012 Jeff Schlegel |
The Great Divide? An expectation gap between older and younger advisors might be hamstringing the profession's growth. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Pay Twice for Advice There's nothing inherently wrong with paying for financial advice. But there's a big difference between paying once for a good financial plan versus paying high fees year after year, through good times and bad. |