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Estate sale: What $55M will buy you
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2010
Estate sale: What $55M will buy you

For decades, "The Oaks" was the oceanside playground of the Barrons and the Bancrofts, heirs to the Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal fortunes. Today, the 20,000-square-foot mansion with 45 rooms and surrounding properties went on sale for $55 million.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 26, 2010
Business coaches for advisers: Do they work?

Most adviser coaches fulfill the same function as your mother: to tell you what you already know what you should be doing — like wearing a sweater if it's cold outside or getting rid of an annoying client with a $10,000 account

Barclays Wealth keeps hiring, snags team from Neuberger Berman
YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 26, 2010
Barclays Wealth keeps hiring, snags team from Neuberger Berman

Barclays Wealth, the $241 billion wealth management unit of Barclays Bank PLC, has snapped up a team of advisers from Neuberger Berman LLC, the company announced Wednesday.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAY 25, 2010
Backup and archiving suggestions for small broker-dealers

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2010
Edward Jones loses star reps to wirehouses

Edward Jones lost two million-dollar producers in the span of a month. That's a surprise -- given the firm's reputation for holding on to top talent.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 23, 2010
As climate improves, advisers eye expansion

Emboldened by stronger balance sheets, many financial advisers are considering plans to expand their practices by opening a second office.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 19, 2010
Advisers: 5 ways to increase your job satisfaction

Marketing —yes, marketing— can be the key to a more fulfilling career, writes Matt Oechsli

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAY 19, 2010
Tech Talk: iPads taking one RIA green

Between the latest inspirational ad circulating on national television narrated by that silver-tongued Peter Coyote and all my compatriots writing about them [yes, I'm talking about your iPad for advisers coverage Bill Winterberg], I just knew I'd get a press release like this any day now.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 17, 2010
New family office opens in St. Louis

Wealthy families in St. Louis now have another choice in multifamily offices

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2010
Make client appreciation a family affair

Summer is just around the corner — a time when many financial advisers hold client appreciation events.

YOUR PRACTICE OPINION MAY 16, 2010
Don't ignore the death of a loved one

For better or worse, professionals rely on our society's standard conventions and accepted phrases to offer solace at a wake or funeral

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 16, 2010
Adjusting to the financial home front

Three years after returning from the war in Iraq, Clarence Parker is facing a new battle: managing his finances.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 13, 2010
My biggest mistake: Pushing a prospect too hard

A few years ago, adviser Jeff Bland was approached by an executive from Houston-based oil company Cameron International Corp. who was searching for an adviser to manage his more than $6 million in assets.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAY 12, 2010
How advisers are using video to connect with clients

Financial advisers at the InvestmentNews Retirement Income Summit discuss their strategies for using video on their firms' websites

YOUR PRACTICE RETIREMENT PLANNING MAY 11, 2010
Go beyond the call of duty - just not for everyone

Although some financial advisers are always thinking of ways to go above and beyond to provide extra services to clients, Paul Baumbach sticks to managing his clients' investments.

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH MAY 10, 2010
No tech or system failures associated with yesterday's decline: Nasdaq

Guess how many advisers are talking to clients now
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 07, 2010
Guess how many advisers are talking to clients now

Thursday's stock market whipsaw sent many financial advisers into client management mode — fielding calls and sending out e-mails as the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly tested a record 1,000-point drop.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 06, 2010
Big shake-up at big brokerage branches in New York

Wells Fargo Advisors, UBS, MSSB and Merrill Lynch made personnel changes this week

YOUR PRACTICE RIAS MAY 06, 2010
OpINion online: Sow or reap? That's the question for advisers

My friends at <a href=www.businesshealth.com>Business Health</a>, an international consulting firm that specializes in financial advisory businesses, recently came out with a report comparing the financial &#8220;health&#8221; of Australian advisory practices today with their condition in 2007.

Eight of Finra's top 10 execs pulled down $1M-plus last year
YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2010
Eight of Finra's top 10 execs pulled down $1M-plus last year

Meanwhile, regulatory fees were up by 10.5% in 2010; overall, regulator posted $55M net profit