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Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Martin Shenkman	Stretch that Gift . A split-dollar arrangement divides responsibility for paying life insurance premiums between the policy owner and another party, such as a trust or business. This frees up your client to gift more money while buying the insurance coverage necessary to protect the estate.
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Martin Shenkman	Back From the Future Irrevocable life insurance trusts are the foundation of many estate plans. Changes in the 2010 Tax Act raise a host of issues and opportunities for existing ILITs that planners should address.
Inc. August 2005 Darren Dahl	Don't Bet Your Life On It The Internal Revenue Service has plans to crack down on split-dollar insurance, a common executive perk.
Financial Advisor August 2006 Hannah Shaw Grove	Life Insurance And Wealth Management Helping client with life insurance is an important service of effective wealth managers.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 David A. Geracioti	You Say, They Say In an industry survey that covered a range of issues, from estate planning to choice of investment products, the responses by wealthy clients and advisors showed a striking disconnect about the needs of high-net-worth individuals.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 John J. Bowen	The Best in the Business Financial advisors can learn much from studying the business practices of their most successful peers.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Ivanova & Kahler	The ABCs Of Retirees To meet the needs of retiree clients, financial advisors will need to beef up their knowledge not only of investment-related retirement issues, but also non-investment areas.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Joni Youngwirth	From Solo To Silo, From Ensemble To Enterprise Firms evolve for many reasons. What kind of firm is yours?
Registered Rep. September 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti	Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled.
Financial Advisor August 2004 Grove & Prince	U.S. Small Business Owners: Product Use and Interest For financial advisors sizing them up as clients or prospects, they are excellent candidates. But their complex needs and family situations require unique solutions.
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr.	For Advisors, a Client-Centered Shift More advisors are shifting toward a broader approach and away from investment management.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Gail Liberman	Burning Down The House? Although home equity lines of credit are a useful financial planning tool, a growing chorus of experts is concerned that consumers could be overextending themselves as rates rise.
Registered Rep. September 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Existing Clients Want More Advice The good news for reps is that the world doesn't hate you. The bad news is that acquiring clients -- particularly affluent ones -- is getting a lot more tough.
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Jan David Reese	In Search of Equity Capital? Follow Six Winning Steps Experience shows that developers and real estate acquirers can dramatically boost their chances of reeling in equity financing, if they follow six critical steps in order to secure a long-term, financially beneficial equity partnership.
Investment Advisor February 2009 Kara P. Stapleton	Stressed Out? It's no news that advisors are overwhelmed, considering the behavior of the markets and the state of the economy.
Financial Advisor February 2012	Social Media Losing Some Appeal With Financial Advisors Despite the hype about the benefits social media can bring to financial advisors, most advisors don't find it very useful in their businesses.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Maya Ivanova	A Victim of Success? A recent survey of registered investment advisors reports that while advisors recognize that marketing is a key component of their business, few devote enough time to this vital activity.
Investment Advisor April 2008 Lewis Schiff	Like Client, Like Advisor New research reveals the personality traits and practices that help advisors become millionaires themselves.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Grove & Prince	A Different Breed Tending to the financial needs of a family-owned small business is a complex affair, but it's not nearly as unique a task as it might seem at first blush.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Grove & Prince	Staying Connected If financial advisors need yet another reminder about the importance of contacting clients, here it is: In our study of affluent investors conducted in late October, almost half of the respondents said they had changed primary advisors in the last year, often citing lack of contact.
Investment Advisor October 2009 James J. Green	Getting Estate Planning Help The next few years will be a challenging time for advisors to stay current in creating, monitoring, and modifying clients' estate plans.
Financial Advisor December 2005 Grove & Prince	Raising The Bar On Value-Added Services There is an unequaled opportunity for growth when financial advisors leverage the expertise and resources of financial institutions and partner with their product providers.
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr	Help From My Friends Here are some of the most important issues to consider when working with a financial institution.
Financial Advisor September 2009 Evan Simonoff	The Acquired Advisor's Long, Hot Summer Tensions between advisors and consolidators are producing on-the-job retirements at some firms.
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr.	5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips.
Investment Advisor July 2010 Ray Sclafani	The High-Performance Coach: The Five Myths of Professional Networks Why you need professional advocates.
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 John J. Bowen	Building Equity You might not want to sell your financial advisory firm right now, but running it as if you do could make your business more profitable.
Registered Rep. February 27, 2003 Will Leitch	Wealthy Clients Growing Disenchanted with Advisors A just-released report from the Spectrem Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in the affluent market, says only 59 percent of high net-worth clients are pleased with their advisors' performance. That's down from a 79 percent satisfaction rate just two years ago.
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr	Time to Say Goodbye Today's most successful advisors recognize a simple but powerful fact of business: It's better to work with a small number of great clients than to serve a huge base of clients who are only mediocre.
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Full Disclosure Protecting client privacy is one of the most important responsibilities of any financial advisor. And it's about to become one of the most time-consuming and highly regulated aspects of the business as well.
Registered Rep. November 25, 2009 Philip Palaveev	The Top 10 Financial Mistakes Advisors Make Personal financial issues occur in every channel of the industry and affect advisors of every size of practice -- from the owners of very large wealth management firms to small independent practitioners.
Financial Advisor February 2006 Grove & Prince	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The top 1,200 U.S. financial advisors, who regularly earn more than $1 million on an annual basis, rely on characteristics and techniques that can be adopted and refined by a great number of advisors.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Who's Planning? A study by Boston-based AiteGroup found that only 18% of independent advisors make financial planning the center of their practice.
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success.
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 John J Bowen Jr	Interesting Times This interesting financial environment offers unparalleled opportunities for advisors to grow their businesses and come out of the current mess stronger than ever.
Investment Advisor October 2005 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Welcome to the Family Becoming a wealth manager is not quite as easy as it looks. But the mid-tier millionaires are underserved, so honing skills and capturing some of them as clients should be on every financial adviser's list.
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Frances A. McMorris	The Burgeoning Battle For The Best And The Brightest What are the wirehouse behemoths doing to keep their advisors happy, attract others, and, in turn, maintain the bulk of high-net-worth client assets?
Investment Advisor April 2006 Maya Ivanova	Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements.
Financial Advisor November 2005 David J. Drucker	Chasing The Wrong Clients? Some think that financial advisors are after the wrong group of wealthy clients.
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr	Wide-Angle Lens Too many advisors focus almost exclusively on their clients' investments and ignore a number of other important areas.
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall	Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change.
Financial Advisor May 2008	Frontline News Clients Ticked Off At Their Advisors... Surprising Conclusions About Client Loyalty... The Keys To A More Profitable 401(k) Practice... etc.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince	Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors.
Registered Rep. November 14, 2008	Update: 6,200 Merrill FAs Sign BofA Retention At Deadline Merrill says that only about half of the firm's nearly 17,000 advisors were eligible in the first place, and that they are responsible for about 75 percent of the firm's production.
Financial Advisor January 2004 Grove & Prince	Wealth Management And Advanced Planning Advanced planning is an essential part of the wealth management model, because it can result in more revenue and a deeper understanding of the affluent client
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Changes Ahead for 403(b)s Retirement plan advisors, distributors, and providers are finding themselves responding on the fly to the trends shaping the 403(b) and 457 markets. New regulations will add paperwork and confusion say critics.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Mark Tibergien	Refer Madness A disciplined marketing approach will help you drive future growth for your financial advisory practice.
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