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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 05, 2014
Fair warning to advisers: Tomorrow's investors are not naive

Many know precious little about the investment world, it's true. But compared with previous generations, they also know too much.

By Mike West
How 'competitive collaboration' is shaping the future of the advice business
FINTECH MAY 05, 2014
How 'competitive collaboration' is shaping the future of the advice business

More than a dozen top advisor technology companies compare notes, share their vision for RIAs at TD Ameritrade Institutional's 5th annual Veo Open AccessTechnology Summit.

By Mark Bruno
This guy makes high-speed trading even speedier
FINTECH MAY 04, 2014
This guy makes high-speed trading even speedier

CEO of Anova Technologies uses high-frequency radio wave technology that travels twice as fast as fiber optic to connect Chicago and New York.

By Lynne Marek
FINTECH MAY 04, 2014
Time to jump on the Yelp bandwagon? Not so fast!

You'll need to calculate the risk before jumping on the Yelp bandwagon. For some firms, building out a Yelp marketing campaign will seem like a no-brainer. But for others, the downside may outweigh the upside. Kristen Luke weighs the pros and cons.

By Kristen Luke
WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY MAY 04, 2014
Women CFPs satisfied with careers, but bias remains rampant

Gender bias is alive and well in the financial advisory industry, and though eliminating it will be a monumental effort, everyone can play a role to ensure aspiring women advisers thrive.

By Darla Mercado
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 04, 2014
Combining firms reduces costs and spurs collaboration

By Liz Skinner
Confronting capacity
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2014
Confronting capacity

InvestmentNews Custom Media sits down with Paul Blease, head of OppenheimerFunds' CEO Advisor Institute, to discuss key takeaways from the first season of Practice Makeover.

By Mark Bruno
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2014
The importance of finding the right clients

InvestmentNews Custom Media sits down with Paul Blease, head of OppenheimerFunds' CEO Advisor Institute, to discuss key takeaways from the first season of Practice Makeover.

By Mark Bruno
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2014
Three steps to improved efficiency

InvestmentNews Custom Media sits down with Paul Blease, head of OppenheimerFunds' CEO Advisor Institute, to discuss the highlights from the first season of Practice Makeover.

By Mark Bruno
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
Career = Reserve funds

The career asset working capital fund is a reserve fund separate from a client's emergency cash reserves.

By Mary Beth Franklin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
Take this job and value it

Innovative financial planners are getting into career sounseling to help clients align their work with their desired lifestyle, while also staying on track financially.

By Mary Beth Franklin
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
Why success is the biggest risk to your company

To shake your employees out of complacency, return to the mysteries that inspired your company in the first place.

By Elizabeth MacBride
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
RBC picks up Wells Fargo team with $350 million

Three advisers who produced $1.8 million joined RBC in Leawood, Kan.; one cites retirement of Danny Ludeman, former head of Wells Fargo Advisors, as contributing to move.

By Mason Braswell
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2014
6 strategies for succession planning

Family business owners share what they've learned about passing their companies down, from when to let go to when to seek out non-family leaders.

By Amy Haimerl, Crain's Detroit Business
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2014
Look beyond financial planning schools to find the next superstar

Advisers find successful hires in a swathe of academic disciplines, not just planning.

By Liz Skinner
FINTECH MAY 01, 2014
SEC OKs use of third-party social-media endorsements

Both positive and negative reviews must be posted, commission says

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2014
Closing the female-adviser gap

More women hold positions other than lead advisory roles, but that could change with time

By Matt Sirinides
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 30, 2014
The mind-body stress connection: An adviser success story

For the financial adviser, it could be a sharp market downturn, a dire economic prediction, the need to prospect for new clients or having to answer a phone call from an angry client. If we interpret the situation in a negative way, we switch on the “fight or flight” nervous system. Here's one solution.

By Jack Singer
FINTECH APR 30, 2014
Riskalyze adds retirement mapping to its risk tolerance tool

Split-second online analysis lets advisers show multiple portfolio scenarios in client meetings.

By Joyce Hanson
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 30, 2014
Fidelity Institutional lowers fees for financial advisers trading on its platform

Starting Jan. 1, Fidelity will lower to $30, from $40, the standard pricing for a buy or sell transaction on its FundsNetwork platform, a 25% saving. But the custodian is also raising buy fees by 25% to $50 on five fund families, including the popular offerings from the Vanguard Group Inc.

By Trevor Hunnicutt