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Registered Rep. June 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Too Much Client Hand-Holding, Not Enough Prospecting The nervous-client-syndrome has yet to wear off. That's according to a new survey that says most advisors are still spending the majority of their time with existing clients rather then generating new business.
Financial Advisor May 2011 David Lawrence	The Challenge Of Rebalancing Here are the pros and cons of using an automated system for this arduous task.
Investment Advisor November 2007 Lauren Barack	Give Them What They Want Understanding they can't offer every tool to every advisor, custodians are nevertheless making sure to remain flexible enough to meet advisors' ever changing demands.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell	How to: Look Before Switching As one financial advisor found, changing custodians takes planning and plenty of time. When contemplating how to make the transition, be aware that there are myriad steps to take and issues to consider before jumping in feet first.
Financial Advisor October 2006 Joel Bruckenstein	A New And Improved Release Portfolio Director 8.0 offers better account setup and custodian interfaces -- and more.
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."
Registered Rep. October 30, 2015	The State of Independence: Robo Rising Advisors like automated investment platforms for a number of reasons.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	60 Seconds with Ruediger "Rudy" Adolf Focus has 100 advisor partners and $50 billion in assets. Last month it announced a deal in which the consulting firm Mercer agreed to provide research for your advisor firms. How did that come about?
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Bill Winterberg	Better Balance The unprecedented market volatility that the Great Recession brought during the past two years has put tremendous pressure on financial advisors' back-office technical and trading resources.
Registered Rep. September 24, 2014 Jerry Gleeson	Custodian Castoffs Scottrade won't comment on the number of advisors it culled last summer, but other custodians say they've seen a sharp increase in the number of former Scottrade advisors who are now looking for a new home.
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. June 28, 2013 Diana Britton	60 seconds with Scott Collins We asked the Director of Advisor Transitions for TD Ameritrade Institutional what can we expect to change in advisor recruiting going forward?
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin	Advisor Pulse The happiest financial advisors really do put their clients first, asserts the first study of advisor satisfaction.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Diana Britton	Cold Call: Rocco Carriero A private wealth advisor with Carriero and Associates (Ameriprise Financial) says he thinks the biggest mistake that advisors make is they don't view themselves as being a complete resource for the client.
Registered Rep. May 31, 2013 Megan Leonhardt	Cold Call: Michael Kitces Michael Kitces, Research Director of Pinnacle Advisory Group talks about business plans for advisors.
Financial Advisor February 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Custodians Beef It Up Since advisors' work flows are often intertwined with custodian-supplied technologies, let's take a look at what the custodial firms have in store for 2008.
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.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Brian Hamburger	Going for Custody As of March 12, new rules for RIAs require special (and expensive) reports and audits for custodial accounts. Are you ready?
Registered Rep. May 1, 2008	It's Okay to Outsource The number of financial advisors who say they regularly outsource at least a portion of the portfolio-construction process more than doubled to 34 percent in 2007, up from just 14 percent in 2006.
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.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Avoid the Boiler Room Some financial advisors know more about sales than they do about investing. Finding good financial advice is tough. Investors with little or no knowledge about their finances are extremely vulnerable to disreputable professionals.
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Joel Bruckenstein	Revisiting Rebalancing Almost all financial planners agree that periodically rebalancing clients' portfolios should be standard operating procedure. But as yet, there is little if any consensus as to how rebalancing should be performed.
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?
Investment Advisor July 2009 Moseley & Spencer	Right in Front of You A growing number of advisory firms are facing tough decisions about spending money on new technology.
Investment Advisor October 2007 Neal Ringquist	Tech Tools There are a number of reoccurring concerns that rank high among the challenges that today's financial services institutions and advisory firms are looking to address. A software company president discusses how to solve those niggling problems stunting your growth.
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Donald Jay Korn	Ultra-Wealthy Wary of Trusting a Single Advisor While ultra-wealthy individuals tend to put their trust in wealth managers, the bad news is most tend to use multiple advisors.
Financial Advisor October 2004 Sydney LeBlanc	Your SMA Business Primer Start here to learn how to open separately managed accounts (SMAs) for your clients.
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Dan Skiles	Should You Use a Rebalancing System? If you frequently use model portfolios, a rebalancing system may make your firm more efficient
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark	The Changing RIA Advisors need to start thinking bigger and go beyond their current capabilities.
Financial Advisor May 2012 David Lawrence	Missed Opportunity Most advisors under utilize the technology offered by their broker-dealer or custodian. Why?
Investment Advisor November 2005 Eric Clarke	Posing the Proper PMS Questions Portfolio management systems are a critical business operations component. But how do you know if your current system is the best fit for your financial advisory practice? You'd better ask these questions.
Registered Rep. December 2, 2014	Best of the Best 2014 Unlike many of our competitors, we are as transparent as possible about our criteria and methodology when publishing a ranking.
Registered Rep. February 14, 2012 Diana Britton	Yield of Dreams: IBD's Biggest Competition Might be a Custodian As margins continue to be squeezed, IBDs are going to have to get creative with where their revenues comes from, and that means expanding into the RIA and custody market. The question is, who'll make the next move?
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005	60 Seconds with Bill Carey (Head of Fidelity's RIA group) The former president of Fidelity's institutional retirement business and a 12-year veteran of the firm talks about his plans for the advisory unit and the challenges confronting advisors.
Financial Advisor August 2006 Raymond Fazzi	Custodians Duel Over New Services Competition in the fee-based advisory field and the pressure to grow assets and operations is not only forcing changes upon advisors, but also the custodians who serve them.
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 2, 2009 Sherri Scordo	Advisor Emporium Pershing assists advisors going independent... New advisors receive technology assistance... FPA offers best practices tools... Direxion enters ETF market... Foliodynamix joins communications gateway... Scottrade adds portfolio director...
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015	2015 Broker Report Card: A Less-Than-Diverse Workforce Of the advisors who participated in the 2015 Broker Report Card, 21 percent were women.
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	Key to Happiness The key to an advisor's happiness is support, at least for the independent advisor.
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 October 2010 Thomas D. Giachetti	Custody: Why You May Actually Have It Advisors responsibilities have changed under the SEC's new custody rule.
Financial Advisor September 2010 Joel P. Bruckenstein	Key Role Custodians are upping their technology offerings to RIAs.
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 August 2010 Raymond Fazzi	Looking To Streamline Now that they've experienced the harsh consequences of poor business management, fee-based advisors are looking to their custodians and broker-dealers for all the help they can get.
Financial Advisor July 2012	It's A Trust Thing People trust their financial advisor more than their primary doctor, according to a recent survey of investors by John Hancock Financial.
Financial Advisor May 2004 Raymond Fazzi	Niche Players Provide More Choices For Advisors Many are trying hard to differentiate themselves---and are succeeding.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	60 Seconds: Jud Bergman Jud Bergman, Co-founder and CEO of Envestnet is asked about his three new acquisitions.
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 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.
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Kevin Barr	Integration Ardor With careful analysis and discipline, financial advisors can take advantage of a host of technologies to make their businesses run more smoothly. And until that silver bullet appears, caveat emptor.