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Advisors need to be willing to take a financial hit for clients

There are some surprising similarities between the manufacturing industry and a planning career. Here's what you need to know before you start either one.

Dave Grant thought he’d seen it all as an advisor. Then an investment review meeting turned deadly serious.

As an alternative to placing restrictions on lump sum withdrawals, clients could provide retirees more distribution flexibility.

Frequent communications with clients, candor and reassurance will increase a firm’s credibility and attract new business.

Misinterpreting the Fed’s announcements continuously trips up advisors. Here’s what I tell clients who want me to predict the future.

A seller’s market means firms will need to adjust pay-raise budgets for 2019. They may also need to increase salary offers to attract the best workers.

Gauging the valuation of your business is a way of knowing the overall health of the firm. It can be a humbling process.

Increasing diversity on your team can engender a greater feeling of inclusion among your client base and broaden your pool of prospects.

Once deeply flawed, such policies are now a necessary piece of a firm's toolkit — but picking the right one is tricky.