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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2014
Getting decked out in camo to help tell a succession planning story

Father and son adviser team in Montana feature in new season of <i>InvestmentNews'</i> Practice Makeover.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2014
Citigroup reaches $7 billion mortgage bond settlement

Joins JPMorgan Chase in settling charges it misrepresenting the quality of mortgage-backed bonds sold to investors as housing prices plummeted.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2014
Living online is changing our brains

A British neuroscientist lays out the risks of spending too much time in a digital world

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2014
5 ways to achieve better results through partnerships

The ability to work alone used to be a requirement for advisers, but fast-forward almost three decades &amp;mdash; we've redefined wealth management.

RIAS JUN 04, 2014
SEC weakness allowing investment adviser violations to slip through the cracks

Commissioner Daniel Gallagher says adviser stats likely equal to registered rep stats from Finra.

Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets
OPINION JUN 04, 2014
Ways to help divorcing clients protect their assets

Advisers don't have to be divorce experts to help clients take these necessary steps

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2014
5 surefire strategies to strengthen relationships with women in couples

Make sure you &#8220;wow&#8221; female clients before divorce or widowhood

OPINION JUN 04, 2014
How to respond to the unexpected call from a recently widowed client

Follow these six steps to make sure you adequately address the needs of grieving clients

FINTECH JUN 04, 2014
Cybersecurity gets the SEC's attention as agency plans to query advisers on safeguards

In risk alert, regulator provides advisers with a detailed checklist of what it expects firms to provide for cybersecurity protection.

WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Morgan Stanley CFO calls too few women leading U.S. companies an 'embarrassment'

Morgan Stanley chief financial officer Ruth Porat called the low number of women running U.S. companies an &#8220;embarrassment&#8221; that shows the need for new laws.

BROKER DEALERS JUN 04, 2014
Closed doors at Finra hide the whole industry's shame

One way to address the lack of minorities is to be open about it

WIREHOUSES JUN 04, 2014
Krawcheck: Women on Wall Street have 'gone backwards'

Sallie Krawcheck, the former Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. executive, said women lost ground on Wall Street after the financial crisis because executives and boards hired people who looked like them.

FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Pershing updates technology platforms – all at once

NetX360 revised with new interfaces and flexibility for users.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 03, 2014
12 tips to help find and reward talented employees

One key idea: Finding and hiring international workers is not as hard as you think.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 03, 2014
Exam scores and failures belong on BrokerCheck

Brokers' exam scores, exam failures, terminations and other details that are currently omitted are already public information.

RIAS JUN 03, 2014
A new planning tool for advisers challenges clients to win a game

Using gamification can help further conversations.

FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Is there a popup opt-in revolution under way?

More sites are finding value in using popups to increase the reach of opt-in e-mail lists.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 03, 2014
The three levels of community involvement and how they can pay off

Involvement with nonprofits can adds great value to your firm and reward you personally.

FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Make your world small on social media

Overwhelming. That is frequent feedback when discussing the first six months of a financial adviser's initial effort using social media in his or her business. Part of the challenge is learning techniques to use on social networks to filter and manage the fire hose of content that comes in the social stream.

FINTECH JUN 03, 2014
Small advisory firm walks tall in putting technology to use

No small chore to put together technology to deliver top-notch client reports.