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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NEWS RIAS OCT 27, 2011
Firms seeking recruits offer a pathway to partnership

After cutting back on hiring in the wake of the 2008 downturn, advisory firms are seeking fresh talent — partly to jump-start growth, which has slowed in the past year, and partly as a form of succession planning

NEWS RIAS OCT 26, 2011
Revenue for average RIA firm hits all-time high in 2010

AUMs, number of clients also up; firms doing more with less

Advisers not using social media are missing out on clients: survey
NEWS RIAS OCT 24, 2011
Advisers not using social media are missing out on clients: survey

Affluent doing just fine — but don't try telling them that
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 24, 2011
Affluent doing just fine — but don't try telling them that

Survey finds mass-affluent investors still gloomy as heck about their finances; 'not matching the reality of their situation'

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 23, 2011
Advisory firms flying high

Financial advisory firms continued to make substantial gains in revenue and profitability in 2011, even as they took a wait-and-see stance on hiring, according to <i>InvestmentNews'</i> 2011 Industry Attitudes survey

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Investors and their advisers see two different worlds out there

Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 19, 2011
Gold still has room to rise: SSgA portfolio manager

Add Chris Goolgasian to the list of investors bullish on gold &#8212; but not for the usual reasons.

Advisers still failing at finding successors
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT OCT 18, 2011
Advisers still failing at finding successors

More aim to put a succession plan in place, but lining up that perfect someone elusive; heirs not apparent

This adviser is in hiring mode
NEWS RIAS OCT 13, 2011
This adviser is in hiring mode

Small-business hiring stalled in September as owners await signs of an improving economy, but the picture is brighter for independent investment advisers, a large RIA firm argued.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 10, 2011
Experts: Alternatives a mandatory allocation

Alternative investments have become compulsory in recent years as investors have sought gains in all kinds of markets, according to investment experts