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New academic research challenges the honesty of financial advisers
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS MAR 01, 2016
New academic research challenges the honesty of financial advisers

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> Professors take it to the advice industry with a new paper charging economy-wide adviser misconduct.

By Jeff Benjamin
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 01, 2016
Nominate your best for InvestmentNews' 40 Under 40

InvestmentNews is beginning its search for the best and brightest among the advice industry's latest class of up-and-comers.

By FGabriel
Adviser's Consultant: How to become a client's personal CFO
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 01, 2016
Adviser's Consultant: How to become a client's personal CFO

Ryan Linenger explains how making lives simpler draws client appreciation and assets.

By Liz Skinner
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAR 01, 2016
How to attract, and keep, young high-net-worth clients

Five ways advisers can reinvent their customer service to satisfy this new client base.

By James Williams
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 01, 2016
Beat the competition with innovative client service

Advisers should be crafting experiences that are distinctive and memorable.

By Liz Skinner
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 29, 2016
SEC proposes rule to require business continuity plans for advisers

RIAs would have to prepare ahead for potential business disruptions, including a planner's sudden death.

By Liz Skinner
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 29, 2016
What boomer advisers should do when their successors get impatient

Don't be surprised if young advisers move on to a new opportunity when they are not given a chance to spread their wings.

By Joni Youngwirth
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 29, 2016
3 ways for advisers to prepare for growth in the next decade

Start by considering your growth path options and how you can add more to your current value proposition.

By Greg Opitz
Advisers still aren't taking advantage of the opportunities, benefits 529s can provide clients
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 29, 2016
Advisers still aren't taking advantage of the opportunities, benefits 529s can provide clients

A deeper education in college savings plans could put you at the head of the adviser class in clients' eyes.

By Rich Calvario
Hosting radio shows helps advisers attract clients
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 28, 2016
Hosting radio shows helps advisers attract clients

Radio shows can establish an adviser's credibility and help win new clients, but it's a marketing gamble that doesn't always pay off.

By Christine Idzelis
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS FEB 25, 2016
Advisers leave Wells Fargo to create $4.5 billion RIA firm GYL Financial

GYL joined Focus Financial's network this month as it seeks to expand through acquisition.

By Christine Idzelis
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS FEB 25, 2016
It's easy to become a financial adviser

All you have to do is pass the Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination and answer 72% of the questions correctly

By Bloomberg
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 25, 2016
What RIAs can learn from Southwest Airlines

What is your firm doing that makes life simpler and improves the experience for your clients?

By Grant Webster
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS FEB 25, 2016
Boost in SEC examiners to enable closer scrutiny of RIAs

Senior columnist Bruce Kelly says the agency going after conflicts of interest means closer scrutiny of RIAs and their businesses.

By Bruce Kelly
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 25, 2016
Big data ushers in the predictive future

Broker-dealers are figuring out how to position themselves to deliver on this disruptive technology

By Liz Skinner
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 24, 2016
For financial advisers, communicating value starts first with knowing what's valued

Advisers must master standing out from the crowd, expert says

By Liz Skinner
Look for these traits in millennials to find your next millionaire clients
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 24, 2016
Look for these traits in millennials to find your next millionaire clients

Seek out young clients who exhibit the behaviors that lead to financial success.

By Liz Skinner
Why Vanguard is about to engulf the financial planning industry
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 24, 2016
Why Vanguard is about to engulf the financial planning industry

Steps advisers can take to avoid getting hurt by the fund giant's rise in the planning space.

By Joe Duran
YOUR PRACTICE RIAS FEB 23, 2016
After record year, Pershing Advisor Solutions expects to add up to $15B in new assets in 2016

The custodian attracted RIAs with $19 billion in AUM in 2015, its best year ever.

By Bruce Kelly
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FEB 23, 2016
Bank of America Merrill Lynch increases adviser headcount 3% in 2015

The wirehouse gains headcount even as the brokerage industry braces for a wave of departures from long-term retention deals expiring.

By Christine Idzelis