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YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JAN 24, 2012
HighTower scores $1B adviser

HighTower Advisors has landed Margaret Towle, a high-end investment adviser with Greycourt & Co. Inc. doing business in Seattle and Minneapolis, despite market volatility that tends to keep advisers put.

Mind your social-media compliance programs: SEC
YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH JAN 18, 2012
Mind your social-media compliance programs: SEC

Finra has warned investment advisers to examine the effectiveness of their social-media compliance programs based on findings from recent SEC adviser examinations.

YOUR PRACTICE RIAS JAN 18, 2012
Advisers who are fee-based feel handcuffed

It's anything but a virtuous cycle. The markets are down. Financial advisers who base their fees on assets under management are hurting. The only fix? Raise prices. But how can you in this market?

Another big custodian cutting its payroll
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 17, 2012
Another big custodian cutting its payroll

Northern Trust latest to downsize; total layoffs among top three custody banks could top 4,450

CFP Board eases up on advisers who go bust
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2012
CFP Board eases up on advisers who go bust

Aims to end disciplinary proceedings against planners who declare bankruptcy

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2012
Working smarter: Build greater practice value through succession planning

As a financial adviser, you actively promote advanced planning to your clients to help them achieve their financial goals. As a business owner, it is just as important that you do the same by creating a succession plan for your practice.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 16, 2012
Talking to clients about losing a loved one

YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 12, 2012
ROI for RIAs

Technology is not just another expense item detracting from take-home pay and profit distributions. For top-performing Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), it's viewed as a long-term investment that generates growth and higher profitability.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 11, 2012
Does corporate loyalty still exist among advisers?

YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 11, 2012
Helping retired clients prepare for health care costs

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 10, 2012
How to pitch small-business prospects

Looking to land small-biz clients? These prospects offer the best odds
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 10, 2012
Looking to land small-biz clients? These prospects offer the best odds

Surveys reveal women and younger bosses more apt to seek out financial help

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 10, 2012
How did Corzine receive a free pass from Finra on exams?

Making it to the top of Goldman Sachs brings wealth, prestige — and apparently a waiver from Finra from taking the broker exams it regularly requires of others in the securities industry

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 09, 2012
Cetera to move IRA custody in-house from Pershing

Cetera Financial Group informed financial advisers at two of its three brokerage units last Wednesday that it plans to bring custody of various IRA and savings accounts in-house at its third broker unit, PrimeVest Financial Services Inc.

Ladenburg bonuses should ease retention headaches at SAI
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 06, 2012
Ladenburg bonuses should ease retention headaches at SAI

Buyer of Securities America offers carrot to the unit's brokers to entice them to stick; 'most of the advisers will stay put'

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 06, 2012
The rise and fall of Brookstreet's 'Uncle Stan'

He used to be known as the charming, affable “Uncle Stan” of Brookstreet Securities Inc., the independent broker-dealer he built. Now, he's facing charges of securities fraud.

Advisers blind to threat of direct investing, survey shows
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 05, 2012
Advisers blind to threat of direct investing, survey shows

Mostly unaware of money clients put into direct accounts; 'market is bigger than many people recognize'

Car salesmen miles ahead of advisers in consumer trust
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 05, 2012
Car salesmen miles ahead of advisers in consumer trust

Advice and investment industry lowest of the low in consumer faith, survey finds; banks not regarded much better

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 03, 2012
A holiday poem — from a headhunter?

Twas the week after Christmas, with most of Wall Street away – Except perhaps Regions bank – Who is buying Morgan Keegan today?

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JAN 01, 2012
Using portfolio reporting as your edge