Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne

About the Author

Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne

Joyce Hanson has been an associate editor at AdvisorOne.com since the spring of 2010, and has covered business, finance and economics since 1992. She can be reached at jhanson@sbmedia.com.

Formerly a contributing writer with Crain’s New York Business, Hanson also has served in editorial positions with Dow Jones Newswires, The Bond Buyer, and the Central Penn Business Journal.

In addition, her experience includes several years as fixed-income research editor for JPMorgan Chase’s investment bank. She has won business reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Keystone State Chapter as well as the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Hanson has a Master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

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  Desperately Seeking Women: IRI Research Explains Advisor Gap

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 7, 2013

  Careers in the financial advising field are expected to grow at twice the rate for all jobs between now and 2020—but where are the women?

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  Middle-Age White Guys Need Not Apply: AIG’s Advisor Group Diversifies Recruitment

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 7, 2013

  The traditional image of the wirehouse-trained advisor serving strictly HNW white males is giving way as women challenge assumptions about who the average investor is.

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  Advisor Group Unveils Initiative to Help Women Advisors Grow Their Practice

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 6, 2013

  The AIG-owned Advisor Group is putting its power behind an initiative to help women advisors grow their business in an admittedly "male-dominated industry."

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  The Elevator Speech That’s Sure to Fail: New Genworth Practice Management Book

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 3, 2013

  Consider two financial planners, both of whom specialize in working with doctors, making their 'elevator speeches' at a cocktail party after a medical conference. Which pitch works best?

• RIAs Closed 13 M&A Deals in Q1: Schwab Advisor Services

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  The RIA sector notched its greatest number of M&A deals since Q1 2012, but overall deal size declined.

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  LinkedIn Courts Advisors as Social Media Use Grows

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 2, 2013

  LinkedIn super user Cathy Curtis of Curtis Financial Planning says she uses social media to market her personal brand.

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  Schwab’s Sonders: Middle America Is My Favorite Emerging Market

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 1, 2013

  "Someone asked me in a Q&A, 'What’s your favorite emerging market?’ and ‘Middle America’ was what came out of my mouth,” Sonders said at the FPA-New York annual summit.

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  Nontraded REITs: Friend or Foe?

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 29, 2013

  Nontraded REITs may be unsuitable for older investors because of their need for liquidity, but they have their defenders in today's booming real estate market.

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  Reality Bites: Gen Xers Aren’t Slackers Anymore, MetLife Says

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2013

  The unthinkable inevitable has happened: Gen Xers are identifying more with their Boomer parents as they enter middle age and shoulder the burdens of work, family and financial planning.

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  Shh! Virtual Recruitment Market Lets Advisors Shop Anonymously for New Firms

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  April 25, 2013

  Companies that have signed on to the Advisor Center include Cetera Advisors, Commonwealth Financial Network, LPL Financial, Pershing Advisor Solutions and TD Ameritrade Institutional.