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Summary: Wells Fargo vertically integrated to offer both a wirehouse option and an IBD option, FiNet. This option attributes to their success in attracting other wirehouse reps to their FINet IBD. FiNet saw a 21% increase in the number of advisors over the past year. The advisors get a higher payout than a wirehouse (72% to 77%) and are no longer an employee, they are independent and absorb the bricks and mortar business risk.
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Summary: There are probably more financial planning jobs available than at any other time since before the 2008 market crash, but that doesn't mean that it is any easier for employers and entry-level job hunters to make a deal. Solo practitioners are second-guessing their abilities to spot good candidates and to train them. Large firms, meanwhile, are reluctant to invest in training new recruits for fear that they will be lured away once they develop profitable books of business.
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Summary: A brief discussion of the pros and cons of joining or forming an RIA. The article quotes Caleb Brown, managing partner of New Planner Recruiting, which could be a good source for new planners. Both the firms and the planners express frustration with finding the right fit. The good news is that both RIAs and broker-dealers plan to hire this year, and some plan to make substantial additions.
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Summary: Oppressive regulation is having an impact on the number of breakaway advisers, according to Mark Tibergien, president of Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC. The challenges are causing advisory firms to consider merging with similar firms to ease compliance and operational burdens, he added. "Exams are focused on a process and the people coming in to do exams are not knowledgeable and informed." Tibergien said.
