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Registered Rep. March 8, 2012 Kristen French	Direct Investment Sites Are Stealing Even More of Your Business There will always be clients who want a local advisor who doesn't work for a big firm, or someone they can golf with. The E-Trade baby may be cute, but it's unlikely he'll keep a tee time with you.
Registered Rep. March 2, 2015 Diana Britton	Crowded Out Some level of competition between advisors and custodians has been around for years. Still, some advisors feel recent events make the distinction between business partner and market competitor less clear.
Registered Rep. July 8, 2015 Jerry Gleeson	No Slowing RIA Growth In the financial advisory industry there are potential regulatory burdens, fickle investors, and crafty competitors -- but nothing has changed the relentless march of the registered investment advisor space since the 2008 crash.
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Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Don't Fear Your Fees RIAs are loathe to increase rates, believing it alienates clients. But industry insiders say advisors have more juice than they suspect. Here's how to get a raise.
Registered Rep. March 23, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Schwab Reveals Intelligent Portfolios For Advisors Schwab is making the technology the backbone of an account management tool for registered investment advisors.
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Registered Rep. September 24, 2015	The 2015 Wealth Management Industry Awards Winners Companies like Charles, Schwab, Fidelity, and Betterment are profiled for their achievements in financial services.
Financial Advisor January 2005 Raymond Fazzi	RIAs Enjoy A Fertile Market Registered investment advisors have an opportunity as more households continue to enter the realm of the "affluent" and seek advice, but they'd better get the operational side of their practices in order.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Don't Pay Twice for Advice There's nothing inherently wrong with paying for financial advice. But there's a big difference between paying once for a good financial plan versus paying high fees year after year, through good times and bad.
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Registered Rep. October 29, 2014 Diana Britton	Wealthfront's Nash on the Robo's $64 Million Infusion Wealthfront has now raised more capital than other prominent robo advisor platforms, including LearnVest and Betterment. The company now manages $1.5 billion.
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Registered Rep. December 17, 2014 David Armstrong	Editor's Letter: January 2015 Thankfully, we're burying the old "robo-advisor: good or bad" debate, and moving on to much more exciting things.
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On Wall Street June 1, 2011	The Leaders Speak The most influential leaders in wealth management today expound on evolution, revolution, moving the debate past wirehouse versus independent, and more.
Financial Advisor March 2010 Andrew Gluck	Trading Spaces Could social network investing threaten your advisory business?
Registered Rep. July 22, 2009	Edward Jones, LPL, Schwab: Keeping Clients Happy FAs, you better be at the top of your game.
Registered Rep. December 20, 2012 Diana Britton	Are Your Clients Cheating on You? Probably You may be in denial, but chances are, your clients are cheating on you. A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that 74 percent of investors own a direct investing account, but advisors believe it's much less.
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Registered Rep. July 30, 2013 David Armstrong	Editor's Letter: August 2013 Plenty of advisors and others in the industry are skeptical that any of these new-fangled, computer-based financial planning services will ever succeed, and the closing of BloombergBlack will certainly bolster that view.
Financial Advisor November 2005 Tracey Longo	All For Advisors Brokerage executives are doing their best to deliver the tools advisors need to move their business to the next level, while still remaining efficient. That includes streamlined technology, investment and rebalancing selections, outsourcing, practice management and business development assistance.
Registered Rep. September 16, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Robos Need Extended, Explosive Growth to Survive Digital investment advisors, the so-called "robo-advisors," were built to be low cost and highly scalable to attract millennial investors and disrupt the financial services industry. But their survival as standalone companies depends on maintaining aggressive growth over the next six years.
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Registered Rep. September 30, 2014 David Armstrong	Editor's Letter: October 2014 The wealth inequality gap is not between rich and poor, it's between the high-net-worth households and everyone else, including the middle class, who have not seen a significant increase in their middling net worth in over a decade.
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 Helen Kearney	What Clients Want Now Clients are upset and they're voting with their feet. But instead of bemoaning your woes, you should view this as a time to prove your worth.
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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.
Financial Advisor November 2012 Mary Rowland	Tough Test An entrepreneur evaluates advisors for the wealthy. These families now have a "search firm" to perform due diligence on advisors and help the families find exactly the right one.
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.
Registered Rep. March 28, 2013 Lauren Barack	Drive-Through Advice The mass affluent aren't worth a planner's time, right? New technology is upending that assumption and opening up entire new markets to forward-thinking advisors.
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.
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On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Howard J. Stock	Talent Shortage Grips Firms As Financial Advisors Age After years of recruiting only established, top advisors in the so-called "war for talent" instead of hiring younger employees and training them, the industry is now facing a shortage.
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Registered Rep. July 5, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	When Advisors Add Value, Pricing Power Follows Advisors who want to charge more for their services have to differentiate themselves from their competitors.