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Financial Planning June 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr.	Culture Clash To create alliances with CPAs, you first have to understand the way most CPAs perceive most financial advisors and then do what's necessary to show that who you are, and what you offer their clients, is quite different from their expectations.
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Registered Rep. February 15, 2012 Jerry Gleeson	RIA Rising: Author, Planner Carl Richards Trades Practice for Educator Role at Buckingham In addition to his careers as a writer and financial planner, Carl Richards is adding a new position: "chief storyteller," as he puts it. With the kind of story he has to tell, it's a title that works.
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Registered Rep. August 26, 2011 Jerry Gleeson	Schwab Apologizes Over Sales Pitch to Advisor Clients Schwab found itself apologizing for violating its own policy of pitching portfolio products to retirement plan sponsors who were clients of retail financial advisors and turnkey asset management programs that have custodial relations with the firm.
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Registered Rep. January 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai	LPL's New RIA Platform Rakes in Assets Since launching the platform in October 2008 through the end of 2009, the firm gathered $7.3 billion in assets.
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Registered Rep. May 5, 2008	LPL Financial Heats Up The RIA World The largest independent broker/dealer in the U.S. announced today it's going to launch an RIA custodian later this year, which will serve both hybrid and fee-only investment advisors who operate independent RIAs.
Financial Advisor January 2006 Sydney LeBlanc	Embracing The F Word US Fiduciary offers a business model that is attracting ultra-high-end advisors who want to be fiduciaries.
Investment Advisor November 2006	Now and Then When it comes to plowing through the complexities that are associated with retirement planning, advisors need all the help they can get. Fidelity looks ahead to dominate retirement planning now.
Financial Advisor July 2005	Letters to the Editor A Disservice Was Done... The Future Of Advice... CPA Planners Offer Experience...
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Donna Mitchell	Buy the Numbers A small group of financial planners is buying up accounting firms. Here's how-and why-they do it.
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