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Summary: Whether you own a planning firm with one or many employees, or are an employee yourself, understanding the rules around classifying employees as exempt or non-exempt—in other words, who is eligible for overtime and who is not—can prevent misunderstandings, hard feelings, audits, and penalties
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Summary: A new guidebook filled with practical information about virtually every aspect of developing a sustainable business and succession plan. Many firm owners are only a decade or so from retirement—and yet, fewer than 30% of independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) have even created a succession plan.Without an exit strategy in mind, advisors lack clear goals to guide their business planning efforts. This informative guidebook explains how you can address many of the key planning questions facing your firm.
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Summary: InvestmentNews compares data from the recent InvestmentNews/Moss Adams 2013 Compensation & Staffing Study, which collected compensation information from over 400 firms for over 2,000 positions, against data gathered from Salary.com to see how adviser compensation compares against other seasoned professionals in the workforce today. Here is how they stacked up.
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Summary: Many service companies, including retailers, call centers, and security firms, can reduce costs and make better hires by using short, web-based psychometric tests as the first screening step. Such tests efficiently weed out the least-suitable applicants, leaving a smaller, better-qualified pool to undergo the more costly personalized aspects of the process.
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Summary: The advisory industry will shed more than 25,000 financial planners over the next four years, down to just more than 280,000, according to research firm Cerulli Associates. It's bad news for the advisory industry overall, but there is some good news for RIAs.
