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BROKER DEALERS JUN 29, 2014
Don't get stuck with a B-D lemon

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 29, 2014
Transitioning from student to employee poses challenges

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 29, 2014
Summer of change comes with anxiety, excitement

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 27, 2014
Fidelity teams with CFP Board on career center to bring students, firms together

In effort to boost next gen ranks, industry also needs to dispel 'Wolf of Wall St.' perception, Fidelity study finds.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 27, 2014
Brokers unable to escape their past

As Finra looks to make BrokerCheck more visible, youthful indiscretions come back to haunt some advisers.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 27, 2014
Boston firm charged in real estate investment fraud

Regulator says $5 million of investor money lost in tenancy-in-common deals, $9 million siphoned off by principals

FINTECH JUN 27, 2014
Use surveys to build stronger client relationships

A quick questionnaire can let you know how you can improve and shows clients you care.

FINTECH JUN 27, 2014
FSI gives revised Finra BrokerCheck link rule the thumbs down

In a new comment letter, the industry group contends that the rule would create undue regulatory costs.

FINTECH JUN 27, 2014
Internet phone: Time to jump on the bandwagon?

VoiP phones are tremendously flexible but not necessarily right for everyone.

FINTECH JUN 27, 2014
Firms line up to donate software to college financial planning programs

Texas Tech University receives more than $6 million in annual software licenses for its next generation planners.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2014
As more states recognize gay marriage, planning traps still await couples

Supreme Court could agree to rule on one of many appeals cases by this summer, and largely clear things up.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2014
Gay Marriage

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2014
4 ways to impact students — and the financial industry — through mentoring

You and your organization can have a lifetime of impact with just a fraction of your day.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2014
Helping women advisers create a path to leadership

Less than 19% of senior executives in the financial services industry are women. What do women need to do to improve those statistics?

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2014
Finra's broker bonus disclosure rule pulled

Finra has withdrawn its controversial proposal that would have required brokers to tell clients about recruitment incentives. The move took industry watchers by surprise; some expect the regulator to float a new proposal.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2014
Setting record straight on CFP Board rules

Answering the question about whether the CFP Board should adopt a less rigorous “fee only” definition.

WOMEN ADVISOR COMMUNITY JUN 26, 2014
Where are all the women?

If advisory firms are truly interested in attracting more women, they will get behind the CFP Board initiatives to attract more women to financial planning.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 26, 2014
Women aren't getting equal shake from the advice industry: CFP Board

Financial planning and advice firms recruit women less, hire them less often and pay them less than men, a new report from the Certified Financial Planning Board of Standards found.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 26, 2014
A new financial planning frontier for same-sex marriage

Advisers wanting to work with LGBT clients will have to stay current on the changing state laws and realize how their clients' residences can shape their retirement and estate planning.

The 200 top behind-the-scenes players in New York
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 25, 2014
The 200 top behind-the-scenes players in New York

What does it mean to be connected? A new list scientifically ranks the people who have the networks and the ability to get things done.