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Investment Advisor October 2010 Angela Herbers	Show Yourself the Money Advisors need to learn to pay themselves first
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 David Drucker	Misaligned Expectations? Fresh new financial service industry hires and crusty old veterans may not be on the same page when it comes to career paths.
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 Advisor June 2005 David J. Drucker	The Ethics Of Paying CPAs For Referrals Sure, financial advisors can pay CPAs for referrals, but is it right?
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Financial Advisor March 2008 David J. Drucker	Blueprint For Success Nowadays, an energetic financial planner can get up and running in three to five years. The industry has simply built a body of knowledge around starting an independent advisory firm and, independent planners have disseminated that knowledge freely.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Angela Herbers	Dream Teams Successful advisory firms make room for solid performers as well as superstars. As a manager of human resources, firm owners need to understand that their personal definition of success is not going to be everyone's definition.
Financial Planning November 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Learn To Let Go The idea of shedding clients and the revenue they bring may sound reckless, especially in an uncertain economic environment. But working with non-ideal clients is holding you back from reaching your full potential.
Financial Advisor September 2004 Tracey Longo	7 Sins Of Bad Business Planning Correcting these bad business practices might make your financial firm seem like heaven.
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Financial Advisor November 2009 David Lawrence	Different Light Two recent conferences look at economic pressures on advisors, but from different perspectives.
Investment Advisor October 2007 Bob Clark	Difference of Opinion A debate about a major issue facing many advisory firms, namely, the conflicting interests they must wrestle with when deciding how to handle defecting advisors who leave the firm, taking clients with them.
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Investment Advisor August 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti	Internal Medicine Because of the "graying" of the industry, it is increasingly important for advisory firms to consider succession planning issues, whether via internal succession or an external acquisition or sale. Critical to any successful succession is having the appropriate underlying documents in place.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Janet Arrowood	When a Partner Leaves What many partners should do -- and what any rep with an insurance license can help with -- is to fund a buy/sell agreement with life insurance. Before you can come up with the appropriate insurance solution, it is important to understand the thinking that went into the structuring of the buy/sell agreement.
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Investment Advisor August 2008 Angela Herbers	Hop Off the Bus, Gus The number one problem faced by most advisory firms these days is employee turnover, resulting from poor hiring and poor management.
Registered Rep. November 21, 2014 Anne Field	Plug And Play? Matthew Westhoff and his partners have a successful practice and want to expand it by letting other advisors plug into their operation. How can they structure a competitive contract and attract qualified candidates?
Registered Rep. October 31, 2008 French & Churchill	If Bank of America Signs Protocol, It's Business As Usual. If Not, Maybe Not But Merrill Lynch advisors may not know whether BofA will sign it before they have to sign their own retention agreements.
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Investment Advisor June 2007 Thomas D. Giachetti	Look Before Leaping For financial advisors, there are many issues to be reviewed before making a decision to leave your current employer. Experienced counsel should be consulted. Every case has similarities, and every case has differences.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Robert F. Keane	Far From Retired Tony Purpero thought he was headed into retirement when he returned to southern California, but instead finds himself working harder than ever to help other current and future retirees.
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Investment Advisor March 2006 Angela Herbers	The Fast Track: Glory Days Financial planners need to decide whether they want stardom or the benefits of a growing firm.
Investment Advisor September 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	A Trend Confirmed? Advisory fees overtake commission revenue at Commonwealth. So what does this mean for the independent broker/dealer industry? Will other firms soon reach the point at which fee revenue dominates?
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Financial Advisor May 2011 Daniel Bernstein	The Goldilocks Dilemma The greatest problem with client agreements today is the shortcut approach too many advisors take.
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Financial Advisor August 2006 David J. Drucker	Do You Need This Kind Of Manager? Financial advisors discuss whether a client relationship manager is someone they need -- or not.
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Investment Advisor October 2008 Angela Herbers	Know Thyself NexGen advisors often wonder how much they should get paid. To get a fair offer, first they need to accurately determine what they're worth.
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Investment Advisor October 2008 Angela Herbers	One Small (Big) Step The advisory industry has taken a giant leap forward in the past year. Attendees at this year's FPA NexGen conference clearly have made progress at getting small pieces of equity in their firms.
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