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Steady at the Helm
By Jane Wollman RusoffAs Winston Churchill crisply summed up: "The question which we must ask ourselves is not whether we like or do not like what is going...
June 01, 2007
FPA Wins Appeal on Merrill/BD Rule; SEC ConcedesA federal court of appeals has ruled in favor of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) in its case against the Securities and Exchange Commission over...
June 01, 2007
Unconventional WisdomQuick. What's the chief quality of top advisors to the affluent? Skill? Ability? Style? It's probably not what you think. Following a two-year research-based "random walk"...
June 01, 2007
The New RecruiterOne of the toughest jobs in the financial services industry has to be that of the financial advisor recruiter. Typically, the FA recruiter is a...
June 01, 2007
Test Your CPI-QNot long ago, telling someone they looked like a million dollars was a compliment. Say it now and they might rush to schedule an emergency...
June 01, 2007
The Independents' VoiceResearch: In your opinion, what are the strengths of the independent advisory model? Brown: A couple of things come to mind. As the label says, it's...
June 01, 2007
'Income in Repect of a Decedent'James W. Coleman Sr., president of Coleman Financial Advisory Group in Waterbury, Conn., is on a mission -- and he thinks you should be too....
June 01, 2007
The Prospect of DiscoveryDo you genuinely look forward to the prospect of discovering a great deal about many aspects of your clients' lives? To finding out not just...