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Summary: Just how important is culture to an advisory firm's success? It's everything—that's right, everything. Yet it is often overlooked and rarely given its due. That could be about to change.
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Summary: Have you ever heard the expression, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with?" I decided I wanted to spend more time with top achievers -- so I started a podcast that let me interview them about topics at the intersection of business, investing and life.
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Summary: There are tried and true ways to get new clients, but will that change in the new wealth management landscape?
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Summary: When it comes to pricing, charging clients a percent of assets under management — often around 1% — remains the heavyweight champion of the independent financial advisory world. Yet the venerable model faces challenges from a variety of contenders, including variations on flat fees, hourly billing and charging on a percentage of other financial metrics.
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Summary: In a Financial Planning webinar last week, listeners got some great ideas from a team of practice management experts: Joni Youngwirth, Commonwealth Financial Network's managing principal for practice management; Fidelity Investments executive vice president David Canter; and Christine Gaze, president of Purpose Consulting Group.