Lavonne Kuykendall

Lavonne was a reporter for InvestmentNews from 2011 to 2012 covering practice management topics for financial advisers. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

Lavonne Kuykendall
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YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 18, 2011
Tricks of the trade: How some advisers are now winning over prospects

Cold calls are dead and dinner seminars passé, so financial advisers are using other marketing tactics to attract skeptical and increasingly jaded prospects

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 18, 2011
Advisers' advising, but boomers not buying

Clients not interested in re-balancing, saving more or devising a financial game plan, survey finds

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 15, 2011
Bulk of small-biz owners to tap own assets to stay afloat

View from down in the trenches downright gloomy, survey finds

It pays to fight SEC, Finra: Study
NEWS REGULATION AND LEGISLATION MAR 13, 2011
It pays to fight SEC, Finra: Study

Research shows that one in seven cases dismissed; fines often lowered

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 13, 2011
Hiring and welcoming COOs to firms isn't easy

When the owners of an advisory firm turn over everyday operations to a senior-level employee, it is a watershed decision — and it is usually one that most firms avoid as long as they can

Advisers warm up to Twitter, give cold shoulder to cold calling
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAR 01, 2011
Advisers warm up to Twitter, give cold shoulder to cold calling

Increasingly, social media the choice for reaching out to prospects

RETIREMENT TAX FEB 27, 2011
Tying the financial knot

They say that love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener

Investors going short with their cash
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 24, 2011
Investors going short with their cash

Moving funds from CDs into checking accounts, money market deposit accounts; poised to get back in the market?

RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 20, 2011
Tax credit could help some firms

A new health insurance tax credit could hit some small financial advisory firms in their sweet spot — but only if they fit a specific profile

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH FEB 13, 2011
Business as usual on snow days, but at slower pace

Most business came to a halt throughout the Midwest two weeks ago when a massive blizzard forced workers to take a snow day, but financial advisers said they were good to go