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Summary: For 11 years, I've taught a class for Rice University's Certified Financial Planning program. I see teaching as an opportunity to keep my skills sharp and give back to the industry. As a financial planner, it's good to say that I'm teaching what I'm preaching. I normally encounter two kinds of students. The first are career enhancers--established advisers who are looking to add the CFP designation and return to their jobs. The second kind of student--the career changer--doesn't have it nearly as easy.
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Summary: John Anderson, creator and lead author of Practically Speaking blog and Managing Director of Practice Management Solutions for the SEI Advisor Network shares tips for those starting out their career.
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Summary: A former advisor at Edward Jones, whom the firm unsuccessfully sued for $5 million after he left it in 2012, tells ThinkAdvisor his former employer has a “Kool-Aid culture.” That’s why John Lindsey, the advisor in question, takes time from running his new firm, Westlake Village, Calif.-based Lindsey and Lindsey Wealth Management, to counsel other advisors on the verge of following his example by leaving a “captive” or “full service” for independence.
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Summary: If you’re an advisor who is ready to leave a wirehouse, you’ve no doubt been doing your homework about making the transition to the independent space. You’ve been reading everything you can get your hands on, talked to other advisors who have made the move and done due diligence on the business model you want to pursue. Here are seven things that you should do before leaving your wirehouse role.
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Summary: Earning a CFP designation, while not a necessity, seems a commonplace task for students graduating with a financial planning degree. Yet the cost of the exam can be prohibitive for many. To help, New Planner Recruiting is introducing a new scholarship program could give a few more students the opportunity achieve this goal.
