Q: I received customer letters, written after a nasty falling-out, that my firm said would appear on my internal U4, but not my public statement. The clients had a very bad separation from my team. They all wrote the same letter, over two years...
It would seem like a nice problem to have too many clients. Unfortunately many reps have too many of the wrong type of clients. It doesn't have to be this way, of course. We are in the midst of arguably the best affluent client acquisition...
It has long been the case that the heaviest hitters rely mostly on high-net-worth retail clients for their outsized success. But now many advisors are finding what they seek one more link up the food chain in the lower reaches of the institutional...
Thinking of starting a limited liability corporation? If so, you're not alone. About 80 percent to 90 percent of new practices choose that form of business structure, according to Philip Palaveev, senior consultant at Moss Adams, a Seattle...
When advisors decide to embark on a job search, they often overlook one very important firm to evaluate: their current one. It's an understandable oversight. Many advisors begin a search out of specific dislike for their current employer, so it...