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Get Serious About Recruiting Women Advisors
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on July 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: For a client-centric practice, there is no more critical indicator of future success than the composition of its team. Thus, every advisory firm’s top priority should be acquiring, developing and retaining the best possible people, who in turn can provide the best possible service to their clients. In this context, advisors must ask themselves if women are adequately represented — at all levels — in the practice. Advisors who can honestly say yes will find that they are far better positioned for long-term growth than those who cannot.
Management Tip: Is Your Org Chart Helping You Grow?
From Financial Planning
Added on July 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: The growth of your firm relies on your strategic plan, your organizational structure and your human capital practices. Build your business strategy first, to get a clear understanding of what you want to deliver to clients. But then clarify your organizational structure to make sure you have the right people doing the right things.
Tapping Advisor Technology Thought Leaders: Michael Kitces, Part 2
From SEI Advisor Network
Added on July 2014 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: This is the second of two blog posts covering my conversation with Michael Kitces. In this one we pushed into the current trends of financial planning. You can read the first post here. To give you a sense for how Michael operates, our conversation was conducted while he was on a long drive. In total, we chatted for about two hours, during which he became more and more passionate. I only hope there weren’t many other drivers about, as a lot of brain power was focused on the phone, so there cannot have been much left for the road.
Merrill's New Training Could Put Advisors in 'Sticky' Situation
From Think Advisor
Added on July 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Starting in August, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC) says its advisor trainees will have the option of joining a team as a specialist and finishing the training program in about two and a half years, versus the traditional three and a half years. The aim is to support advisors with succession planning and build “the bridges necessary for the next generation of advisors to continue to deliver the experience our clients expect and deserve,” according to a memo shared with advisors on Monday.
Making the Call: Leaving the Wirehouse
From wealthmanagement.com
Added on July 2014 in Join an RIA
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Summary: It’s tough making the decision to move towards independence, to leave the wirehouse. There can be a lot of hesitancy around the move and a lot of fear: fear of leaving the known, fear of failure, fear that you don’t know what you don’t know. While I’m sure there are many very healthy egos amongst the readership, when we’re alone in a quiet place, we tend to give ourselves much less credit than we deserve.
