Professional development

Christine Kuglin started her journey to pass the test by thinking, 'Today is a good day to become a CPA.'

With planners aging and the industry’s demographics still far out of step with the country’s, wealth managers are bulking up their support for new entrants.

Part of a push by the company to open offices in underserved areas, Anthony Williams aims to make it “a pillar” of the community, he says.

More than three-quarters of those who passed the test studied at least 10 hours-per-week, according to a recent study.

The training and certification organization chose a former bank and nonprofit official to lead its new Center for Economic Empowerment and Equality.

Focusing on training is an effective way to reduce industry attrition rates, develop better financial advisors and help more Americans grow their wealth over time, says Phil Sieg.

Arrogance, naiveté and that chief suspect, procrastination, can all undermine best laid advancement plans, writes recruiter Mark Elzweig.

The organization’s new Thrive Center for Diversity will seek to address the lack of representation of race, ethnicity, age and sexual preference, in addition to gender disparities, in wealth management.

In the newly created position of vice president of digital solutions, Peter Clemson will oversee the creation of a unified platform for 11,000 advisors.

Documents shed light on how two brokers overseeing trainees allegedly called hundreds of phone numbers on Merrill’s Do Not Call list.

Recruiting and retention of talent looms large for Advisor Group after it rolled up three firms in the wake of a massive acquisition.

The brokers collectively generated more than $88 million in annual revenue while overseeing nearly $15 billion in assets under management.

At an average age of 37, the top-producing brokers operate in 18 different states, plus the District of Columbia and Guam.

One of the largest wealth managers aims to attract more teams out of the crop of nearly 7,000 advisors leaving employee-channel firms each year.

Eastern Michigan’s program aims to connect people with disabilities and financial advisors to research and industry resources.

Even as the numbers improve, Black and Hispanic advisors are still vastly underrepresented within the industry.

With an eye on pathways to fee-only practices and away from an “eat what you kill” philosophy, four planners aim to usher in a more diverse profession.

Homogeneous industries and male executives are the primary target clients of the new consultancy, Kathleen Zemaitis says.

While many companies and organizations try, diversity and inclusion efforts within the financial services have generally failed. What needs to be done in order to succeed? Join us for a panel discussion featuring guests from the Access Denied: Systemic Racism in Financial Services podcast.

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