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How Financial Advisors can Subliminally Program Clients to Prospect for Them

From wealthmanagement.com
Added on September 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: So yes, financial advisors can subliminally program clients to prospect for them.  The seeds you’re planting will take the form of well-timed words planted in the mind of a client.  Let’s take a look at how these seeds (carefully crafted words) can be planted.

SEC exams could cost RIAs thousands or even millions

From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Investment advisory firms would pay anywhere from a couple thousand to millions of dollars annually in user fees to fund Securities and Exchange Commission exams, if the agency uses that approach to increase its adviser oversight, according to a new study released Wednesday.

Cashing in on the seller's market for advisory firms

From Reuters
Added on September 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: When Chicago-based broker Nick Brait, 62, wrote his five-year plan in 2012, he decided that by 2017, he wanted to spend almost half of every year traveling the world and sailing the U.S. Great Lakes. The best way to accomplish that, he figured, was to sell his financial practice, Lasting Legacy Ltd., and gradually move to a scaled-back schedule.

Niche knack: Looking to grow, advisors start to specialize

From CNBC
Added on September 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Niche practices are coming to the financial advising industry. A few of them are already here and taking off. Whether specializing in financial transitions, financial gerontology or Generation X or Y, more and more advisors are targeting their practices to certain demographic groups or specific service circumstances or philosophies.

How technology can transform an RIA

From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: The investment advisory business is constantly evolving. Among the many moving parts of this dynamic industry, technology continues to alter the way advisory firms interact with and manage their client relationships. Accordingly, the services and the tools necessary for firms to conduct and grow their businesses must change as well.

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