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Advisor on Mission to Make Clients—Yours and Hers—Happier

From Think Advisor
Added on November 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Donna Skeels Cygan is a most unusual financial advisor. She teaches clients how to invest in…joy, in addition to stocks and bonds. She gets lots of lucrative referrals from attorneys and CPAs, and turns them all down.

Veres: Give Up the 'Fiduciary' Fight

From Financial Planning
Added on November 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: with all the arguments and lobbying around the fiduciary standard, I think the profession is in danger of forgetting the big picture. The fight over the “fiduciary” label is really just one more battle in a long war between professionals and sales agents.

5 Paths in the Advisor World

From ByAllAccounts
Added on November 2014 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Should you change channels in the advisory world? Are you thinking about becoming an advisor?  It’s important to be able to compare and contrast the choices. Most investors and many advisors can’t distinguish between the advisory channels. Each channel is a silo with its own firms, terms and choices. Sometimes you can combine two paths like belonging to an independent broker dealer and also an independent RIA.  It can be complicated.

How to Start Your Own RIA Firm

From Investment Advisor
Added on November 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: That decision, as difficult as it might have been, now leads to a host of other questions you must ask yourself, and some outside experts, before you’re able to hang up your own RIA shingle.

How to Develop More Female Executives

From Financial Planning
Added on November 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Despite the past two decades of employer efforts to improve gender diversity and equality in the workplace, women remain underrepresented at most levels in the workforce and are not progressing in their careers.

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