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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 30, 2014
Millennials: Young and poor now, but your mainstay clients someday

They may not have money now, but executives say you should get ready for when they do.

By Darla Mercado
OPINION MAY 29, 2014
You have found your first CPA partner … Now what?

Now that you've made the decision to form a revenue-sharing relationship with an accountant, attorney, a P&C firm, or a bank/credit union professional partner, you are undoubtedly thinking about the first steps you should take in establishing this new relationship.

By Paul Saganey
OPINION MAY 29, 2014
How to use CPAs to attract new business

Though the trend of CPAs seeking financial advisory licenses does exist, many successful CPAs believe partnering with top financial advisers is their best way to bring optimum services to their clients.

By Paul Saganey
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 28, 2014
To compete with robo-advisers, Nally proposes charging clients for all services

The head of TD Ameritrade's RIA custodian says advisers should consider fee linked to wealth beyond stocks and bonds

By Trevor Hunnicutt
FINTECH MAY 28, 2014
New LinkedIn program offers compliance with SEC and Finra regs

Actiance, Erado, Global Relay, Hearsay Social, Smarsh and Socialware join new program.

By Joyce Hanson
Wells Fargo signs $1.5 billion Michigan team
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
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 27, 2014
Warning signs your client has dementia

By lkonish
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
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
FINTECH 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
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
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 25, 2014
Addressing client dementia

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

By Jeff Benjamin
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
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2014
Is your firm optimally staffed?

By Matt Sirinides
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT 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
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 23, 2014
Erica McGinnis' big plans for Advisor Group are taking shape

By Bruce Kelly
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
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
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
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