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Jed Horowitz cites an unholy alliance between the Dow Jones publication and the many advisors and firms who make the list -- with criteria based largely on asset accumulation
Trust, transparency and excluding traits remain problems but standing out in the crowd is hardest of all: Differentiation
Mostly not but Jack Waymire and Brian Hamburger flesh out the issue with the right questions and answers
With the potential for channel conflict, wirehouses are the most handcuffed in thwarting automated financial 'advice'
After two years, less than 1,000 advisors paid for the website and BrightScope hopes free is a better price-point for some
The original referral model, MyFreeRetirementReport.com, proved suboptimal when brokers allegedly failed to pay up, and now industry leaders are leery of the new model's practical and regulatory viability
Quite literally the truth never sees the full light of day -- and clients and quality advisors pay a price for it
News flash! Clients don't care what goes in your pocket as long as they know the fees you charge are competitive
One competitor is convinced the Alfreds are merely rewarding fee obfuscation but the San Diego iconoclasts refuse to be discouraged
The famed Top Advisor Rankings by State is an established and influential ranking but its criteria are murky and therefore misleading, according to this veteran who also vets RIAs
Words and a handshake are well and good, but and IPS is forever, and your client will thank you for it
Advisors stretching for the $100-million mark advisors need to be told what assets to count and which ones are merely hanging out
In the alphabet soup of designations for advisors are many legitimate practitioners whom the association's new policy will shut out
Assets farmed out to money managers are generally more valuable than purely discretionary assets under management
Without the right due diligence many advisors leave the wirehouse frying pan and jump into the IBD fire
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