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Summary: Advisers looking to build relationships with accounting professionals should take a deliberate approach and recognize that right now — as certified public accountants are gearing up for their busiest days of tax season — is probably not the ideal time to request a first meeting.
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Summary: As the financial services industry continues to evolve with different channels of back-office support, smaller practices have greater opportunities for ownership, the ability to customize the way they serve their clients as well as greater financial rewards.
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Summary: With more wirehouse and regional advisors seeking greater independence, control, autonomy, superior economics, and the ability to customize the client service experience, independent models have been big winners.
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Summary: I have spoken on social media and PR at two recent conferences: an FPA of Massachusetts media training and Barron’s Top Independent Advisors Summit. In doing so, I realized two things – one, most advisors want more positive publicity, and two, most advisors are still trying to figure out social media.
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Summary: Specifics of the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) program, called the "Never-Before Examined Initiative" and aimed at targeting unexamined advisors that have been registered with the SEC for three or more years, come just over a month after the agency announced that this issue would be an examination priority in 2014.
