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Better Than Average Making a New Year's resolution to improve your practice? A new survey lets you benchmark your performance against the broader advisory community.   |
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August 2010
Ray Sclafani |
The High-Performance Coach: Preparation: The First Step in What makes a top-performing advisor? There are seven components common to the best-of-the-best. |
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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
February 2009
Kara P. Stapleton |
Stressed Out? It's no news that advisors are overwhelmed, considering the behavior of the markets and the state of the economy. |
Financial Advisor
February 2012 |
Social Media Losing Some Appeal With Financial Advisors Despite the hype about the benefits social media can bring to financial advisors, most advisors don't find it very useful in their businesses. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: Intelligent Advisor The survey covers over 360 registered investment advisors. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
John J. Bowen |
The Best in the Business Financial advisors can learn much from studying the business practices of their most successful peers. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012 |
Advisors, Clients See Portfolios Differently Advisors say their clients are fixated more on shorter-term concerns such as one-year returns (54%), their portfolio's absolute returns (49%) and portfolio volatility (41%). |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Joni Youngwirth |
Who Is Your Firm's CFO? Advisory firms need to better manage their financial risks. |
Financial Advisor
August 2010
Raymond Fazzi |
Looking To Streamline Now that they've experienced the harsh consequences of poor business management, fee-based advisors are looking to their custodians and broker-dealers for all the help they can get. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
John J Bowen Jr |
Help From My Friends Here are some of the most important issues to consider when working with a financial institution. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
September 30, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled. |
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. |
Investment Advisor
December 2009
Angela Herbers |
The Fast Track: Figures Don't Lie Finding the compensation benchmarks you need may take work. |
Investment Advisor
February 2008
Mark Tibergien |
More Than Keeping Score An accepted principle in portfolio management is rebalancing. The same principle applies to managing your business. Each facet of your enterprise -- sales, service, human capital, technology, operations -- requires an investment of time, money, management, and energy. |
Investment Advisor
April 2008
Lewis Schiff |
Like Client, Like Advisor New research reveals the personality traits and practices that help advisors become millionaires themselves. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2011
Bogan & Doss |
Get in Shape Managing your business, just as with your waistline, is easier when you have clear goals, committed behavior and the ability to monitor your progress against your goals. |
Financial Advisor
September 2005
Bill Bachrach |
Six Do's And Six Don'ts Of A Successful Practice Most financial advisors say they want to build a business that generates a sizable income and lets them live the life they want. Yet few advisors consistently do what it takes to create that kind of business. |
Registered Rep.
September 30, 2014 |
Advisor Views on ETFs As exchange traded funds continue to take more market share, the number of advisors using the structure increased to 84 percent in 2014, up from 82 percent in 2013. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Retirement Income a Riddle Advisors are still searching for best method to deliver retirement income. |
Registered Rep.
December 7, 2011
Philip Palaveev |
The Say on Pay: Registered Rep.'s 2011 Compensation Survey Financial advisors continue to expand their practices, work with more clients and receive ample compensation for their efforts. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009 |
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
For Advisors, a Client-Centered Shift More advisors are shifting toward a broader approach and away from investment management. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Kevin Barr |
Integration Ardor With careful analysis and discipline, financial advisors can take advantage of a host of technologies to make their businesses run more smoothly. And until that silver bullet appears, caveat emptor. |
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 Advisor
August 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them. |
Financial Advisor
February 2008
David J. Drucker |
Building A Better Benchmark The Financial Planning Association is working on a tool to help financial advisory practices improve their performance through relevant, local benchmarking. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results. |
Registered Rep.
July 14, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Financial Advisor Switching Firms Jumps in June June was a busy month for financial advisors on the move. The number of advisors switching firms jumped 45 percent in June versus May, according to Discovery Database. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse Practice performance varies greatly by location. |
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 Advisor
March 2012
Bernie Clark |
The Changing RIA Advisors need to start thinking bigger and go beyond their current capabilities. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Borrow From the Best One of the best ways to learn what it takes to succeed in our business is to look at the best practices of elite financial advisors who are enjoying tremendous success in the marketplace. |
Financial Advisor
November 2006
Tracey Longo |
Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be. |
Investment Advisor
September 2008
Bob Clark |
Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice. |
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Grove & Prince |
Raising The Bar On Value-Added Services There is an unequaled opportunity for growth when financial advisors leverage the expertise and resources of financial institutions and partner with their product providers. |
Registered Rep.
March 29, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
Social Media Works, Advisors Say Social media is gaining momentum with financial advisors, new research by Registered Rep. and wealthmanagement.com shows. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
David A. Geracioti |
To Increase Revenue Increase Time Spent With Clients Clients are happier when financial advisors pay close attention to them, and new research suggests that this can manifest itself in more business. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Bogan & Doss |
The Marketing Plan You'll Need The struggle many advisors face is that active marketing can seem as daunting and complex as a piano concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Joni Youngwirth |
From Solo To Silo, From Ensemble To Enterprise Firms evolve for many reasons. What kind of firm is yours? |
Investment Advisor
January 2008 |
The Compensation Food Chain Performance-based compensation is the future of investment advisor compensation. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Howard Sontag |
How Are We Doing? With constant communication about goals and portfolio construction, financial advisors can remind clients that investing is a long-term process that may require patience in the short term when there are bumps in the road. |
Global Services
August 19, 2008 |
The Battle of Averages Which way do you go when benchmarking your providers pricing? Here is a point and a counterpoint on whether the average quartile is the right benchmark. |
Registered Rep.
December 8, 2015 |
2015 Broker Report Card: Advisor Satisfaction For those advisors employed at national broker firms, overall satisfaction took a hit as markets remain uncertain. |
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
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 2, 2014 |
Best of the Best 2014 Unlike many of our competitors, we are as transparent as possible about our criteria and methodology when publishing a ranking. |
Registered Rep.
May 27, 2015
Megan Leonhardt |
Compensation Survey 2015: Breaking Down the Practice Are the firms that serve advisors ready to support a team-based, ensemble model? |
Investment Advisor
October 2010
Angela Herbers |
Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first |
