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Wells Fargo annual meeting 'less relevant' amid bank's CEO search
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 22, 2019
Wells Fargo annual meeting 'less relevant' amid bank's CEO search

The bank's shares have fallen 3.1% since CEO Tim Sloan resigned, compared with a 6.5% gain for the KBW Bank Index.

By Bloomberg
Consider diversity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 19, 2019
Consider diversity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions

Calculate the demographics when considering the value of adding advisers.

By Alex Chalekian
What advisers need to know to serve professional athletes
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 19, 2019
What advisers need to know to serve professional athletes

Financial Finesse CEO shares insights from working with football players.

By Ryan W. Neal
Richard Thaler wants to use 401(k)s to boost Social Security payments
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2019
Richard Thaler wants to use 401(k)s to boost Social Security payments

The Nobel laureate wants to simplify drawing down retirement assets, which he thinks is 'way harder' than saving the money.

By Greg Iacurci
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 18, 2019
Grown children may be hazardous to your wealth

Boomers continue to subsidize adult offspring at the expense of their own retirement.

By Mary Beth Franklin
5 pillars of marketing for advisers
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 17, 2019
5 pillars of marketing for advisers

Advisers should break marketing into bite-size pieces that they can prioritize, execute upon against goals and measure for effectiveness.

By John Curry
For Merrill Lynch, emphasis on new clients and cross-selling paying off
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 16, 2019
For Merrill Lynch, emphasis on new clients and cross-selling paying off

The Thundering Herd is doing more business with new households.

By Bruce Kelly
3 ways to improve adviser technology
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 16, 2019
3 ways to improve adviser technology

Advisers must evaluate what technology they need to stay profitable, as well as the value of technology investments to their clients.

By David Lyon
'Retire in place' doesn't cut it as a succession plan
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 16, 2019
'Retire in place' doesn't cut it as a succession plan

If advisers spend less and less time on their practice, how competent will they remain as a financial adviser?

By Scott Hanson
RIA succession plan takes the long view
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS APR 15, 2019
RIA succession plan takes the long view

The transfer of ownership over 22 years leverages company shares as an employee reward-and-retention tool.

By Jeff Benjamin
Creativity matters when planning for lone retirees
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2019
Creativity matters when planning for lone retirees

Clients who have great wealth but no friends or family require extraordinary steps, special sensitivity.

By Liz Skinner
Rising rich boost stature, growth of family offices
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2019
Rising rich boost stature, growth of family offices

The market for serving wealthy families may be bigger than some data suggest.

By Adam Shell
62% of firms plan to adopt new client-facing technology this year
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH APR 12, 2019
62% of firms plan to adopt new client-facing technology this year

New benchmarking data highlight independent advisory firms' intention to invest in their digital client experience.

By Ellie Zhu
Headcount at Wells Fargo Advisors continues to slide
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 12, 2019
Headcount at Wells Fargo Advisors continues to slide

Firm lost another 140 advisers in the first quarter, compared with 106 the previous quarter.

By Bruce Kelly
How behavioral technology will improve retirement planning
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING APR 12, 2019
How behavioral technology will improve retirement planning

As tech starts to track what clients actually do, report back and personalize their experience, planning processes and the client experience will advance.

By Jamie Hopkins
Finra guidance could help departing reps hang onto clients
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 11, 2019
Finra guidance could help departing reps hang onto clients

If clients ask, firms must give them contact information for their former brokers

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Will Merrill Lynch plan to add fresh advisers to offices be a boon — or a bust?
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 10, 2019
Will Merrill Lynch plan to add fresh advisers to offices be a boon — or a bust?

Referrals between newer and experienced advisers key to the hiring of 300 new advisers.

By Bruce Kelly
Thinking beyond $1 billion
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 10, 2019
Thinking beyond $1 billion

Many RIAs falter as they grow, caught off guard when the client-facing work they've always done seems to show diminishing returns.

By Anders Jones
What a man can learn by attending a women's financial conference
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 09, 2019
What a man can learn by attending a women's financial conference

Understanding the perspective and needs of women in the financial advice industry is an eye-opening experience.

By Louie A. Valdez
Embrace technology, but beware of becoming obsessed with it
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION APR 09, 2019
Embrace technology, but beware of becoming obsessed with it

Technology that empowers advisers is a key component of a successful strategy, but it is not, in and of itself, a strategy.

By Paul Saganey