From Financial Planning
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Summary: If you want to find the next generation of talented advisors, you may need to know which schools are educating them.
From Think Advisor
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Summary: Hearsay Social says many financial services firms need to grow up, in a matter of speaking, to boost their business impact via Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Early Wednesday, it launched a benchmarking tool that can be used to guide firms to make such improvements: the Social Business Maturity Model.
From wealthmanagement.com
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Summary: Recently, the independent advisory world has been abuzz with the news of Curian Capital’s unexpected decision to close shop. In my 30 years in financial services, I have never seen such an abrupt decision to stop serving clients.
From TD Ameritrade Institutional
Added on August 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: While becoming a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) is an excellent way to deliver a differentiated experience to your clients, and potentially accelerate the growth of your business—building assets in your own firm and creating enterprise value from day one, it is also a big step.
From Financial Advisor Magazine
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Summary: Most people prefer the view from a mountain—not a flat plain. In fact, the only people who like the view of a plain are the people on top of the mountain. By the same reasoning, not everything is equal in a company, nor should it be. Entrepreneurs sometimes treat employees like children. They feel this sense of responsibility for all of them and the desire to treat all of them as equal.