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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2014
The importance of finding the right clients

InvestmentNews Custom Media sits down with Paul Blease, head of OppenheimerFunds' CEO Advisor Institute, to discuss key takeaways from the first season of Practice Makeover.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 03, 2014
Three steps to improved efficiency

InvestmentNews Custom Media sits down with Paul Blease, head of OppenheimerFunds' CEO Advisor Institute, to discuss the highlights from the first season of Practice Makeover.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
Career = Reserve funds

The career asset working capital fund is a reserve fund separate from a client's emergency cash reserves.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
Take this job and value it

Innovative financial planners are getting into career sounseling to help clients align their work with their desired lifestyle, while also staying on track financially.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
Why success is the biggest risk to your company

To shake your employees out of complacency, return to the mysteries that inspired your company in the first place.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 02, 2014
RBC picks up Wells Fargo team with $350 million

Three advisers who produced $1.8 million joined RBC in Leawood, Kan.; one cites retirement of Danny Ludeman, former head of Wells Fargo Advisors, as contributing to move.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2014
6 strategies for succession planning

Family business owners share what they've learned about passing their companies down, from when to let go to when to seek out non-family leaders.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2014
Look beyond financial planning schools to find the next superstar

Advisers find successful hires in a swathe of academic disciplines, not just planning.

FINTECH MAY 01, 2014
SEC OKs use of third-party social-media endorsements

Both positive and negative reviews must be posted, commission says

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 01, 2014
Closing the female-adviser gap

More women hold positions other than lead advisory roles, but that could change with time

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 30, 2014
The mind-body stress connection: An adviser success story

For the financial adviser, it could be a sharp market downturn, a dire economic prediction, the need to prospect for new clients or having to answer a phone call from an angry client. If we interpret the situation in a negative way, we switch on the “fight or flight” nervous system. Here's one solution.

FINTECH APR 30, 2014
Riskalyze adds retirement mapping to its risk tolerance tool

Split-second online analysis lets advisers show multiple portfolio scenarios in client meetings.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 30, 2014
Fidelity Institutional lowers fees for financial advisers trading on its platform

Starting Jan. 1, Fidelity will lower to $30, from $40, the standard pricing for a buy or sell transaction on its FundsNetwork platform, a 25% saving. But the custodian is also raising buy fees by 25% to $50 on five fund families, including the popular offerings from the Vanguard Group Inc.

FINTECH APR 29, 2014
Advisers adopting device-agnostic responsive design for website upgrades

New format allows single site to serve both desktop and mobile users.

FINTECH APR 29, 2014
Running WordPress securely

Time was when WordPress was a four-letter word in the business world. Those days are gone. Not only has the blogging platform become scaled so that it powers 22% of all websites today; it's also has a maturing ecosystem of developers and tools convenient to business needs.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 29, 2014
How to explain your transition package to clients

After working with thousands of reps over the years, I don't believe this new regulation will deter unhappy financial advisers from moving to firms offering more opportunities for growth.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 29, 2014
Barclays hit with departures of international advisers

Brokers with international clients have been moving to competitors in recent months as Barclays curtails its international business.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 29, 2014
Wells Fargo adds Morgan Stanley advisers with $500 million

ALTERNATIVES APR 29, 2014
Alternative investing program targets advisers looking to diversify

Timing of new certification training couldn't be better with stocks at highs and rates set to climb.

TD Ameritrade Tech Summit: Identifying the industry's 'game-changers'
RIAS APR 28, 2014
TD Ameritrade Tech Summit: Identifying the industry's 'game-changers'

At TD Ameritrade's fifth annual forum of top tech thinkers and leaders, innovators and innovations are identified for changing the future of the wealth management business.