From Kenexa
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Summary: By now I’m sure you’re busy putting together plans for 2014. Now more than ever, it’s important that your organization gets the most out of its top resource – its people.So before you finalize those plans, Blogger, Tim Geisert wants to share six tips you can use to create a smarter workforce in 2014. Follow this advice, and watch how it energizes your workforce.
From A Nerd's Eye View
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Summary: Hiring young "Generation Y" financial planners has its challenges, as today's generation of new financial planners have some fundamentally different views regarding work/life balance and work expectations that will shape how they navigate their careers. Gen Y planner and NAPFA Genesis founder Dave Grant shares some of his experiences with the difficulties of dealing with Gen Y entitlement issues, reflecting on some of his recent challenges with his own entitlement demons that crop up from time to time.
From InvestmnetNews
Added on December 2013 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Bill Schwartz, an independent adviser who broke away from Merrill Lynch, has considered the pros and cons that a wirehouse adviser must weigh when deciding whether to make the transition to an RIA. He’s pinpointed the key questions advisers should have answers to as they decide whether or not to break away. Here are the 10 biggest questions to address before turning independent.
From Financial Planning
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Summary: An increasing number of growing advisory firms reaching from outside the business to bring in professional managers -- as they should be doing, say industry experts. So what should firms seeking to bring in outside professional managers be looking for, asking and offering?
From Think Advisor
Added on December 2013 in Join an RIA
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Summary: “RIAs are the sole growth story in a shrinking industry” of advisors, said Bing Waldert, a Cerulli Associates director commenting on the findings in its Cerulli Edge-U.S. Asset Management Edition report released today. Specifically, the report says the number of advisors in the RIA channel grew at an annualized rate of 8% over the years 2004-2012, while other advisor industry channels declined by 1.2% to 2.5%.