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PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 06, 2013
Mary Beth Franklin: Beware — even SSA reps get the answers wrong sometimes

Disinformation can lead to clients leaving money on the table; fight for your right

FINTECH JUN 06, 2013
Apps to streamline your practice

Most advisers can use all the help they can get with tedious and error-prone daily tasks such as prospecting, data entry and filling out client forms.

RETIREMENT PLANNING JUN 06, 2013
Tools to estimate costs

FINTECH JUN 05, 2013
With Schwab, advisers voice their views in the MarketSquare

FINTECH JUN 05, 2013
Davis D. Janowski: How does Schwab PortfolioCenter rate with advisers?

Venerable app gets four out of five stars on Schwab site; 'dated'

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 05, 2013
Achieving profitable growth

Discipline in financial management is a defining characteristic of a successful independent advisory business. Because it is easy to ignore in the face of the many demands on the financial advisor/owner, it is also absent in most firms and one of the contributing factors to the large number of small practices that dominate the industry. The stakes are high when it comes to a firm's success in careful management of its finances; practices that generate a comfortable profit margin can sustain reinvestment in support of growth at a rate their peers envy and ultimately command a higher multiple in a liquidity event.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 04, 2013
When it's time to get out of a business

Helping clients sell their family business.

FINTECH JUN 04, 2013
Adviser tweets tell the tale of interest in market and industry news

Some interesting new financial- adviser-specific data are coming out of Twitter by way of Texas Tech University. It isn't about tweets, but research based on analyzing all those tweets.

FINTECH JUN 03, 2013
Weekend war on Twitter: Ramsey vs. fee-only advisers

Self-proclaimed 'big dog' Dave Ramsey bites back at financial advice community that questioned his investment advice on Twitter.

FINTECH JUN 02, 2013
Ways to get noticed on LinkedIn

FINTECH JUN 02, 2013
Willow Creek Wealth Management

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 01, 2013
Accurate figures point the way

FP Transitions' Bueerman suggests knowing how much your firm is worth and why can help you discover ways to enhance it.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 01, 2013
Recruiting slows to a trickle at LPL; pickup months away

CEO Casady says strong markets keeping advisers put though firm's pipeline is building.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT JUN 01, 2013
Best source of referrals? Not clients

Accountants and lawyers deliver more promising prospects; nonprofits provide another opportunity

FINTECH MAY 31, 2013
BlackRock's retirement, Social Security gadgets tops with advisers

Tools that can work directly with clients, are 'implementation oriented' are high on wish list.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 31, 2013
RIA alliance serves up dire industry outlook

FINTECH MAY 30, 2013
Morgan Stanley rolls out Trade Flow Insights tool

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 29, 2013
Exec pay: Less vroom at the top

Pay of industry leaders is recovering, but slowly, after the financial crisis. See who made what.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 29, 2013
Not-so-grumpy old men

As economy picks up, older Americans most likely to be happy as overall mood darkens, study finds.

FINTECH MAY 29, 2013
J.P. Morgan Asset Management is latest to start trading paper for electrons

While still available in paper form, the firm's new Guide to the Markets application for the iPad will be welcomed by many an adviser, not to mention the trees.