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Free, Unbiased Real Estate Agent Referral Service, Using Hyper-Local Data, Connects Consumers To The Highest-Performing Agent
Financial Planning, Andrew Gluck Say you're selling a home and want to find the best real estate agent to represent you. You can rely on word of mouth and referrals, but why not use data to decide on who will best represent... |
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The American College of Financial Planning Throws Its Weight Behind A New Retirement Designation
Retirement, Andrew Gluck While the federal government is cracking down in bogus financial advisor designations, The American College of Financial Planning, recently launched the Retirement Income Certified... |
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TIAA-CREF Study Recommends Ways To Improve Defined Contribution Plans And Boost Retirement Readiness
401(k), Andrew Gluck TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields and a half trillion dollar under management, today released a study... |
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Mind Mapping Streamlines A Business Negotiation
Financial Planning, Andrew Gluck "It was an ugly business divorce with a lot of moving parts," says Rob O'Dell, whose firm manages $135 million for 71 clients through offices in Wheaton, Ill., and Naples, Fla. "There... |
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Stop Analyzing Social Security!
Retirement, Sheryl Rowling As a financial advisor, I frequently get asked when it’s best to take Social Security benefits. To do a thorough evaluation requires calculating the benefit amounts based on various... |
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Compliance
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RIA Brochure Delivery Rule: Do I Really Have To Deliver This "Thing" To Clients If I Made No Material Changes Since Last Year?
Advertising Compliance, Stark & Stark A Registered Investment Adviser’s ADV Part 2A--also called a "brochure"--is one of ithe most critical documents an an advisory firm creates. It's your public disclosure form, the... |
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Securities Lawyers Investigate Losses In UBS Willow Fund
Advertising Compliance, Andrew Gluck Securities attorneys at Klayman & Toskes say they are investigating claims of UBS Financial Services customers who purchased the UBS Willow Fund, a private hedge fund formed in 2000. In October... |
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Consumer Financial Protection Board Weighs In On Senior Advisor Designations; Says SEC, States, And Other Lawmakers Must Act
Regulatory, Andrew Gluck Consumer Financial Protection Board (CFPB), an agency created by Dodd-Frank Act as an uber-regulator of financial services in the U.S., issued a report and recommendations today addressing the... |
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In A Show Of How The SEC Is Tightening RIA Compliance, A Chicago Advisor Is Barred From Securities Business
Registered Investment Advisors, Andrew Gluck RIAs better be accurate in disclosing how much money they manage. The Securities & Exchange Commission suddenly seems interested in such disclosures. Umesh Tandon, 37, owner and chief compliance... |
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Industry
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MoneyBlock, An Online Independent BD Focused on Reps And RIAs Utilizing Options Strategies, Launches Proprietary Client Management Platform
Advisor Business, Andrew Gluck MoneyBlock, an online broker-dealer serving independent reps and advisors, today introduced a proprietary platform that offers advisors and clients access to comprehensive online account management... |
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Does The Revelation Of Fees Paid To Advisors From Schwab And Fidelity Taint The Perception That RIAs, As Fiduciaries, Are Above Conflicts?
Advisor Business, Andrew Gluck Cerulli Associates posted an article today that is sure to enrage some RIAs. It's pretty brave and honest and deserves attention. |
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Why A Uniform Fiduciary Standard Isn't The Answer
Advisor Business, Andrew Gluck A uniform fiduciary standard won’t change anything if underlying problems plaguing the industry are not fixed first. |
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MBA VS. CFA: Here's How To Decide Which One To Get
Advisor Business, Andrew Gluck When considering a career as a private wealth advisor, you have a choice of designatons and degrees. This story looks at getting an MBA versus a CFA. |
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When is a Registered Investment Advisor Required to Obtain an ERISA Bond?
