Practice Management

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  Advisors’ Top Business Worries: What You’d Expect, but…

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 24, 2012

  Latest TD Ameritrade survey shows RIAs fretting over economy, markets and compliance, but they also lean on other advisors for help on people issues.

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  Key Systems for a Healthy Independent Advisory Business, Pt. 8: Your Custodian

  By Mike Patton  |  May 24, 2012

  In the final post in his series on what constitutes a healthy RIA firm, advisor Mike Patton considers the key role of a custodian in running your practice more efficiently.

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  Mark Tibergien: The 2012 IA 25 Extended Profile

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  Mark Tibergien has been on the IA 25 list every year since it’s been published, and his sharp mind, insight into the advisory world and passion for the profession hasn’t abated over those years.

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  BD Reference Guide; Pursuing Practice Excellence; Evaluating Money Managers: June Investment Advisor—Slideshow

  By Editorial Staff  |  May 22, 2012

  Our June issue is our annual broker-dealer issue, and in it we offer some familiar features.

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  BrightScope, Spaulding Group Propose Universal Performance Standard

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  BrightScope and The Spaulding Group released on Tuesday a white paper calling for an industry consensus on performance standards for financial advisors.

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  How Not to Lose a Client: 3 Basic, Effective Strategies

  By James Carney, ByAllAccounts  |  May 22, 2012

  A national survey of affluent and HNW investors provides insights into what clients consider important, why they'd fire an advisor and how an advisor builds and maintains loyalty.

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  Why RIA Firms Should Hire the Young, Pt. 2: 5 Tips on Recruiting Breakaway Brokers

  By Tim Oden, Schwab Advisor Services  |  May 22, 2012

  In the second post in a three-part series on RIAs hiring breakaway brokers under the age of 40, tips on how—and how not—to recruit those younger brokers.

• Touchstone’s Steve Graziano on Martinis, Growth and the Case for Subadvising

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 22, 2012

  After an 18-year stint at Pioneer Investments, Steve Graziano was ready for retirement and an easy transition into teaching.

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  The Endangered Perma-Bear

  By John Sullivan, Advisorone  |  May 22, 2012

  Whatever you do, don’t call Jeff Gundlach pessimistic.

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  Pursuing Practice Excellence: The Study

  By Spenser Segal, ActiFi, James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  May 22, 2012

  Over the past six months, the Investment Advisor Group has partnered with ActiFi Inc. on what we humbly consider to be a breakthrough research study about advisor practice management.