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Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team

Trio previously worked at J.P. Morgan Private Client Service Group.

By Alessandra Malito
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Warning signs your client has dementia

By lkonish
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 27, 2014
When searching for investment advice, consumers are drawn to the alphabet soup of credentials

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Consumers drawn by alphabet soup of adviser credentials. Plus: Job cuts continue at Barclays, pushing for nationwide fracking, a big retirement risk, commodity hedge funds take a beating, and another smidgen of bad news for the IRS.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Providing specialized advice to single parents

Advisers can be a critical guide in securing financial health during transition

By Liz Skinner
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 27, 2014
Tech-savvy young planners band together to share the wealth

'FP Hackers' brainstorm issues facing new businesses &amp;mdash; and even refer clients to one another

By Joyce Hanson
ADVISOR NEWS OPINION MAY 25, 2014
Rethinking traditional risk questionnaires

There are other, more effective approaches to helping clients realistically assess their risk tolerance

By Brian Jacobsen
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 25, 2014
Addressing client dementia

Advisers should look for patterns and have a process in place.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2014
4 reasons you keep losing your best employees

High employee turnover is brutal for a service business such as financial advice. Joe Duran on how to create a dynamic culture within your office.

By Joe Duran
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2014
Is your firm optimally staffed?

By Matt Sirinides
RIAS RIA NEWS MAY 23, 2014
The adviser of the future: 3 trends of tomorrow

The future of business is being determined at breakneck speed. Joe Duran says that the companies of tomorrow are tapping into a few deep-seated human desires today.

By Joe Duran
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 23, 2014
Erica McGinnis' big plans for Advisor Group are taking shape

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 22, 2014
Five reasons succession plans fail

You have the dusty binder on a shelf somewhere. But if you think you're finished, think again. Here are some ideas for avoiding the common pitfalls that businesses face during family transitions.

By Elizabeth MacBride
ADVISOR NEWS INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 22, 2014
Erinn Ford named president of Cetera Advisors

Move is the latest in a series of management changes at Cetera Financial Group.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 22, 2014
Behavioral finance gaining traction on the conference circuit

Behavioral finance is the hot topic at financial advisory conferences.

By Liz Skinner
INVESTING EQUITIES MAY 22, 2014
Ukraine's new resistance to Russia draws attention back to the macroeconomic fallout

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Ukraine heats up and fund winners and losers come into focus. Plus: Fed-speak clarity: an oxymoron? Bank loan funds fall victim to Fed policy, Obamacare drags us back to the 1950s and banks square off with Big Labor in Vegas.

By Jeff Benjamin
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2014
Allison Couch rejoining the AIG Advisor Group

Moving in to new position as executive VP for national sales.

By Bruce Kelly
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2014
Advisers are like doctors: Meir Statman

At NAPFA conference, behavioral finance expert says, 'Treat your clients like kids'

By Liz Skinner
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2014
Advice business lags behind comparable careers in hiring women

Data show that old arguments about 'numbers' or 'selling' dissuading women from this career don't add up.

By Matt Sirinides
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2014
Blogger Kitces stokes debate over CFP Board compensation definitions

In taking organization to task, commentator says virtually all advisers fall under 'commission and fee' label.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 21, 2014
New CFP Board chairman stands firm on fee-only definition, sets goals for group's growth

Stance puts organization at odds with NAPFA, an organization made up of fee-only planners that allows its members to own up to 2% of a financial company that charges commissions.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.