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ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH NOV 13, 2013
Online financial advice platform Jemstep raises $4.5 million

With total fundraising at $15 million, firm plans to bolster product, boost distribution.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 13, 2013
NAPFA to allow advisers to design continuing ed plan

Flexibility designed to make CE more relevant; ethics still a requirement

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 12, 2013
Dynasty scores Credit Suisse adviser team managing $1B

Dynasty Financial Partners has scored a two-person financial adviser team from Credit Suisse Group AG who managed $1 billion in client assets, the advisory platform provider said Monday.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 12, 2013
Fidelity zaps more small RIAs with $2,500 quarterly fee

New minimum upped to $15 million in assets under custody

By DJAMIESON
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 10, 2013
For advisers serving clients and country, the balancing act is tough

For advisers who serve clients and country, like U.S. Army reservist David Hollands, serving the dual role of soldier and adviser underlines the importance of having a contingency plan in place.

By Liz Skinner
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 10, 2013
Tooting, not blowing, your own horn at Schwab's Impact

Big gathering has lots on offer including Washington updates, investing insights and practice management advice galore

By Liz Skinner
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Don't condescend to Gen Y women

Advisers who can show how they can make a person's financial life easier — without coming off as condescending — will find an enthusiastic audience in Generation Y women, experts said.

By Liz Skinner
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Young people want to learn. Let them.

By MFXFeeder
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Advisers should invest in employing Gen Y

'Critically important' for the industry to better educate students on value of career in advice.

By Liz Skinner
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Career pathing: Developing NextGen advisers

Knowing the levels of advancement to come helps younger recruits plan their futures.

By Mark Bruno
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 08, 2013
Someday, there won't be enough advisers

What seasoned veterans can do to prop up the industry and ensure their own firm's continuance.

By Kim Guimond Dellarocca
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH NOV 06, 2013
Trying to harness the power of big data for advisers

From analytics to zettabytes, big data is overtaking tech platforms in the financial services industry.

By Joyce Hanson
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 04, 2013
Shrinking pay at Goldman Sachs shows Wall Street poised for bonus gloom

Goldman Sachs, along with the investment-banking divisions of six of its biggest U.S. and European rivals, allocated a collective 39% of revenue for compensation in the first nine months, down from 42% a year earlier and the 50% some firms earmarked before the financial crisis. Goldman Sachs's 41% ratio so far this year is its lowest nine-month figure as a public company.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 04, 2013
Pimco hires a new head of equities

Bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co. has hired a new global head of equities, replacing Neel Kashkari, who left the company at the beginning of the year to pursue a political career.

By JKEPHART
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH NOV 04, 2013
Simple ways to improve your time management

We all want to give exceptional client service.Unfortunately, the belief that superior service must include instant access can be detrimental to both you and your clients.

By Sheryl Rowling
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 04, 2013
The Takeaway: Wirehouses second-guess the value of a CFP

By Joshua Brown
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 03, 2013
Making it a priority to work with clients' children can pay off

By Liz Skinner
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 03, 2013
Performing the role of family CFO

By MFXFeeder
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2013
Want to keep the inheritance in-house? Try a different approach

Gen Xers and Millennials approach financial advice differently than their parents. Advisers need to learn what makes them tick to hold onto the family's assets.

By Liz Skinner
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 01, 2013
RIAs need to focus on compensation to foster growth, advisers told

With a shortage of advisers facing the industry, the cost to keep them will continue to go up, Fidelity's Waldemar Kohl said. The median compensation cost per lead adviser has grown to $174,000 this year from $165,000 in 2009, according to numbers presented at the conference. And personnel costs make up about 70% of adviser expenses.

By Megan Durisin