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Four Keys to Making Your Partnership Work

From Advisor Perspectives
Added on November 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Partnership conflict is inevitable. It is important to be proactive when you feel tension. Here are some ways to make your partnership stronger, more resilient and better able to conquer the challenges of building a successful practice.

Advisor Benchmarking: The Independent Life

From wealthmanagement.com
Added on November 2014 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: More advisors are writing out their succession plans; 44 percent of RIAs indicated they have a documented plan, up from 31 percent last year, according to WealthManagement.com’s 2014 AdvisorBenchmarking RIA Trend Report, a survey of about 400 RIAs

For a Niche Practice, Less Means More

From Wall Street Journal Online
Added on November 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: To financial advisers Stephanie Guerin and Kelly Hokanson, less means more. When the duo launched their firm, The Planned Approach, some 12 years ago in Prairie Village, Kan., they were in intense growth mode from day one. “We took anyone who breathed as clients,” Ms. Guerin says.

Help New Advisors Be More Productive: 3 Tips

From Financial Planning
Added on November 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: n a perfect world, all new planners would be paired with senior advisors who were invested in helping trainees succeed. These sage advisors would bring new hires to meetings as observers, meticulously review the trainees’ client planning work and offer generous commentary and guidance.

Big RIAs Say Business Acquisitions Are Up This Year

From Financial Advisor Magazine
Added on November 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Large registered investment advisors predict that consolidation in the financial services industry will have accelerated in the year ended June 2015, according to a survey by TD Ameritrade Institutional released Thursday.

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