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INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS JAN 27, 2018
Independent broker-dealers are stepping up their game on recruiting from the wirehouses

Independent broker-dealers have narrowed the gap between themselves and the wirehouses and are able to attract more quality brokers from the Big Four.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 26, 2018
Why this company pays to train its employees' dogs

Businesses with happy workers outperform their competitors, so this tech firm has created a pet-friendly work environment.

By Brian McLaughlin
OPINION JAN 25, 2018
Why diversity and inclusion should matter to advisers

Consider new hiring practices, employee training and other steps to offer an inclusive culture to employees and clients.

By Paul Zettl
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 25, 2018
Raymond James and Ameriprise saw strong recruiting in 2017, vow to stay in broker protocol

Raymond James' recruiting up 5.7%, while Ameriprise gains 2.3%

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 24, 2018
Finra arbitrators award $878,712 to broker wrongfully terminated by Ameriprise

But suspension remains in effect until April

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 24, 2018
As two wirehouses bail, RIAs flock to broker protocol

Small RIAs see only the upside of joining the agreement, which allows them to recruit without fear of litigation

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2018
Vanguard's Buckley: Fee compression is coming advisers' way

Take the time saved by automating chores and devote it to customer-centric tasks, he suggests.

By John Waggoner
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 22, 2018
Your most important client meeting ever

As markets continue to rise, so does every investor's vulnerability to a fall.

By Gary Manguso
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 18, 2018
Morgan Stanley reports a loss of advisers after exiting the protocol for broker recruiting

The firm said it lost 47 brokers in the fourth quarter, the most in any quarter of 2017.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2018
Relying on trainees, Merrill Lynch boosts adviser headcount in 2017

Questions remain about long-term effectiveness of wirehouse's move away from recruiting experienced brokers.

By Bruce Kelly
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2018
Morgan Stanley broker reached beyond his affinity group for success

After breaking barriers for himself, Michael Brathwaite now invests on behalf of others.

By Vanessa Drucker
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2018
CFP Board appoints Kathleen McQuiggan special adviser on gender diversity

Succeeds Eleanor Blayney in efforts to address shortage of women in financial planning.

By InvestmentNews
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2018
Delay in fiduciary rule does not take any wealth managers off the hook

RIAs and Brokers must recognize each other's strengths and weaknesses for the sake of clients.

By DSARCH
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 12, 2018
Increasing the number of women advisers an uphill climb

Theories abound, but little agreement on why it's so difficult to get more females into the adviser workforce.

By Jeff Benjamin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 10, 2018
Time's up for feminine famine in financial planning?

Despite record number of new female CFPs, women still stuck at 23%.

By Mary Beth Franklin
OPINION JAN 10, 2018
The financial adviser evolution is underway

Here are 4 anchors and 4 engines that will turbocharge your business in 2018

By Ron Carson
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 09, 2018
RIAs expect faster asset growth in 2018

Advisers also see another good year for equities, TD Ameritrade survey finds.

By Bloomberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 09, 2018
Advisers struck by opioid crisis seek to get the word out to peers and their communities

Financial advisers who've lost loved ones to drugs are responding as forces of positive change.

By Greg Iacurci
FINTECH JAN 09, 2018
5 easy social media resolutions for 2018

Sure, there are the usual ones — leave work on time, go to the gym — but these you can actually do now.

By Scott Kleinberg
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 09, 2018
Don't Pave the Cow Paths… Blaze your own Path

Learn more about how leaders should focus on exposing data that can help drive long-term business growth

By Gabriel Garcia