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Summer Reading List Of “Best Books” For Financial Advisors – 2025 Edition

Nerd's Eye View

And so, in the spirit of sharing, a few years ago I launched my list of "Recommended (Book) Reading for Financial Advisors", and it was so well received that in 2013 I also started sharing my annual "Summer Reading List" for financial advisors of the best books I'd read in the preceding year.

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Mercer Advisors Lands $1.2B Raymond James Practice

Wealth Management

And we can invest more to continue to expand those services for our clients in Florida.” Family Wealth Planning Group has been affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services, its independent advisor channel, since 2016. It will continue to custody with Raymond James. based firm with about $1.1 billion in client assets.

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Style guidelines for financial services firms

Investment Writing

Style guidelines for financial services firms can help you to make your written communications more consistent and thus easier to read. Why create style guidelines for your financial services firm? However, style guides often don’t cover challenges specific to financial services firms.

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JPMorgan Asks Court To Stop Ex-Advisor Who Joined Wells Fargo From Soliciting Clients

Wealth Management

According to the suit filed this week, Calcote joined JPMorgan in 2016 and became a private client advisor the following year. The request for an injunction and a temporary restraining order on former Private Client Advisor Lorraine Calcote mirrors numerous other suits filed by JPMorgan in recent years.

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Are PEPs the Wild West or Are They a Way to Tame It?

Wealth Management

allowed financial service providers to act as the pooled plan provider, the question is whether PEPs are the Wild West, with programs popping up like frogs during a monsoon. Barstein received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Boston College and his Law Degree from Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.

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RedBird-Backed Arax Pens Third $1B RIA Acquisition in 2025

Wealth Management

Summit was founded in 2016 as an RIA after breaking away from AXA Advisors, which is now Equitable, according to regulatory filings. The firm is led by managing partners and senior financial consultants Michael Ott, Brent Spicuzza, and Pete Donovan. of announced deals involved sellers with at least $1 billion in assets.

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The 2024 Kenneth Black Jr. Leadership Award Winner Is Mike McGlothlin

NAIFA Advisor Today

Previously, he served terms on the FSP National Board of Directors from 2011 through 2016. He is the author of several books, including Free Throws for Financial Professionals: Winning Principles for Unlocking Business Success, Above the Clouds: Winning Strategies from 30,000 Feet, and The New Rules of Retirement Planning.