Center for Due Diligence

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  The Successful Retirement Plan Advisor, Pt. 2: Profile in Success—Trisha Brambley

  By Liz Davidson, Financial Finesse  |  February 25, 2013

  As part of our series on what the most successful retirement plan advisors have in common, we profile Trisha Brambley of Retirement Playbook Inc.

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  Benartzi Says 401(k) Success Hinges on Improving Access, Removing 3 Obstacles: CFDD 2011

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 21, 2011

  It’s not enough to think about improving outcomes.

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  7 Processes for Retirement Planning: CFDD 2011

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 20, 2011

  Retirement planning has been pushed as a product over the past several years, Jack Gardner of Thornburg Investments said. Advisors who focus on planning as a process rather than pushing a series of products, though, will get more assets.

• At CFDD 2011, Use ‘Positive Manipulation’ to Influence Client Behavior

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2011

  The primary goal of using behavioral finance principles in your practice is to 'positively manipulate behavior on a subconscious level,' Darrin Farrow said on Monday at the 2011 Center for Due Diligence conference.

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  How to Write a Model Investment Advisory Agreement: CFDD 2011

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2011

  Bruce Ashton, ERISA attorney with Drinker Biddle, stressed to attendees at the Center for Due Diligence’s 2011 conference on Monday that while disclosures must be written, agreements don’t necessarily have to be.

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  At CFDD 2011, TDFs Prove Their Value

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 18, 2011

  Are target-date funds being used as they were intended? Carol Waddell, vice president of product management for T. Rowe Price, posed this question to attendees on Monday at the Center for Due Diligence’s 2011 conference in Chicago.

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  At CFDD 2011, Peng Chen Emphasizes Human Capital

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 17, 2011

  'If you take a step back and really think about what we’re in this business for, it’s helping the individual investor,' said Peng Chen, president of Morningstar Ibbotson, as he opened the conference of the Center for Due Diligence 2011.

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  Key to 408(b)(2) Compliance: Support, Solid Procedures

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  October 17, 2011

  The regulatory reform advisors are facing is “nothing less than stunning,” Amy Glynn, president of Pension Resource Institute told attendees at the Center for Due Diligence’s 2011 conference.