wealth management

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  New Hire Roundup: Comfort Joins LPL; Clark Moves Up at Clark Capital

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  This week in new hires, Robert Comfort went to LPL Financial, Brendan Clark was named president of Clark Capital Management and Ken Paieski joined UAT.

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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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  When Your Own Skills Aren’t Enough: Psyche, Hearth and Children

  By Olivia Mellan  |  May 22, 2012

  More and more clients are looking for life solutions these days.

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  New Hire Roundup: Kapoor Rises at Morningstar; Chilton Trust Gains Approval

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 17, 2012

  This week in new hires, Morningstar promoted Kunal Kapoor; Chilton Trust was approved by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation; and Duff & Phelps announced a new independent broker-dealer due diligence practice.

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  New Hire Roundup: Atlanta Capital Group Adds Two

  By Marlene Y. Satter  |  May 9, 2012

  This week in new hires, Atlanta Capital Group welcomed David McInnis and Richart Artzi; Jennifer Mitchell joined Tiedemann Wealth Management; and Wally Head went to Gresham.

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  Join the Conversation During Heritage Planning Month

  By Cameron Thornton, The GenUS Collaborative  |  May 1, 2012

  During May—Heritage Planning Month—there are opportunities for families, individuals, nonprofit organizations and all professional advisors to discover the third element of planning.

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  The Hartford Sells VA Business to Forethought

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 27, 2012

  The Hartford has sold its variable annuity marketing business as part of its effort to reduce its role in the life insurance business.

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  New Hire Roundup: TD Ameritrade Institutional Welcomes Gaze

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 26, 2012

  This week in new hires, Christine Gaze joined TD Ameritrade Institutional, Robert Bernstein went to Windham Capital and Raymond James confirmed the appointment of John Carson as president of its board.

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  SagePoint Hires Dee Morgan to Head Recruiting

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 5, 2012

  Morgan joins the organization as senior vice president of recruiting and will lead a team focused on attracting independent, wirehouse and hybrid advisors to the Phoenix-based firm.

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  Barclays Adds 2 Ex-Morgan Stanley Advisors in LA

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 4, 2012

  The boutique firm has added eight advisors to the branch—with $2.7 million in assets and about $32 million in trailing-12-month production—in the last six months.