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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT APR 01, 2014
Five common mistakes advisers make with female clients

Don't let these well-intended faux pas strain important relationships

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 31, 2014
Progress (not perfection) at Bradshaw Financial

Trent Bradshaw's problems appeared obvious, and the solutions simple, but fixing a financial advisory practice takes time.

FINTECH MAR 31, 2014
Can an adviser thrive in a virtual office?

A young planner is shutting down his offices, saying his clients prefer working in a virtual world

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 31, 2014
Wells Fargo Advisors' head Mary Mack fills out her cabinet

Bob Vorlop and Joe Nadreau have been tapped to fill new executive roles focused on expanding the firm's technology platform and products

FINTECH MAR 28, 2014
Advicent to upgrade next week

New version of NaviPlan will integrate with TD's Veo and Schwab OpenView

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 28, 2014
Advisers confront shrinking fortunes

The advancing age of wealthy baby boomers is a creeping and subtle threat to the long-term survival of many asset-based, fee-dependent advisory firms. Here's what some advisers are doing to stem the tide of dwindling assets.

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2014
Financial literacy begins at the office

Increased need for advice presents opportunities for advisers.

FINTECH MAR 28, 2014
What advisers can learn from healthcare.gov failure

Alex Murguia breaks down five things advisers can glean from that “steaming heap of a disappointment.”

RETIREMENT PLANNING MAR 28, 2014
Think before changing health plan, advisers warn business owners

Warning: The Affordable Care Act not only spawned insurance exchanges for individuals, which went into effect earlier this month, but it also set new standards for small businesses.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
The leap from sales assistant to adviser

One woman reflects on her experience as part of Raymond James' new program to educate client associates

FINTECH MAR 27, 2014
Envestnet cloud-based software a lure for bids

Envestnet Inc. a maker of cloud-based software used by financial advisers, has increased its value fivefold since going public. Buyers may take notice.

RIAS MAR 27, 2014
Envestnet gets a lot of love from advisers and the Street

Investment advisers are flocking to the asset management and technology company and it's become a market darling. The stock is up 178% over the last year.

FINTECH MAR 27, 2014
Advisers using cash-flow management software — even for wealthy clients

Software tracks inflows and outflows through the year, with one-time input

FINTECH MAR 27, 2014
Time to take a cold, hard look at your website

The stock photography from 1985, that goofy animated banner, and those crooked pages that no one bothered to fix. Its time to give your website a makeover.

RIAS MAR 27, 2014
An adviser's toughest job: Telling a client the truth

Many will not have saved enough to see them through retirement.

Cantor Fitzgerald makes big splash in wealth management with First Commonwealth deal
RIAS MAR 27, 2014
Cantor Fitzgerald makes big splash in wealth management with First Commonwealth deal

Renowned trading firm strikes a deal to acquire a bank-owned RIA with more than $2 billion in assets. And it's not finished. Here's what Cantor is looking for.

RIAS MAR 27, 2014
Merging for the right reasons: Fundamental considerations for RIAs

Many independent RIAs would be able to serve clients better if they combined their resources with like-minded advisers.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
Live! From TD Ameritrade Institutional: How to get and keep female clients: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Women feel more negatively about the financial industry than they do about car salespeople.

RIAS MAR 27, 2014
Krawcheck says advisory business still coming up short in reaching out to women

The trailblazer says the advisory business is still coming up short in reaching out to women, both as advisers and clients, and explains why.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAR 27, 2014
The financial feminine mystique backed by hard numbers

Data show women hedge fund managers outperformed the index.