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 DEC 04, 2011
Advisers: Can you pass the 'trust fall' test?

If your best conversations with your clients' wives take place at annual holiday parties, that relationship may come to an abrupt end at a time you least expect — right after your client's wife becomes a widow.

NEWS RIAS DEC 04, 2011
St. Louis: The pros and cons for advisers

St. Louis might be brushed off as flyover country by some coast-to-coast travelers, but it has become the final destination for many financial advisers.

Commission addiction holding back breakaways: Survey
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 02, 2011
Commission addiction holding back breakaways: Survey

Advisers keen on the idea of joining an RIA – but not so hot on giving up cash from transactions

Advisers can slice and dice peer data via Fidelity study
NEWS RIAS DEC 02, 2011
Advisers can slice and dice peer data via Fidelity study

An online dashboard created by Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services allows RIAs to compare themselves to their peers.

NEWS RIAS NOV 21, 2011
Bigger RIA deals in first half of year, but prices soft compared to early "08

RIA client assets that changed hands through acquisitions soared in the first half this year, but valuations of the firms are still below the 2008 peak

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 20, 2011
Start early and time is on your side

Eric D. Brotman has met plenty of older financial advisers who have decided against selling their firms because they don't think that they will get a good price.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 18, 2011
YouTube adviser ramps up attacks on broker model

UBS lands $1.7B team from Morgan Stanley
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 18, 2011
UBS lands $1.7B team from Morgan Stanley

Desai team jumps to private-wealth-management office in Chicago; first win after a couple of losses

INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS NOV 17, 2011
Performance not only reason for fund loyalty

Baby boomers ill-informed about Medicare: Survey
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 17, 2011
Baby boomers ill-informed about Medicare: Survey

Most baby boomers, even those past retirement age, say they don't know much about Medicare, the federal health insurance plan for seniors. Their ignorance could end up costing them.