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NEWS OPINION MAR 12, 2014
Giving advisers a better read

NEWS OPINION MAR 09, 2014
Finra playing its CARDS right

NEWS OPINION MAR 09, 2014
Finra diversity event closed to the press

NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2014
Corporate First Amendment rights belong to the shareholders

NEWS OPINION MAR 03, 2014
How to generate more CPA referrals

To be referable to the clients of CPAs, you need to be recognized as being a top 2% financial adviser. Are you?

NEWS OPINION FEB 27, 2014
7 tips for marketing to physicians

Why is now a good time to consider marketing to physicians? Frankly, because many physicians qualify as high-net-worth investors and have cash to invest.

NEWS OPINION FEB 23, 2014
How to prep for a broker-dealer change

While financial advisers evaluate the offerings of a new broker-dealer, firms are taking a hard look to ensure an adviser is a good fit for them.

NEWS OPINION FEB 16, 2014
A thaw in Washington?

Any hope that Congress is putting partisan squabbles aside to move the country forward on important issues needs to be confirmed with solid proof.

NEWS OPINION FEB 14, 2014
Advisers star in 'Practice Makeover' video series

Coaches and experts help tackle problems making business — and life — a tough slog

NEWS OPINION FEB 14, 2014
Helping clients in times of grief

Working with clients during these challenging times requires special sensitivity

NEWS OPINION FEB 14, 2014
Adapt or die: 5 ways advisers must embrace change

Reasons for a company's failure are complex, but underlying them often is a basic refusal to embrace critical changes in technology and consumer preferences

NEWS OPINION FEB 09, 2014
Regulators' uphill battle for illiquid investment transparency

Shedding light on illiquid investments should be a priority for the investment advice industry, but confusing disclosures and related-party transactions will pose unique challenges.

NEWS OPINION FEB 02, 2014
Did January set the tone for 2014?

2014 is likely to be bumpier than 2013, with clients likely to need more hand-holding from advisers, meaning it isn't too early to begin.

NEWS OPINION JAN 28, 2014
Joe Duran: Are you 'living the why?'

In the wake of Mohamed El-Erian's surprising departure from Pimco, Joe Duran began to ask himself what makes people change course, what motivates people to change and to question the purpose that drives all of us in our daily lives.

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2014
RIAs and IBDs: Looking beyond acronyms to defend common interests

While the differences between registered investment advisers and the independent broker-dealers are certainly real, all of us in this industry benefit when we pull together to represent our common interests in our interactions with regulators, according to FSI's Dale Brown.

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2014
How to outperform using boring old index funds

Hint: You've always had it in you.

NEWS OPINION JAN 27, 2014
Adapt or die: Attracting Gen X and Gen Y clients

Generations X and Y are about to accumulate millions of dollars on their own, and inherit trillions from their parents. These families will need advisers. Are you prepared to serve them?

NEWS OPINION JAN 26, 2014
Be a fiduciary: Plan your succession

New resolution: Avoid the decisions that are killing your portfolio
NEWS OPINION JAN 23, 2014
New resolution: Avoid the decisions that are killing your portfolio

Here's why one behavioral finance expert says all of those market prognosticators are wrong.

NEWS OPINION JAN 22, 2014
Nicholas Schorsch: bigger than life, and not finished yet

Despite an acquisition spree, REIT czar Nicholas Schorsch insists that his goal is not to get bigger — it's to get better.