This all-too-human tendency to exalt our decisions and abase the road not taken can have disastrous consequences for investors.
Most clients have no idea how much their investments and their financial advisers are costing them. As a result, they may unknowingly be putting their retirement at risk.
Experienced financial advisers have <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/gallery/20131119/FREE/111909999/PH">seen their paychecks fatten</a> over the past two years, thanks to increases in firm profitability, strong market performance and a talent shortage. But less experienced advisers aren't riding the money train.
If you have been in the industry long enough, certainly you have heard horror stories about advisers who have changed firms or broken away only to lose clients along the way.
What should you be looking for in a potential merger candidate? First, you need to have similar investment styles and fee structures. Beyond that, chemistry and cultural fit are key.
Following a road map can give momentum to your outreach efforts this year.
The CFP Board is concerned about student follow-through after a survey finds that many students who complete financial planning coursework don't actually sit for the CFP exam. What's causing this trend?
Many see big conflicts of interest if designation grantor also runs CE program.
Deep South hit hard for 2nd time; Eastern Seaboard shrugs it off
Today: What hedge funds fleeing the market means. Plus, buck up, investment banker bonus week is here; building your own mutual fund; clean energy stocks; getting the most out of Siri; and more.
Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch say the days of paying big bonuses to lure each other's brokers and keep their own in place may be ending.
You know who they are and you know they are holding back your practice. Here's some simple steps to improve your staff and start fresh in 2014.
How one adviser plans to improve in the new year.
In 2014, Wells Fargo & Co. will require more revenue and set new targets for its largest group of advisers but will also give them more ways to top the hurdle.
For Mary Beth Storjohann, one of the best parts about being a young, independent RIA is being able to make her own schedules, which allows her to be flexible in meeting with clients and in living a balanced life. Check out how she does it.
With hurricane season upon us once again, it is important to remember one of the enduring lessons of Hurricane Sandy: Natural disasters no longer discriminate on the basis of geography.
