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Trust and Miracles

The word “trust” is used all the time in the private wealth management world. While there are numerous academic studies on the issue, Patricia Angus has found a simple rule of thumb that helps her identify someone who might be trustworthy.

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  • May 22, 2013
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    Getting Over the Fear of Marketing Plans

    Jerry Lezynski, the director of marketing for SEI Advisor Network, gives five tips to help get your marketing plan out of your head, off the ground and into the real world....More
  • May 22, 2013
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    Outgrowing Wall Street?

    Are advisors outgrowing Wall Street? A new Cerulli report on the rise of the “boutique” seems to suggest that many are....More
  • May 22, 2013
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    The Art of Being a Gracious Advisor

    The hustle and bustle of business commerce has made graciousness an afterthought. Instead we rush from meeting to meeting and dismiss anything that doesn’t produce immediate gratification – that doesn’t add to the bottom-line. So, how does an advisor practice the art of being gracious? Here are a few tips....More
  • May 21, 2013
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    Advisors Get Ready to Ride the Social Sharing Wave

    Moore’s Law is a mathematical principle devised in the 1960s that states the number of transistors on integrated circuit boards doubles every 18 months—meaning the processing power grows exponentially. This simple principle has held true for the computer hardware industry over the past fifty years!...More
  • May 21, 2013
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    FINRA Won't Drop BrokerCheck Link Rule

    Advisors who hate the idea of linking to BrokerCheck on their websites are not out of the woods. Despite pulling its proposal last month, FINRA staff say the proposal is not dead....More
  • May 21, 2013
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    YOUR PRACTICE-Five Tips for Effective Client Meetings  

    Keeping clients on track during one-on-one strategy sessions is often a tricky balancing act. It requires planners to acknowledge the deep emotions that are usually attached to the financial lives of their clients....More
  • May 20, 2013
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    Client Advisory Boards Really Do Work!

    Even the greatest of skeptics have been proven wrong when it comes to creating a client advisory board....More
  • May 20, 2013
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    SEC's Walter Says No Fiduciary Standard Rules This Year

    The former chairman of the SEC said the first round of public comments on the fiduciary rule weren't "data heavy" and the commission is hoping for more information....More
  • May 20, 2013
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    It’s Not All About You

    You can’t be a full service financial planning firm if it’s all about one person....More
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Hey I just quit my job as an assistant to an FA (long story...) Was thinking of going into the insurance side, and then use it as a leverage to get in the training program of a canadian bank on the investment side. I talked to insurance agents at my old firm, commission seem to be comparable  and the market larger yet it seems the investment side attracts far more applicants.  So what made you choose insurance over invesment?  Did anyone make the transition from insurance to getting investment-liscenced properly?...More

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