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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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Ready for your close-up, Mr. Adviser?

For now, advisers — most of whom have websites and are experimenting with social media — are largely shying away from video

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As clients lose jobs, more advisers come to the rescue

Financial adviser as career coach? It is a hat that more advisers soon may be wearing, given the length and severity of the recession and anemic jobs recovery.

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Rudy Adolf: The focus driving Focus

Rudy Adolf said he became convinced that RIAs were the future of the investment management business back in the late 1990s, when he was running a traditional brokerage firm.

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Employees hold the keys to success

Financial advisers like to say they run a relationship-based business. It turns out that's true in more ways than they may realize.

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When clients freak out, second that emotion: Expert

Dismissing fears likely to trigger a bad decision; avoiding the Y word

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Secrets of less successful advisers

As the saying goes, all happy families are alike. Apparently, the same is true of successful financial advisers…

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Closed-end funds have an extra kick

John Cole Scott believes that sometimes it would be easier to squeeze blood from a stone than provide his clients with the retirement income they demand from their assets

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Fiduciary standard 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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Advisers: Can you pass the ‘trust fall’ test?

If your best conversations with your clients' wives take place at annual holiday parties, that relationship may come to an abrupt end at a time you least expect — right after your client's wife becomes a widow.

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St. Louis: The pros and cons for advisers

St. Louis might be brushed off as flyover country by some coast-to-coast travelers, but it has become the final destination for many financial advisers.