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Lavonne Kuykendall

Lavonne was a reporter for InvestmentNews from 2011 to 2012 covering practice management topics for financial advisers. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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Parents still say the best will do

Parents still want the best for their families, even if they can't afford it

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Tweet or perish

Financial advisers who aren't social networking are missing out on more than just status updates — they're missing out on affluent prospects who are more likely to pass them over when looking for an adviser, a survey of 2,500 wealthy investors has found

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Social media can humanize adviser marketing

Marketing consultant Stephanie Sammons tells a story about a lawyer friend and two competitors who were being vetted for a “substantial” engagement

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The tea leaves say ‘sell,’ portfolio manager says

Frank A. Barbera Jr., co-portfolio manager of the Sierra Core Retirement Fund, tracks a staggering number of jobs reports and other economic indicators

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Fiduciary standard is an RIA’s best friend

Every time the debate over the fiduciary standard of client care hits the news, RIAs pick up a few more clients

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Personal Capital ventures into online-advice arena

With Americans practically addicted to the Internet, a web-based investment advisory business would seem to be an idea whose time has come

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Firms seeking recruits offer a pathway to partnership

After cutting back on hiring in the wake of the 2008 downturn, advisory firms are seeking fresh talent — partly to jump-start growth, which has slowed in the past year, and partly as a form of succession planning

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Revenue for average RIA firm hits all-time high in 2010

AUMs, number of clients also up; firms doing more with less

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Advisers not using social media are missing out on clients: survey

Financial advisers who aren’t social networking are losing potential customers, especially among the affluent, according to a survey…

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Affluent doing just fine — but don’t try telling them that

Survey finds mass-affluent investors still gloomy as heck about their finances; 'not matching the reality of their situation'