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Advisers' deaths without transition plans force custodians into action

Added on August 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: When investment advisers who are sole proprietors die unexpectedly without a continuity plan in place, the firms where they house client assets react rapidly.

Were You Meant to Mentor?

Added on August 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: You have a new colleague who’s smart, driven and maybe reminds you a bit of yourself when you were new. This person has expressed an admiration toward you and asks you to be his/her mentor – should you say yes?

Next-Gen or Now-Gen?

Added on August 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: While there are criteria for who can join the classes of Schwab's Executive Leadership program, youth alone is not one of them. The two members of the program's inaugural class interviewed for this article are younger than the average advisor, but they’re not recent college graduates.

Women still underrepresented in Financial Planning, but they're at the top of the class!

Added on August 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: The financial planning profession is a really wonderful profession with some very wonderful people.  If you went into a mad scientist lab to create the perfect profession, you'd come up with everything that makes financial planning great.

How to Recruit Your Junior Advisor

Added on August 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: In searching for a junior partner for her practice a few years ago, advisor Donna Drosner went through several candidates, but none were the right fit.

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