Advisor Business, Stark & Stark The protection of client assets is critical to securities regulation, especially in the wake of Dodd Frank and the need to boost investor confidence. The bulk of the regulations fall to... |
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Investing
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Budget Office Cuts Estimate Of Nation’s 2013 Deficit By 24%
U.S. Investing, Andrew Gluck The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has slashed its projections of the current-year fiscal deficit because of bigger-than-expected tax receipts and payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie... |
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ERISA Attorneys Confirm That Fiduciaries Must Vet Target Date Fund Selections
Strategies, Ron Surz In a detailed new analysis, two ERISA attorneys make the case that fiduciaries are “responsible for the prudent selection and monitoring of” target date funds (TDFs) within defined... |
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Looking For Love In All The Right Places: Using Heat Maps To Generate Alpha Signals
Strategies, Ron Surz Momentum investing works, and it works best in an opportunity-rich environment. You just need to know where to look. |
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Good Start To 2013 As Domestic Stocks Earn 11% In First Quarter Performance
Strategies, Ron Surz 2013 stock markets started like 2012 stock markets – with a bang. U.S. stock markets kicked off 2013 with a very good 10.7% return. Also like 2012’s first quarter, foreign markets... |
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Managing
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Succession Link, A New Listing Service For Advisors Who Want to Sell Firms, Debuts
Succession, Andrew Gluck Succession Link, which provides business consulting and an online marketplace for advisors who are interested in buying or selling their practices, recently was launched. |
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Google Now Offering 15GB Of Free Storage, Shared Across All Services
Practice Management, Andrew Gluck Google today raised free storage capacity across Drive, Google+ and Gmail to 15GB. The move now makes Google the leader in free storage capacity. Dropbox currently offers 2GB of free space,... |
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90-Day Priorities-Discipline, Patience, and Focus Will Help You Set and Achieve Your Quarterly Goals
Practice Management, Reid Stone Since we are fast approaching another quarter-end in a little over a month, it is a good time to look at whether you are on target to accomplish the goals you set for your business this year. Being... |
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Focus On The Big Rocks
Practice Management, Reid Stone I've been reflecting on what's important in my business and personal life. Part of this reflection comes from contemplating my business--what direction to take it and how to make it better. Part of... |
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Marketing
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Content Isn't King. Trust Is King.
Advertising, Andrew Gluck Here's a brilliant post about content marketing. While it's not written for financial advisors, the author nails it. |
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Clearly Explaining What You Do For A Living Is Critical For Establishing Credibility
Client Communications, Max Bolka What do you do for a living? Many Advisors fumble over their answer to this question. But having a clear, client-oriented, benefits-laced statement of what you do and who you do it for is the... |
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Make Your Slides, Videos And Webinars More Effective: How To Set Up PowerPoint Slides For 16:9 Display Instead Of 4:3
Client Communications, Andrew Gluck When you create slides in PowerPoint, it's smart right from the start to build them with a 16:9 aspect ratio because monitors and video players these days are all 16:9. |
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Merrill's Thiel Says Advisors Must Change The Conversation With Clients, But His Comments Come Four Years After The Financial Crisis
Client Communications, Andrew Gluck To overcome the dramatic decline in public trust in banks since the financial crisis, financial advisors need to change the dialogue they are having with clients, Merrill Lynch wealth management... |
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Technology
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For An Advisory Firm, A Private Cloud May Not Always Have A Silver Lining
Advisor Applications, Andrew Gluck Private clouds for advisory firms usually have a silver lining. Other times, however, they don’t let the sunshine in and can hinder your firm. Private clouds are nothing new. A... |
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How To Make Your Most-Frequently Used Documents More Accessible
Software, Andrew Gluck Financial advisors use a lot of the same documents all the time. Sure, you also create new documents, but you probably have a few Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher documents that you must refer... |
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Password Meters That Tell You If You're Creating A Strong Password Really Do Work
Security, Andrew Gluck Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and Microsoft are among the first to test the effect that the ubiquitous password meters... |
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11 Reasons Why Financial Advisors Should Consider A Windows 8 Ultraportable
Hardware, Andrew Gluck Every week or two lately, another Windows laptop, tablet, or laptop-tablet is being launched. It's confusing. Since most advisors don't keep up with all the latest changes in computer... |
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What Do You Do If Your Cloud Service Is Discontinued, Obsolete or Sold?
Software, Brian Edelman As the cloud matures, the services being offered are rapidly changing. What happens when the services you use are no longer available? Below are some tips to protect yourself organized by on the... |
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A4A News
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Eight Tips To Jumpstart Your Advisory Firm’s Online Videos And 20 Suggested Video Topics, Plus A Discount Code For $30 Off Camtasia Studio 8 Video Editing Software
News, Andrew Gluck Speaking at A4A’s Financial Advisor Webinar Series last Friday, Matt Pierce, a Camtasia Studio training manager at TechSmith, provided an overview of this powerful video editing software... |
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The Most Important Financial Advisor Story Of 2012
News, Andrew Gluck The most important story of the year on Advisors4Advisors in 2012 was—drum roll, please…. “I've Seen The Future Of Professional Wealth Management Software And Its Name Is inStream... |
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A4A Will Keep You Updated On Actions Of Pertinent Congressional Committees During Last Session Of The Year
News, Lisa Gray In a post on September 21, we pointed you to an AdvisorOne article that outlined 11 Congressional committees whose actions would likely be affected by the election. Today, we'll begin to... |
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Rejected From Registering For A4A Webinar About Taxes With Bob Keebler?
News, Andrew Gluck If you were rejected from registering for an A4A webinar, it's because you’re not a member or your membership expired. A4A now allows only paid members to attend its webinars. See below what... |
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