Define your company's culture, and put the definition into action. One office supply company, Chalkfly, still sends handwritten notes with its invoices.
In the wake of new SEC guidance, advisers need to brace themselves for online reviews, including negative ones. Liz Skinner on what the relaxed restrictions will mean for your business. <i>(Plus: Read <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140409/BLOG09/140409894" target="_blank">Michael Kitces' take</a> and find out if <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140409/FREE/140409901" target="_blank">your client review tactics are compliant</a>.)</i>
After a mostly frigid 2013 for recruiting from wirehouse brokerages, agents responsible for selling those brokers on the benefits of free agency are cautiously optimistic that a thaw has finally set in.
Adviser Stephen Besse will be part of the firm's presence in northern California.
Wirehouse firms are revamping their succession programs with higher payouts and lower barriers to entry for advisers who are preparing to retire. The efforts are aimed at competing with independent firms that hold a reputation for the highest payouts.
Focus on the positives, but be ready to discuss the details.
If approved, the Finra rule would require brokers who receive more than $100,000 in incentive compensation to notify clients in writing; some say it could chill recruitment.
Will the rise of online advice platforms make traditional advisers extinct? Advisers face the challenge of defining their usefulness as technology continues to advance.
Startup brokerage planning new online platform for advisers.
The advice game is changing. Capital is flowing to new contenders, and advisers need to pay attention to some critical macrotrends or get left behind.
Their fear of being "taken" makes them prone to trying to usurp your job as the professional
Countless books and movies have been written about the point at which computers shift from being our friend to becoming the enemy. Joe Duran writes that for financial advisers, the battle lines are being drawn right now.
Your business can fall anywhere along the $2 to $685 wristwatch brand continuum. How high up you land is only limited by your desire and your imagination.
Steps, including changing passwords, multi-factor verification, can be taken to lessen threat.
Redtail, Albridge and more look to deliver friendly technology to advisers.
John Rogers, head of the CFA Institute, abruptly stepped down last week amid allegations that he was conducting an affair with a colleague. Former board chair Dwight D. Churchill has been named interim president and chief executive.
Keep in mind that you are buying a complex financial service and not a commodity. The people, their culture, their processes and their technologies at the service provider you pick will make or break the experience for your employees.
Every year, social media becomes more important for financial advisors. But with stringent rules and regulations in place, many advisors have shied away from social channels. Now that the SEC has loosened its stance on social media, learn how you can harness these channels to drive better results.
Firms lagging in long-term planning, standing out from the crowd and connecting with young investors.
