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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:36:39 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It Is Scary]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:36:39 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s hard to know where to start. To say the market has been deeply troubling since last October would be a gross understatement. Everyone, and I mea<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Crisis Offers Financial Advisers Opportunity]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:44:45 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Today's challenging economic and financial environments, though stressful, present new business opportunities for financial advisers, according to a<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Compassion Fatigue]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:56:22 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the medical profession, the term for what happens when you get too emotionally involved for too long is "compassion fatigue."  ...[Medical Staff<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Down-market tests fee-based advisers]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=down-market-tests-fee-based-advisers</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:17:50 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The fee-based advice model that has gained so much popularity over the past few years as a means of helping advisers manage their income streams will<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top Wealth Management Trends For 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=the-top-wealth-management-trends-for-2009</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:47:05 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In TowerGroupâ€™s recent report of â€œTop 10 Business Driversâ€ for brokerage and wealth management firms, the firm listed regulatory changes as a big par<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Identifying and integrating life goals]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=identifying-and-integrating-life-goals-1</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:33:24 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Your business is critical, but itâ€™s not the entirety of your life. Whatâ€™s important to you? What do you want to accomplish? Since you canâ€™t do everyt<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking Ahead - Practice Management in 2013: What your business will look like five years from now]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=looking-ahead---practice-management-in-2013-what-your-business-will-look-like-five-years-from-now</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=looking-ahead---practice-management-in-2013-what-your-business-will-look-like-five-years-from-now</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:15:57 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[â€œThis is a huge bull market for some retirement advisers,â€ according to J. Fielding Miller, CEO and Co-Founder of CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, who pr<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial Planning Scholarships Available]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=financial-planning-scholarships-available</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:05:41 EST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The College for Financial Planning plans to significantly expand its scholarship program to further support financial professionals facing the turbul<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Win one of six money makeovers from Evolve]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=win-one-of-six-money-makeovers-from-evolve</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=win-one-of-six-money-makeovers-from-evolve</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:42:42 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Interesting marketing pitch from a UK financial planning/advisory firm.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RECAP: The Women Advisors Forum: Chicago]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=recap-the-women-advisors-forum-chicago</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:02:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[On Oct. 15th, a legion of successful and innovative women in the financial services industry gathered at the Art Institute of Chicago for SourceMedia<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Warren Buffett -  Buy American. I Am.]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=warren-buffett----buy-american--i-am-</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:36:58 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leak<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Citi Goes Live with DTCC's Managed Accounts Service]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=citi-goes-live-with-dtccs-managed-accounts-service</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=citi-goes-live-with-dtccs-managed-accounts-service</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:55:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced that two of Citi's businesses, Smith Barney and Global Transaction Services, have<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[10 Tips: Crisis Management and Client Relationships]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=10-tips-crisis-management-and-client-relationships</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:19:27 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In this unprecedented financial climate, rife with uncertainty and fear, enormous pressures mount on advisors and their clients.  We offer our advice<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Compliance Monkey]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=compliance-monkey</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:45:43 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=compliance-monkey</guid>
<description><![CDATA[According to Registered Rep.'s Annual Sales Assistant Survey, a quarter of sales assistant respondents say compliance duties take up to half of thei<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Helping Advisors Talk Clients Down Off The Ledge]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=helping-advisors-talk-clients-down-off-the-ledge</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:43:05 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After an absolutely dizzying few weeks on Wall Streetâ€"which have included a chain of bank failures and near failures, several uncertain rescue attemp<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Next Page for the Investment Advisory Industry]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=the-next-page-for-the-investment-advisory-industry</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=the-next-page-for-the-investment-advisory-industry</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:02:03 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The dramatic changes occurring in financial markets around the world will have a significant impact on the future of the financial services industry.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fidelity Goes After Independent Advisors]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=fidelity-goes-after-independent-advisors</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=fidelity-goes-after-independent-advisors</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:59:38 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Fidelity Investments' institutional wealth management arm is ratcheting up its pursuit of investment advisors and wealth managers who want to run th<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Behavioral Investor Types to Build Better Relationships with Your Clients]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=using-behavioral-investor-types-to-build-better-relationships-with-your-clients</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=using-behavioral-investor-types-to-build-better-relationships-with-your-clients</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:59:24 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Behavioral finance, which identifies and learns from the human psychological phenomena at work in financial markets and within individual investors, <br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Outsourcing Portfolio Construction the Wave of the Future?]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=is-outsourcing-portfolio-construction-the-wave-of-the-future-1</link>
<comments>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=is-outsourcing-portfolio-construction-the-wave-of-the-future-1</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:36:08 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["Those who outsource portfolio construction [...] believe it saves them time and empowers them to better serve their clients' overall financial pla<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Big Ask]]></title>
<link>http://www.rianewsfocus.com/story.php?title=the-big-ask</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:13:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[As the financial planning industry has evolved over the years, so have the relationships you enter into with clients. The way you conduct business ha<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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