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Advisors need to take a more active role in engaging with college and university programs to help bring more students into the workforce, said industry officials at the CFP Board's recent academic conference.

The pitches are persuasive. Workers who leave jobs with the federal government transferred $10 billion last year out of the Thrift Savings Plan.

Though it can often pay to wait, advisors should help clients determine when it makes sense to file earlier for spousal benefits.

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Planners can help clients and build family loyalty by having difficult conversations about late-in-life options, says a speaker at LPL Focus.

'Our main objective is organic growth,' says Larry Roth, chief executive of Cetera Financial Group.

As programs struggle, Kevin Keller says new Washington planning center will help academic financial planning programs.

HighTower recruited a Merrill Lynch advisor team managing $800 million in assets.

Planners should consider hiring younger staff, and then encouraging -- or even requiring -- junior associates to study and sit for the CFP exam and complete their experience requirements, the CFP Board says.

Advisors still are not tapping into the Gen Y market, a study from Principal Financial Group shows.