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Francis Kinniry of Vanguard and Brie Williams of State Street Global Advisors SPDR give advisors looking to survive the industry's next evolution some beachside advice.

A former mentor who already made the move to Janney Montgomery Scott says the Market Street Advisors group will find both freedom and support.

It's not just for charity. Encouraging volunteer work could actually help financial firms recruit more employees, new research shows.

Matthew Posner is Clean Energy Advisor to City First Enterprises and Principal at Court Street Group.

Dawn Wagenaar is a brand strategist and principal of Ingenuity Marketing Group, LLC, serving accounting firms across the U.S. Since 1992, Ingenuity Marketing has been helping CPAs, attorneys, financial service professionals, engineers, consultants and other professionals develop their practices. Wagenaar has worked in professional service marketing since 1993 when she began coordinating marketing programs for a regional office of a large national insurance and financial services company. Since then she has directed the marketing efforts of a small local and a large regional CPA firm. Wagenaar has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augsburg College in Minneapolis as well as a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a member of the Edina Chamber of Commerce, member of the Legal Marketing Association, past chair of the AAM Conference Committee of the Association for Accounting Marketing, member-at-large for AAM National Board of Directors, and president for AAM Minnesota. Reach her at dawn@ingenuitymarketing.com.

The federal court decision ended a former Chase branch-based advisor's saga of a half dozen years after the firm alleged he broke its rules for notarizing documents.

In an effort to recruit directly from planning programs, the wealth management firm rolled out a job seeker directory and planned more campus visits.

Camilo Atala is the chairman of Grupo Ficohsa.

UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti said the bank will give investors an outline of its growth strategy early next year and signaled the direction of plans to grow in the U.S., as the lender moves forward with its merger with Credit Suisse.

Anthony Venette, CPA/ABV is a manager of valuation services at Withum. He specializes in providing precise, defensible valuation analyses for trust and estate filings, shareholder transactions, and corporate planning. He also advises clients on business transition strategies, succession planning and tax-efficient wealth transfers to achieve their long-term objectives.