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Summary: It’s probably the most common scenario in independent advisory firms today: employee goes to firm owner demanding a raise, a promotion, partnership in the firm or some combination thereof. Owner, caught unprepared, gives a non-response, usually including a promise to get back to the employee. From an employee’s perspective, the very worst thing—worse than long hours, unfriendly coworkers or even a micro-managing boss—is uncertainty.
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Summary: Every year brings its own set of challenges, as unseen trends suddenly emerge while older trends come to fruition, as unexpected market events make fools of the prognosticators and disruptive technologies change our lives. Here are 10 issues to think about as we enter 2014 – offered with humility and respect for the world's ability to surprise us.
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Summary: For many Millennials (people ages 21 to 36), their experience with the markets has been volatility and crashes; they’ve also dealt with job security issues. That would explain whey they tend to me more conservative investors. According to the latest UBS Investor Watch report, Millennials are also more likely to describe themselves as conservative, similar to the WWII generation.
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Summary: If the graying financial services industry is to replenish the ranks of retiring advisors and brokers, firms and trade groups must take a more active role in promoting the field to millennials and countering the tendency of young people to associate all professions in the sector with the worst excesses of Wall Street.
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Summary: When structuring a compensation plan, the first thing to do is think carefully through the compensation structure of your new position and ask yourself, “Would this attract the kind of high-caliber candidates I am looking for?” To find and attract the best talent and ensure your new hire fills the role you envision, you must appropriately incentivize the new employee. This may sound simple in theory, but the truth is that a compensation discussion entails much more than “How much do I plan on paying this person.
