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Automating better compliance to meet new SEC requirements
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION MAY 15, 2015
Automating better compliance to meet new SEC requirements

Here's how to meet the regulator's cybersecurity demands to protect your client's data

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 15, 2015
Raymond James scores J.P. Morgan team managing $900M

Addition marks first New York team for Raymond James & Associates, the firm's employee broker-dealer.

YOUR PRACTICE RIAS MAY 14, 2015
United Capital picks up StanCorp group with $574 million

After acquiring several investment advisers over the past decade, Stancorp decided to sell its private client group.

Prepare your practice for the post-robo world
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAY 14, 2015
Prepare your practice for the post-robo world

As robo-based services become more acceptable to clients of all ages, advisers will have to work differently.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 14, 2015
CFP Board cracks down on compensation disclosure, revokes a license

Two others advisers are admonished

Tony Robbins' 4 pieces of advice for financial advisers
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 14, 2015
Tony Robbins' 4 pieces of advice for financial advisers

What the famous author and speaker would tell a room full of advisers, plus more insight on his RIA push.

YOUR PRACTICE RIAS MAY 14, 2015
Steward Partners picks up Dynasty affiliate

Newcomer hires $120 million team in a rare move between roll up and service provider

An inside look at DOL chief Thomas Perez making the case for the fiduciary rule
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2015
An inside look at DOL chief Thomas Perez making the case for the fiduciary rule

First-hand account of the Labor secretary's appearance at a 26-person round table to discuss fiduciary

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2015
These companies will pay for your vacation

Pushing the boundaries of fringe benefits, companies including Airbnb, Evernote and Think Parallax are among the new wave.

5 reasons why advisers should be targeting Gen X clients
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2015
5 reasons why advisers should be targeting Gen X clients

The case for shifting client prospecting away from baby boomers and millennials, toward the proverbial Jan Brady of the generations

Secrets to growth: The difference between a racehorse and a pack mule
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2015
Secrets to growth: The difference between a racehorse and a pack mule

Why some advisory firms are stuck and will likely remain stuck while others will likely burst to new levels.

How gamification can help get clients to plan for retirement
YOUR PRACTICE OPINION MAY 12, 2015
How gamification can help get clients to plan for retirement

People are more apt to change their behaviors when they are engaged in fun, achievement-oriented tasks with established rewards.

Why the Fed won't raise rates this year
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 12, 2015
Why the Fed won't raise rates this year

Regardless of what Friday's April jobs report suggests, the economy may not be strong enough to support higher rates.

Split with White House widens as Democratic lawmakers ask DOL to extend comment deadline on fiduciary rule
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 12, 2015
Split with White House widens as Democratic lawmakers ask DOL to extend comment deadline on fiduciary rule

House and Senate Dems sent separate letters this week to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez asking him to add 45 days to the 75-day comment period.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAY 11, 2015
Vanguard plans to offer digital marketing tool for advisers

Largest mutual fund manager hopes that the tool will enhance relationships for and with advisers.

5 ideas from RIA marketing mavens
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2015
5 ideas from RIA marketing mavens

If you want to accelerate your growth rate and create a consistent stream of new clients, you have to move beyond referral marketing and become a marketing machine.

SEC's Daniel Gallagher resigning as commissioner
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2015
SEC's Daniel Gallagher resigning as commissioner

His and fellow commissioner Luis Aguilar's departures could herald a transformation of the agency.

Finra toughens its sanctions on suitability violations
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2015
Finra toughens its sanctions on suitability violations

The self-regulator suggest barring offenders, expelling more firms, upping suspensions to two years.

Wirehouse employees rate their firms on sites like Glassdoor.com
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2015
Wirehouse employees rate their firms on sites like Glassdoor.com

Morgan Stanley chief James Gorman gets 87% approval rating on Glassdoor.com, tops among wirehouse CEOs. The firm ranked third on Vault.com among the 50 'best' banking companies in terms of quality of life and prestige.

Incentive compensation should align with firm goals
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 11, 2015
Incentive compensation should align with firm goals

More firms set triggers based on growth than client service or retention, survey finds.