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Summary: A year ago, financial advisers were cheering the launch of government health insurance exchanges, but today they're grappling with costly group insurance policies for their small business clients, who have been hurt by delays in the implementation of Obamacare.
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Summary: Advisor Doug Vandyke got into the advice business with his eyes wide open. His bosses at the wirehouses where he started his career warned him up front that 15-hour days wouldn’t be uncommon, and they were bang-on. So he didn’t balk at staying late and working weekends.
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Summary: t’s no secret—more client referrals mean better business. In fact, a 2010 report by The Oechsli Institute found that 54 percent of affluent clients surveyed had made their selection of financial adviser as the result of a personal introduction. However, many clients find being asked outright for referrals to be off-putting or overly aggressive. With an increasing emphasis being placed on garnering client referrals and gaining client trust, how do you generate one without jeopardizing the other?
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Summary: Securities and Exchange Commission examiners haven't slowed down during the dog days of summer, according to compliance consultants who attribute the uptick in the SEC exam pace to the agency's focus on registered investment advisers who have never been examined. At the beginning of the year, the SEC launched a program to target about 1,000 advisers who have been registered for three years or more without being audited. The agency hopes to examine about half of them over the next two years.
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Summary: Many advisers are good at math and have a feel for the markets. Most also have a knack for networking and sales. The most successful ones set ambitious goals for themselves and their business. They want to win, and to do right by their clients. But advisers must rely on staff. Leading them well, and keeping them happy, becomes even more important as a practice grows and more tasks need to be delegated. If it grows enough, the adviser may find he or she is also managing other advisers.
