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Yesterday, you carved out time on your calendar to network. Now, it’s time to pick up the phone and start dialing.

Envision Financial Systems, Inc., has improved its mutual fund subaccounting system for broker/dealers with a new update.

The Spectrem Affluent Investor Confidence Index gained some traction after a big decline in November.

Nancy Grady has joined Northern Trust as Head of Fund Administration and Fund Accounting-Americas, overseeing fund accounting, regulatory administration, financial reporting, tax and other services for registered and unregistered mutual fund products.

“It’s a good time to be an advisor,” said IRA Expert Ed Slott. “There’s a tremendous opportunity now because you have certainty.”

Independent Financial Partners, a Tampa, Fla., based registered investment advisory firm, has launched IFP Insurance Group.

Raymond James Financial Services, the company’s independent broker-dealer, announced Monday it has added a mother-daughter team in Bethesda, Md., with $200 million in assets.

Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at the Legg Mason Inc. unit that’s home to Bill Miller, left the firm last week.

The impact of last week’s tax accord in Congress -- officially known as the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 -- is likely to be far wider and more complex than many have imagined. And many of these complexities will directly impact financial advisors.

Wall Street brokers who are lured to new firms with signing bonuses of at least $50,000 would be required to tell their clients under a rule proposed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Morgan Stanley financial advisor Carrie Gallaway, who ranks at Number 32 on On Wall Street’s list, says using an empathetic approach to clients was especially useful in the run-up to the fiscal cliff negotiations.

In the wake of the newly-passed American Tax Relief Act of 2012, it’s likely many wealthy clients will continue to make large family gifts. If they are giving away hard-to-value assets, they might consider following a tactic from the Wandry case, decided by the Tax Court in 2012.

Tax forms from the federal government and many states may be delayed in the aftermath of the fiscal cliff legislation, one of the largest tax preparation chains warned.

Total money market mutual fund assets increased by $37.78 billion for the week ended Jan. 2, according to the Investment Company Institute.

The end of December was a "dud" for flows into equity mutual funds, reports Jeff Tjornehoj of Lipper.

Blogger Craig Faulkner says he is tired of hearing people his age talk about how confusing all the new technology is. He is convinced that most advisors are more intimidated by the idea of technology than by the technology itself. Check out three tricks to help you get the jump on all of the new data, devices, and demands they make on your brain and your time.

The last-minute tax deal cobbled together in Washington contained several key elements for estate planning. Now advisors can break the good news to wealthy clients:

If you want to grow your practice, you need to get your lead generation efforts in shape. That means making time for networking.

Clear communications are vital to your client relationships. But repeatedly explaining the same complex topics can be time-consuming -- and allows room for error.

Here we present a new look at our Top 50 Bank Advisors list, reshuffled and ranked by AUM (and then we cut it down to just the top 20).