From Financial Planning
Added on November 2013 in Other Ideas
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Summary: An in-depth analysis of how you and your team are spending your time is a key step in building a sustainable practice that achieves the goals you’ve set for your practice and your life, says Susan A. Riley-Hayes, who owns Highpointe Wealth Advisors speaking at SourceMedia’s Women Advisors Forum in Chicago.
From Harvard Business Review
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Summary: Many service companies, including retailers, call centers, and security firms, can reduce costs and make better hires by using short, web-based psychometric tests as the first screening step. Such tests efficiently weed out the least-suitable applicants, leaving a smaller, better-qualified pool to undergo the more costly personalized aspects of the process.
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on November 2013 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Though some financial advisors seem to fear that segmenting their client bases means turning people into numbers or relegating otherwise valued customers to inferior-service quadrants, AccountingWeb says it’s in fact a way to increase efficiency and enhance client service.
From Financial Advisor IQ
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Summary: The financial-advice industry attracts a lot of career-switchers. In fact, at many large firms they make up the majority of new recruits. While a second-career advisor may not come as cheaply as a 21-year-old fresh out of school, success in a previous profession is an excellent predictor of future productivity, these firms say. Second-career FAs don’t cost any more or less to train. And advisors who have built a network of solid relationships in their first career often come with an built-in client niche.
From aRIA: Alliance for Registered Investment Advisors
Added on November 2013 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Independent advisors are inundated with a variety of information surrounding the present and future value of their businesses. Although many advisors do an outstanding job helping clients manage their net worth and personal equity, more independent advisors need to take the opportunity to manage their own business equity. This white paper will provide insight on how aRIA advisors think about managing their own business equity and provide advisors with a tactical overview of the key drivers of value
