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Jud Bergman grew the largest TAMP from a startup to one of the leading firms in the industry, driving the profession forward, mourners say.

Clients should think of the years as empty buckets and keep the amount of income into each bucket level per year.

Although FINRA cannot investigate potential wrongdoing by these former employees, state regulators are expected to do so.

Four erroneous beliefs cause many new planners to fail.

“I do not meet anyone in person and that's intentional,” says one financial advisor.

It's a hard truth that minorities and women are not well-represented in the financial planning industry. It's also a business problem.

Luke Dean is the CFP program director for the personal financial planning degree program at Utah Valley University. It is the largest undergrad financial planning degree program in the U.S. Prior to coming to UVU, Luke started the financial planning degree program at William Paterson University in New Jersey. At UVU, Luke helped the degree program grow almost 300% in student numbers in 5 years and worked with student teams to win national competitions. The program has an over 90% job placement rate.

An incentive program allows employees to receive as much as $7,200 over three years.

Phillip Mitchell, CFA, CPA, is president of Kroon & Mitchell, an integrated tax and investment firm in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has written for publications including Grand Rapids Business and Small Business Association of Michigan.