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RIA alliances help independent advisers prosper
From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2014 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: The RIA business was a lonely place when Brent Brodeski joined Savant Capital Management in 1992. He and founder Thomas Muldowney had no forum for talking with other registered investment advisers about how best to manage customer relationships or the back office, what to pay staff and other mysteries of running an advisory practice. After three years, Mr. Brodeski set out to address this glaring lack of support. He helped launch Zero Alpha Group, an alliance of independent advisers who share business knowledge and best practices.
Small businesses still ailing in wake of Affordable Care Act
From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: A year ago, financial advisers were cheering the launch of government health insurance exchanges, but today they're grappling with costly group insurance policies for their small business clients, who have been hurt by delays in the implementation of Obamacare.
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Is Building Your Business Wrecking Your Health?
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on August 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Advisor Doug Vandyke got into the advice business with his eyes wide open. His bosses at the wirehouses where he started his career warned him up front that 15-hour days wouldn’t be uncommon, and they were bang-on. So he didn’t balk at staying late and working weekends.
Tips for Building a Referral Strategy
From FPA
Added on August 2014 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: t’s no secret—more client referrals mean better business. In fact, a 2010 report by The Oechsli Institute found that 54 percent of affluent clients surveyed had made their selection of financial adviser as the result of a personal introduction. However, many clients find being asked outright for referrals to be off-putting or overly aggressive. With an increasing emphasis being placed on garnering client referrals and gaining client trust, how do you generate one without jeopardizing the other?
No summer break for SEC as agency revs up exam pace
From InvestmentNews
Added on August 2014 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Securities and Exchange Commission examiners haven't slowed down during the dog days of summer, according to compliance consultants who attribute the uptick in the SEC exam pace to the agency's focus on registered investment advisers who have never been examined. At the beginning of the year, the SEC launched a program to target about 1,000 advisers who have been registered for three years or more without being audited. The agency hopes to examine about half of them over the next two years.
