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Take this job and love it: Financial planner ranks as fifth-best job

Financial planners have less stress, a better working environment and fewer physical demands than most other jobs. Hardly anyone makes more than they do, too.

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  • June 3, 2012

Love conquers most

When it comes to marriage, love overcomes all — including money problems. Having no retirement savings, a…

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  • May 13, 2012

Tuttle’s successor at FPA will face challenges

The yet-to-be-named successor to Financial Planning Association executive director and chief executive Marvin W. Tuttle Jr. will have…

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  • May 13, 2012

Financial elder-abuse rampant

The tabloid newspapers and bloggers like nothing more than a messy fight involving a wealthy family. The…

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Implementing internships: How to find an intern

Finding an intern can be the most daunting task an adviser faces in the process.

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How advisers really use interns

Since InvestmentNews announced the launch of our Next Generation of Financial Advisers initiative, I have had a number of conversations about internships and how different types of advisory firms and brokerages actually use interns.

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How to hire for attitude

Hire for attitude, train for skill. This motto was the mantra of the economic and hiring boon of the late 1990's.

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  • April 3, 2012

Couples hedging financial bets by shacking up

Cohabitation on the rise, matrimony on the decline among younger generation; bad news for 'Say Yes to the Dress'

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  • March 29, 2012

<i>InvestmentNews</i> to launch ‘Next Gen’ virtual career fair

InvestmentNews will launch a strategic initiative designed to introduce college students and young professionals to opportunities in the financial advisory business.

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Advisers and clients view same market, see very different picture: Survey

Perceptions about capital markets diverge wildly

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CFP Board eases up on advisers who go bust

Aims to end disciplinary proceedings against planners who declare bankruptcy

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HNW clients might be OK with retainers, after all

Volatile markets haven't been friendly to those who employ asset-based advisory fees, but conventional wisdom says switching would be a hard sell ... or will it?

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  • November 20, 2011

Business broker found right buyer as adviser began writing career

For David Drucker the reason for leaving the advisory business wasn't retirement but rather a change in career direction.

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CFP Board to warn planners about declaring bankruptcy

Filing for protection from creditors could come back to haunt planners; sanctions, revoking of CFP mark possible

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  • November 14, 2011

Mark Tibergien: Tips for becoming a top RIA

In this sit-down with Kelli Cruz, the director of research and consulting for IN Adviser Solutions, Pershing's Mark Tibergien discusses some of the major changes in the advisory industry - and offers suggestions on how RIAs can get the most out of their human capital.

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Financial planning registers worldwide growth

Financial planning is growing as a profession around the world, according to an organization that sets standards for its practitioners.

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Financial planners rebuffed by military

Thanks, but no thanks. That's the message a wary U.S. military is sending to financial advisers who want to offer free financial planning to active-duty servicemen and women.

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CFP ads hit the airwaves, trumpet fiduciary duty

Campaign touting the value of certified financial planning designation set to run on ESPN, CNN and Fox News, among others

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CFP Board launches awareness campaign with print ad

A multimillion-dollar campaign to encourage investors to use credentialed financial planners to manage their money launches this week with a print advertisement in three business magazines.

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Family offices big on hedge funds: Survey

Typical family office invests more than a quarter of its clients' assets with hedge funds; share could be even larger