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Registered Rep. January 22, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Advisor Industry Shrinks While Assets Continue to Grow A recent report by Cerulli Associates found that the industry shrank 1.9 percent to 287,119 advisors in 2013. Asset levels, however, are on the rise.
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.
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell	Not So Fast Cerulli Associates data suggests there may be fewer wirehouse brokers breaking away.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Devil Take the Hindmost The headlines in the media note that advisor headcount was down 2.3 percent overall in 2011. But it was the independent broker/dealer market that accounted for the biggest hit in the numbers.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Banking on Wealth Management The oldest baby boomers hit 60 next year, so now is as good a time as any to assess whether you're truly providing the wealth management services that your existing clients, and prospective ones, need. Help from a broker/dealer, consultant, or a colleague is well within your reach.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	Failing at Succession? Cerulli Associates estimates that nearly 60 percent of advisors who are within five years of retiring expect to sell their business to an unidentified buyer. Five years is not enough time.
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015	2015 Broker Report Card: Advisor Satisfaction For those advisors employed at national broker firms, overall satisfaction took a hit as markets remain uncertain.
Registered Rep. May 26, 2010 Jerry Gleeson	Bonuses No Balm For Some Breakaway-Minded Brokers Paying retention bonuses to top brokers to keep them from jumping ship is a pricey strategy that only works some of the time, a report released today by Aite Group shows.
Registered Rep. February 3, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	RIAs on the Recruiting Warpath: LPL's Morristown Financial Recruits 70 in 2010 Investors will refer their family and friends to their advisor if they're satisfied with the service. For financial practices that seek to recruit advisors, the game plays by much the same rules.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	The Increasingly Happy Broker Generally speaking, the smaller the firm, the happier the broker, according to our fifth Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card survey.
Investment Advisor December 2007 Angela Herbers	Bottom Up Broker/dealer recruiting is largely a zero sum game. Here is why it more advantageous for B/Ds to help their existing advisors.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2011 Diana Britton	America's Top Independent Brokerages The Merrills and Morgan Stanleys of the world say it was never an exodus, the migration is over, and it was only those advisors who couldn't make it in the cutthroat wirehouse world who crossed over to the independent side of the business.
Registered Rep. September 11, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Survey Says: Wall Street Advisors Going...Wait For It...Independent! Wall Street wirehouse firms are expected to see a net loss of $188 billion in client assets to other channels in the industry, including RIAs, independent broker/dealers and regional b/ds.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 David A. Geracioti	You Say, They Say In an industry survey that covered a range of issues, from estate planning to choice of investment products, the responses by wealthy clients and advisors showed a striking disconnect about the needs of high-net-worth individuals.
Investment Advisor November 2009 James J. Green	Hybrids on the Rise Asset managers have reacted to the market crisis of 2008 by cutting their overall salesforce personnel by about 5%.
Investment Advisor March 2009 Kara P. Stapleton	Succession & Valuation A Financial Services Institute OneVoice Broker/Dealer session dealt with internal succession, discussing the steps that advisors and independent broker/dealers need to take when developing a succession plan.
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 John J. Bowen Jr.	The Wow Factor Never underestimate the role that client service plays in your advisory business.
Investment Advisor February 2007 Kathleen M. McBride	A Matter of Life and Health For many advisors who are affiliated with independent broker/dealers and either running, or employed by, a small business, health insurance coverage can be expensive and sometimes elusive. That may be changing.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell	Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas.
On Wall Street May 1, 2012 Bill Willis	The Bank Perspective A growing number of wirehouse advisors are showing more interest in bank brokerage programs today.
Registered Rep. June 3, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: How Advisors Stack Up Advisors whose business mix leans more toward fees make almost twice as much as those who still lean heavily toward commissions, according to data collected in WealthManagement.com's compensation survey.
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Kristen French	More Advisors Wearing Investment Management Hat Financial advisors at broker/dealers are increasingly taking the reins on their clients' fee-based accounts, according to a report out from Cerulli Associates today.
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Deborah Doyle McWhinney	Independents' Day As investment advisors become more popular and profitable, they must find new ways to keep ahead of the competition.
Registered Rep. December 2, 2014 Megan Leonhardt	Drivers of Advisor Satisfaction: Technology And Efficiency Financial advisors are known to harbor a strong streak of independence and autonomy, and aren't shy when it comes to letting their opinions be known, both good and bad.
