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FINTECH JUL 24, 2014
Systematizing these processes will help your firm grow

Repeatable processes essential to efficiencies and growth

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 24, 2014
Algorithms stalling recovery, or so it seems as hot resumes go nowhere fast

Expanding use of technology that uses ultra-specific criteria to screen and winnow candidates may be perpetuating one of the most unusual features of the slow rebound in the U.S. labor market: Despite a steady increase in openings since the recession ended in 2009, these positions are being matched with job seekers less efficiently than in the past.

BROKER DEALERS JUL 24, 2014
LPL losing a top recruiter

LPL is losing one of its leading recruiters, in the wake of three other recruiters resigning in the past year and a half.

RIAS JUL 24, 2014
Betterment for advisers on its way as firm adds trust, tax-loss harvesting products

Betterment Institutional for advisers will launch by early 2015, CEO says.

FINTECH JUL 24, 2014
Wealthfront CEO sees his robo-adviser as the next Schwab

Wealthfront CEO Adam Nash sees his robo-adviser as the next Schwab but naysayers counter that even $1 billion in AUM doesn't a winning company make.

RIAS JUL 24, 2014
How to use your hobbies to master client prospecting

Prospecting from your passions can unify and engage what you enjoy with your profession.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 23, 2014
Adopt a Ritz-Carlton strategy for customer service

How to make prospects and clients feel they are the biggest VIPs in the world.

Mentoring, leadership the buzz at Women's Forum
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 23, 2014
Mentoring, leadership the buzz at Women's Forum

Importance of work-related relationships a feature at InvestmentNews-IPA event.

ESG JUL 23, 2014
Sallie Krawcheck and Pax team on women-friendly corporate index fund

The ex-wirehouse executive is throwing her weight and her money behind a revived mutual fund that invests in publicly traded companies that have greater numbers of women in management positions, saying values and returns can align when advisers invest in gender diversity.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 23, 2014
Time to nominate advisers for exemplary community service

Make your recommendations for the Community Leadership Awards, set to include two new categories this year, by April 23.

EQUITIES JUL 22, 2014
Investing lessons from Lebron James

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> What bond investors can learn from Lebron James. Plus: Gold: It all depends on the Fed; commodities as a geopolitical hedge; investing in women; and golf stocks come up short.

FINTECH JUL 22, 2014
Morningstar to pay $61 million in trade-secrets settlement

The investment research firm will pay Business Logic for the software company's intellectual property.

RIAS JUL 22, 2014
You are about to lose a client when …

If advisers can recognize the signs that clients are unhappy and ready to bolt, they can take steps to try and salvage the relatonship

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUL 22, 2014
Billions on the move

More billion-dollar-plus teams have been pulling up stakes and changing firms in the last few years.

FINTECH JUL 22, 2014
Advisers' next evolution: Pairing with online platforms

Advisory firm execs considering how to partner with robo-advisers or build a digital advice model into their own offerings.

RIAS JUL 22, 2014
HighTower Network adds $300 million Merrill team

Two Merrill Lynch advisers with a combined $300 million in assets under management go independent as a HighTower franchise

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUL 22, 2014
Want loyalty? Help clients with caregiving

Taking these extra steps with clients who are caring for loved ones will strengthen those relationships

BROKER DEALERS JUL 22, 2014
Be prepared to justify your fees

It's important for advisers to not show surprise or resentment when fee questions are raised by clients.

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES JUL 21, 2014
Florida law allows planners to give insurance advice without insurance company

Helps fee-only planners meet CFP Board definition prohibiting such affiliation with firms that charge commissions

BROKER DEALERS JUL 21, 2014
Securities America buying Dalton Strategic Investment Services

Trend of small and midsize broker-dealer mergers and acquisitions continues to build.