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Summary: Much is being written these days about the need for succession planning in our profession. According to CNBC, “Data produced by research firm Cerulli Associates suggest a bleak outlook for the industry. Aging advisors are expected to retire in droves over the next two decades, and relatively few young people are entering the industry to take their place.
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Summary: A long-ago boss often reminded us that our business obligations extended to five constituencies: our clients, our employees, our community, our business partners (vendors and suppliers) and our industry.
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Summary: When it comes to pricing, charging clients a percent of assets under management — often around 1% — remains the heavyweight champion of the independent financial advisory world. Yet the venerable model faces challenges from a variety of contenders, including variations on flat fees, hourly billing and charging on a percentage of other financial metrics.
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Summary: Starved for young talent, brokerages are trying to sell a new generation on the joys of becoming an adviser. One key to doing that, they have learned, is to not call advising a sales job.
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Summary: Beverly Flaxington provides insight to the best way to integrate a new, young advisor into our practice for an advisor who say their firrm is too small to have a formal training program and doesn't have time to sit with someone and provide step-by-step instruction.