Investment Advisor February 2010 Lewis Schiff	The Affluentialist: Trends in Client Communication The pressure for greater efficiency and convenience is propelling advisors to try new means of communication. Not surprisingly, most new channels appear with new technologies or updated applications of old techniques.
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.
Investment Advisor January 2007 Ivanova & Kahler	The ABCs Of Retirees To meet the needs of retiree clients, financial advisors will need to beef up their knowledge not only of investment-related retirement issues, but also non-investment areas.
Financial Advisor March 2006 Grove & Prince	The Secrets Of Million-Dollar Producers Here is how the role client loyalty plays in both the sustainability of the client/advisor relationship through difficult market conditions and poor performance and the client's willingness to provide more assets and referrals to the advisor.
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr.	For Advisors, a Client-Centered Shift More advisors are shifting toward a broader approach and away from investment management.
Investment Advisor July 2007 Jonathan Henschen	B/Ds in the Year 2010 What the future holds for independent broker/dealers: technology... outsourcing... marketing... practice management... succession planning... alternative investments... fees...
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.
Investment Advisor September 2008 Bob Clark	Who's Your Daddy? Philip Palaveev's new gig as president of Fusion Advisor Network foreshadows the future of independent advice.
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Diana Britton	The Rare Prop Product In REP.'s fifth annual Independent Broker/Dealer Report Card, only 19 percent of 2,058 advisors surveyed said they sell in-house or proprietary products.
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Who's Planning? A study by Boston-based AiteGroup found that only 18% of independent advisors make financial planning the center of their practice.
Investment Advisor May 2008 Melanie Waddell	Donohue on the Rand Report & Paulson SEC exec doesn't foresee a single regulator for advisors and broker/dealers.
Investment Advisor March 2006 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Here, There and Everywhere Dually registered advisors (advisors who are registered with both the SEC and the NASD, and are collecting both fees and commissions) have the best -- and worst -- of both worlds. However, a new study shows when implemented properly, the hybrid model can be very profitable.
On Wall Street November 1, 2011 Elizabeth Wine	The Unfaithful Client Cheating on a financial advisor is a known, but frowned-upon client practice. But new research says that it has been gaining traction among high-net-worth households since the market turmoil began in 2008, with many clients bolstering their stable of advisors.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Kristen French	Independent Channel Big and Getting Bigger Every financial-advice channel grew in terms of advisor headcount in 2005 except for the regional and bank broker/dealers, according to recently released research.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2011 Diana Britton	Portfolio Models Could See Headwinds Ahead, Especially Among RIAs Despite the fact that broker/dealers expect increased flows into their portfolio models over the next year, advisors' usage of these models has declined in the last 12 months, especially among RIAs.
Financial Advisor May 2012	Satisfaction A job satisfaction study by J.D. Power found that financial advisors' happiness with their work is most dependent on their firm's performance.
Registered Rep. March 22, 2013 Mindy Diamond	Of Myths and Moving: Part IV When it comes to preconceived notions about the wirehouse world and independence, many advisors have it all wrong. Here are the five most common myths advisors have today.
Investment Advisor March 2010	More Advisors Embrace Alternatives Advisors are increasingly turning to alternative investments, not as a source of outsized returns, but rather to provide true diversification to clients' portfolios.
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.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2005 David A. Gaffen	Small Game Hunting About 30% of the 22 million U.S. households have somewhere between $100,000 and $500,000 in net worth, including the equity in their homes. Many of them are feeling neglected by their financial advisors.
Registered Rep. November 13, 2015 Ryan W. Neal	Despite Volatility, Advisor Confidence High The market volatility in the third quarter wasn't enough to shake advisor optimism.
Investment Advisor March 2008 James J. Green	Coming Out Party Only fours years after its inception, the Financial Services Institute has achieved a high level of success as the primary advocacy group for independent broker/dealers. The recent FSI gathering was the broker/dealer group's biggest ever.
Registered Rep. July 12, 2012 Diana Britton	Growing Pains, or Prosperity? National Financial Partners announced its acquisition of Fusion Advisor Network Thursday morning. The question is, can NFP turn Fusion's high-end, consultative approach into higher production for its reps?