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It’s just a name change, how hard could it be?
August 20, 2014
ING Financial Partners’ 2,500 financial advisers have seven workdays to get ready to take on a new identity. As of Sept. 1, they’ll be Voya Financial advisers and will need new business cards, letterhead and a logo on the door. Adviser will...
Is fear stunting your growth?
August 20, 2014
If you had no fear, would you be running your business and living your life exactly the way you are today? The following chart will help you determine just how much fear rules you. Take a look at the two columns. How many “Fearful” items...
What to do when your cloud crashes
August 19, 2014
Even the cloud isn't crash-proof. That's the message that Monday's outage of some Microsoft Corp. cloud-based services should send to advisers. Many financial advisers are seeking to move their business to the cloud, expecting that storing and...
When tribal knowledge is a threat
August 17, 2014
"Knowledge is good” was the motto of fictional Faber College in the iconic 1978 film “Animal House.” Not even Delta Tau Chi troublemaker John Blutarsky could argue with the simple truth of the Faber motto, although he didn't acquire much...
Organic growth is key to $4.8B firm's success
August 17, 2014
Ballentine Partners is among the fastest-growing RIAs in the country, and it's one of the few that has built its business organically and without relying on institutional clients to juice its assets. In the past four years, the Waltham, Mass.-based...
Why separately managed accounts are undergoing a rebirth
August 15, 2014
A class of products that have been around for a long time are undergoing a rebirth: separately managed accounts, or SMAs. The recent sales figures have been impressive. SMA market assets have bounced back to levels last seen before the financial...
You don't have to go it alone
August 15, 2014
Whether its client complaints, staff rebellions or the competition turning up the heat, there's nothing better than having a business partner with whom to share the pains. Not having to face all the difficult challenges of running an advisory...
Advisers still struggle to attract women, IN survey shows
August 15, 2014
Advisers are still struggling to attract women clients because their marketing efforts sometimes fall on deaf ears and their firms don't actively recruit female advisers, according to an InvestmentNews survey released Friday. Nearly a third...
Adviser movement heats up the dog days of summer
August 15, 2014
It was a week of departures in the adviser space. LPL Financial saw more high-level turnover as its chief market strategist, Jeffrey Kleintop, heads to the Charles Schwab Corp. Firms' ability to tell when one of their brokers is on the verge...
Hedge funds jumping into Puerto Rico muni bonds
August 14, 2014
When your palm reader and your financial adviser give the same advice, it is time to fire one of them. Field testing a cartoonist's jab at financial pros Hedge funds are buying up Puerto Rico muni bonds as mutual fund managers back away. Hedge...
Financial Telesis adviser with $700M bolts to Commonwealth
August 14, 2014
A Financial Telesis Inc. adviser with $700 million in assets under management has bucked LPL Financial's recruiting deal and signed on with Commonwealth Financial Network. Benjamin W. Wong, who runs an eponymous financial planning firm in Pleasanton,...
How will LPL's new tech platform measure up against the competition?
August 13, 2014
LPL has announced its new ClientWorks technology platform offering with great fanfare. According to LPL Financial president Robert Moore, "Advisers will be able to run their practices more efficiently than before, through improved client management,...
Wealthfront deal with 49ers is a big marketing score
August 13, 2014
Wealthfront has built a niche catering to young technology workers often perceived as beyond the reach of financial advisers. Now the online investment management platform is branching out to another group of young workers — professional football...
7 client services that robo-advisers can't provide - Can't touch this
August 13, 2014
With the threat from online financial advice providers looming, advisers need to prove they’re worth the extra cost with human touches. Here are seven things advisers can do for clients that will leave robo-advisers in the dust, according...
Maintaining success in an increasingly competitive industry
August 13, 2014
This is an excerpt from the executive summary of the 2014 InvestmentNews Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms. To preorder the full study (available in September), click here. The independent advisory industry is in a golden age, growing...
Ready to engage robo-shields. Make it so.
August 13, 2014
Financial planners who fear losing clients in the future to online investment advice platforms should be taking certain business management steps today, according to a new white paper by the Fox Financial Planning Network. Online investment...
Rethinking succession planning by putting clients first
August 13, 2014
When it comes to succession planning, we are seeing positive changes in the advice profession. According to our research, more firms have written succession plans than in years past, and importantly, more firms are focused on how thoughtful...
Advisers arming themselves against cyberattacks
August 12, 2014
Financial advisers are changing their systems and procedures to protect clients and their own firms from the rising incidence of cybersecurity breaches. Advisers are taking such steps as verifying money requests, being more careful about passwords,...
Larry Roth: Defining the next 10 years for independent broker-dealers
August 12, 2014
When the independent advice business began to gain serious traction more than two decades ago, it was supported by the growth of independent broker-dealers bringing together like-minded advisers who could focus on serving clients with a true...
6 books that changed Joe Duran's life
August 11, 2014
As we approach the final languid days of summer I thought I'd share some of the books that helped open my eyes, gave me hope and changed my life for the better. I've listed them in the order I read them and how they shaped my perspective on...
