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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.   |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2012
Megan Leonhardt |
(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Kristen French |
Trading Up The Wealth Advisor Institute, a new trade group for advisors who cater to the wealthy, opened its doors in June. |
Registered Rep.
July 21, 2006
Kristen French |
Advisors Not Filling High-Net-Worth Retirement Needs, Survey Says Although few high-net-worth investors are prepared for the kind of retirement they expect, advisors continue to focus on wealth accumulation at the expense of long-term financial planning. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
James J. Green |
Complex and Customized, but Also Disconnected Advisors must adapt the structure of their firms if they wish to succeed in attracting and retaining clients who are in or near retirement. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2015 |
The State of Independence: ETF Plays Advisors' knowledge of exchange traded funds is lacking. |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Grove & Prince |
A Dangerous Disconnect Many advisors don't understand what their wealthy clients want -- or need. By being able to deal with the planning concerns of the affluent by brining in the proper experts, the financial advisor will end up growing his or her business. |
Investment Advisor
June 2010
John Sullivan |
Grow and Learn A poll recently conducted by the SEI Advisor Network found that the top priority for advisors in 2010 is to "create new initiatives to increase sales and grow business." |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
More Than Equal A study of the role of the female financial advisor. The research compares female to male advisors and looks at the varying performance levels of women advisors. |
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 Planning
May 1, 2008
Ray Sclafani |
To Each His Own For many advisors, teaming up with a coach just makes sense -- and dollars. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
August 3, 2004
John Churchill |
The Beginning of Reconstruction Advisors at firms involved in the settlement with the SEC are required to give clients access to research from three different independent providers. What impact will this have on investors and the reputations of advisors? |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Lewis Schiff |
Advisor, Understand Thyself Financial advisors need to understand themselves and their inner drivers, as well as their clients'. |
Registered Rep.
July 9, 2003
Nigel Goodman |
The "Potential" Play in the HNW Game The pursuit of high-net-worth clients is a tough road. An increasing number of financial advisors are trying to land well-to-do clients before they attain high-net-worth status. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Retirement Income a Riddle Advisors are still searching for best method to deliver retirement income. |
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Chris Radford |
Practice Management: What The Survey Doesn't Say Because there are no surefire business plans for success, it takes a unique combination for each financial advisor to find the "x-factor" -- that intangible number in every business opportunity that equals ultimate success. |
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. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them. |
Financial Advisor
November 2003
Blomfield & Hamil |
Who Puts Clients First? Client-centered financial advisors have an edge over ones focused on investments. |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Shaw-Grove & Prince |
Taking the Pulse of Affluent Investors A recent survey reveals that millionaire investors have changed their thinking over the past four years and have lost faith in their financial advisors. |
Financial Advisor
October 2012
Jim McConville |
The Plan Have financial advisors gone sour on selling 529 college savings plans? |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2014
Diana Britton |
Investors Prefer Holistic Advice, CFP Board Says Contrary to the prevailing belief in this industry that it pays to focus on a niche market, investors actually prefer to work with an advisor who can discuss all areas of their life. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012 |
Advisors, Clients See Portfolios Differently Advisors say their clients are fixated more on shorter-term concerns such as one-year returns (54%), their portfolio's absolute returns (49%) and portfolio volatility (41%). |
Financial Advisor
November 2006
Tracey Longo |
Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be. |
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 Advisor
February 2009
Mitch Anthony |
Taking Your Client's Pulse A new study says your clients don't blame you for the market crash, but you need to sit down with them and confront the damage. |
Investment Advisor
July 2007
Melanie Waddell |
Gen Xers: The Optimal Client? The best new clients for financial advisors may be high-net-worth Gen Xers, but the trick will be luring these young millionaires away from the banks. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Joni Youngwirth |
When To Prune One can find good reasons to cut clients and good reasons not to. Advisors who do are typically happy they took action. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
Will Leitch |
The Advisor as Traffic Cop As high-net-worth investors spread their assets around more liberally, they are finding themselves in need of a traffic cop -- a central advisor who can sit in the middle of all the financial activity and make sense of it all. |
AskMen.com
December 9, 2001
Rashmikant Patel |
Trusting Your Advisor Many of us are looking back at our investments over the last couple of years, and blaming our advisors for the less than stellar performance. It all comes down to one issue: do you trust your financial advisor? |
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Aarti N. Maharaj |
Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness. |
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 Advisor
July 2009
Sherri Scordo |
Compliance Concerns There's a lot of buzz these days about potential changes in compliance rules and the impact on advisors. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008
Angela Herbers |
Learning to Listen Like many of their clients, it usually takes a few hard knocks for financial advisors to take advice |
Bank Technology News
March 2011
Jeff Loucks et al. |
A Winning Experience For the Under 50 Set After surviving the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, financial services firms must find a way to thrive amidst market conditions that are making it harder to deliver the growth and profits firms need. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2010
Frances A. McMorris |
Confusion Reigns Among Wirehouse Advisors On The Fiduciary Issue With all the frenzy over the call for a universal fiduciary standard for all financial and investment advisors, it appears that those in the wirehouses don't really understand the debate. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Client Loyalty The most common reason affluent investors leave their financial advisors is because their advisor does not answer their calls, according to a new report. |
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 Advisor
June 2008
Grove & Prince |
Survival Of The Fittest Whatever plateau your advisory business may have reached, whatever ceiling you might have bumped up against -- now is the time to blast off or blast through. |
Registered Rep.
June 30, 2010
Christina Mucciolo |
Clients, though Mostly Satisfied, in the Dark about FA Fees, Says Study Overall advisors and investors are still confused about what the advisors' fiduciary responsibility is exactly. |
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. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2010
Michelle Lodge |
Advisors List Their Biggest Challenges Complexity isn't the biggest challenge facing advisors. A whopping 86% said they viewed consumers' lack of trust in the industry as their biggest barrier to a thriving business. |
Registered Rep.
August 24, 2011
Charles Paikert |
Family Businesses Offer Opportunities -- and Pitfalls -- for Wealth Managers Advisors have to be more aware of the interplay between a family's personal portfolio and its business. |
Financial Advisor
May 2012
Karen DeMasters |
Advisors Often Work Against Clients' Interests, Study Says Financial advisors often work against their clients' interests if it means earning more in fees, according to a recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: What Do Counselors Think About Clients? Advisors to wealthy families speak out about clients and careers. |
Financial Advisor
July 2004
Tracey Longo |
Clearing Firms Come Courting With clearing industry players so clearly targeting advisors, competition for advisor business is likely to get even more interesting very soon. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Ray Sclafani |
The High-Performance Coach: The Five Myths of Professional Networks Why you need professional advocates. |
