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Market Insights
As summer starts turning into fall and I contemplate the recent volatility in financial markets, the same thought keeps going through my mind: events may come and go, but solid processes endure. At first glance, that may seem trivial but think about what a process is: a series of steps or events that lead to a result.
By Peter Drake |September 28, 2011
5 min read
Industry
Listen and learn. At Advisor Group’s 2011 Distributors' Summit, Kevin Cott, CEO, Qualified Financial Services, Toronto, discussed the topic of culling advisors who offer little business and do a better job for those who write big tickets.
By Staff |September 27, 2011
1 min read
Planning and Advice
If you currently work alone or have a small office, you have probably decided it’s not worth the cost and time of setting up and maintaining a separate mail server and just use the email service your internet provider or website host provides.
By Kevin Cork |September 26, 2011
Recently I met with an investment advisor. I could tell immediately he simply wasn’t himself. He admitted his “head hasn’t been in the game for some time now”. He was thinking of leaving the business.
By April-Lynn Levitt |September 23, 2011
3 min read
We work with a lot of numbers in our role as advisors. Part of the challenge is to make numbers meaningful to our clients without having to re-invent the wheel at every review. Here are a few features of Microsoft Excel we use in our practice to save time and wow our clients.
By Mathieu Paradis |September 19, 2011
4 min read
Let’s face it, the ongoing discussion about the relative merits of differing compensation models is one of the defining issues of our generation for our industry. The four basic options include: by salary, by the hour, by assets and by commission. There’s obviously room to mix and match and to use hybrid models, as well. Any conversation about this topic requires the requisite disclaimer of ‘it’s a free country’ and ‘you can use any compensation model you want’, of course.
By John De Goey |September 15, 2011
Listen and learn. At the Advisor Group’s 2011 Distributors' Summit, Cameron Jacox and James Hilton, Managing Partners, Jacox-Hilton Producer Consulting, discussed how MGA owners can determine the value of their operation for both succession and sales purposes.
By Staff |September 14, 2011
Listen and learn. Speakers at Advisor Group’s 2011 Distributors' Summit discussed ways industry members can work together to help advisors capture the next generation of clients, better assess and respond to risk, and build a more business-friendly environment. Stephanie McManus, President, Compliance Support Services, discussed ways to get regulators to see reason about a proscriptive rule that doesn’t work with your business model, without triggering a full-scale audit.
By Staff |September 13, 2011
Listen and learn. At Advisor Group’s 2011 Distributors' Summit, Jeff Hughes, GAMA International, Falls Church, Virginia, discussed independent and hybrid independent organizations that rely on industry resources to enhance their own development efforts.
By Staff |September 12, 2011
How to leverage your time and partners to get ahead.
By Tyrone Matheson |September 1, 2011
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