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Financial Advisor July 2005 Bruce W. Fraser	How To Successfully Select An Estate Planning Attorney In this litigious era, there's reason aplenty for having a formal process in place for selecting an estate planning attorney for your financial planning team and not leaving it, say, to a chance meeting of someone at lunch or a seminar who seems to fit the bill.
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Financial Advisor April 2005 Sydney LeBlanc	Advisor And Manager: A Symbiotic Relationship Trust and respect are essential ingredients in establishing a lasting bond between a financial advisor and investment manager.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Anne Field	Refer Madness When it comes to finding new business, referrals, of course, are the gold standard. What could be a more effective marketing tactic than having existing accounts or business associates urge their own network of friends, family and clients to seek you out?
Investment Advisor September 2006 Mark Tibergien	Formulas for Success: Bust of Boom? Financial advisors need to adjust their practices as baby boomer clients age.
Registered Rep. June 27, 2011 Diana Britton	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly It seems like every week, another independent broker/dealer goes under or up for sale because of a bad private placement or other problematic alternative investments. All that turmoil has left a pool of advisors out in the cold, looking for new firms to call home.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Collaborative Divorce A bitter divorce can be hard on everybody, including a financial advisor. As husband and wife try to inflict emotional and financial damage on one another, their advisor may be caught in the middle. But there is a better way -- collaborative divorce.
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