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What Does Junior Do?

From Financial Advisor Magazine
Added on November 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Junior” advisors are critical for the success of a firm, but their roles and responsibilities in an advisory firm are often misunderstood and frequently mismanaged. To begin with, “junior” advisors hate being called “junior.” They are often neither young nor inexperienced, and while they are not yet at the top of their professions, they can make an immediate contribution to the productivity and profitability of any firm.

The scary truth: The struggle between who we are and what we want

From InvestmentNews
Added on November 2015 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Halloween is a time of candy, costumes and trick or treating. But mostly it's a time for people to dress up and “become” someone else for a night. How many people are really happy with who they are the rest of their days? This is one of the central questions for most humans when they think about their financial life: What are we willing to give up to be the ideal version of ourselves and avoid a scary ending?

Tech-Savvy Advisors Tend to Be Bigger, Fidelity Says

From WealthManagement.com
Added on November 2015 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary:  Technology companies love to push how much more efficient their products can make a firm, but some independent advisors concerned with their firm’s bottom line want to be able to quantify their return on investment.

Overworked and Clients Suffering? Hire a Manager

From Financial Planning
Added on November 2015 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Many of the advisors we work with at my consulting firm come to us out of frustration that they have built the wrong organizational structure to support their firm. This often becomes a conversation about whether this is the right time to hire a professional manager to help run their business operations, freeing the advisor to spend more time with clients and to develop new client relationships.

Are Robo Advisors Following The Path Of Internet-Only Banks?

From Wall Street Journal
Added on October 2015 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Peter Nesvold, the managing director of Silver Lane Advisors and lead author of the study, says that robo advisors are in danger if they are unable to improve their value proposition before more established financial institutions take over the automated advice market.

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