Gaining Clients, Part II: Making Your Office Communicate ‘You’
By Mike PattonYour office itself helps make that all-important first impression to prospective clients. Here's what my office looks like, and communicates.
January 13, 2011
Advisors Optimistic, Clients Pessimistic in SEI PollFinancial advisors are vastly more optimistic about 2011 than their clients.
January 12, 2011
Focus Financial Buys Midwest RIA Pettinga Financial AdvisorsFocus Financial Partners has acquired a large stake in Pettinga Financial Advisors, a wealth management firm based in Evansville, Ind., Reuters reported Tuesday.
January 12, 2011
SEC, FINRA Charge Schwab, 2 Executives Over YieldPlus FundOn Tuesday both the SEC and FINRA imposed penalties on Schwab, as well as two Schwab executives, in connection with charges filed by the SEC over the YieldPlus Fund.
January 11, 2011
HighTower ‘Tucks In’ a Morgan Stanley Broker to Existing RIA FirmThe firm that has attracted a raft of brokerage teams from major wirehouses to partner under its RIA umbrella announced its first tuck-in transaction.
January 11, 2011
Ken Fisher: U.S. Blue Chips Will Top World MarketsBillionaire investor Kenneth Fisher says the biggest U.S. companies will lead global stocks in 2011, even as returns diminish after a 21-month bull market.
January 10, 2011
Gaining Clients: What I Do at a First Client MeetingOn his Road to Independence, advisor Mike Patton blogs on the steps he takes with prospective clients in a first meeting.
January 07, 2011
Fee-Based Financial Advisors Fastest Growing: TiburonA new research report published by Tiburon Strategic Advisors in December and released Friday examines the fee-based financial advisor (RIA) arena; it categorizes these advisors as the fastest-growing financial services market and distribution channel.