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Finding Perfect Recruits Costs More Than Ever

From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on September 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Recruiting the ideal candidate to join a financial advice practice now requires serious investment to search for individuals with traits impossible to put on resumes, such as the ability to work on a team, one wealth management executive tells the Wall Street Journal.

The trade-offs, soul-searching and stress of a succession transition

From Financial Planning
Added on August 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: For years, financial industry writers and consultants have probed every aspect of how to create a smooth succession for financial advisory practices.

Selling Your Book of Business: Top Three Considerations

From WealthManagement.com
Added on August 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Though the financial services industry has undergone a wave of head-turning transformations in recent years, spurred on, in part, by a mix of demographic trends, the looming threat of robo platforms and the increasingly complex regulatory environment, one issue remains as relevant today as it was 10 years ago: succession planning.

Should I … Hire an intern?

From On Wall Street
Added on August 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Should you hire an intern next summer? Yes, say planners who have done it, saying that it’s best if you have substantial work that an intern can do. But how do you know if your needs match what an intern has to offer?

Advisors: Are You Properly Valuing Your Advice?

From IRIS
Added on August 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: In my experience most financial advisers are poor at valuing the advice they give. This is despite a number of excellent studies highlighting the difference an adviser can make to a consumers wellbeing and net worth, as well as the experience of the advisers themselves over the course of their careers.  It is worth noting that I am not referring to being poor atexpressing the value – which we usually are – but we are poor at actuallyputting the proper value on the advice itself.

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