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	<description>Financial Advisors and Recruiters</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why the Rookie Revival?</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/03/why-the-rookie-revival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financial Advisor Job Recruits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With all the “big buck” recruitment packages being offered top producers, the question crops up - why are we seeing such a fierce focus on training positions suddenly being opened up?
Merrill is looking to hire 2,000 financial advisors and is revamping their 42 month trainee program, which was practically non-existent the past two years, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Best Basic Pay For Financial Advisors</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/03/2010-best-basic-pay-for-financial-advisors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/03/2010-best-basic-pay-for-financial-advisors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Advisor Job Recruits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Check out the March Issue of OnWallStreet to see what firms are offering as basic pay based on production of $200,000, $400,000, $600,000 and $1000,000.
The editorial staff has published some rather revealing comparative charts to show advisors where they can make the most money based on their production. 
Oh, and don’t neglect to read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Advisor Trainees Back In Demand?</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/03/financial-advisor-trainees-back-in-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/03/financial-advisor-trainees-back-in-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Recruiting Industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Recruits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial advisor headhunters]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial advisor recruiter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was nearly impossible to place a financial advisor trainee over the past two years…so now, according to an article in the Financial Times, Bank of America/Merrill is going on a spending spree and adding 2,000 advisors, many of them young trainees instead of more experienced advisors recruited from other firms. 
Hmmm. Could this actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Advisor Frustration? Achieve Your Ideal Practice!</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/financial-advisor-frustration-achieve-your-ideal-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/financial-advisor-frustration-achieve-your-ideal-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[financial advisors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial advisor job opportunities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I partnered with my father as a financial advisor for nearly 9 years before he retired and I left the brokerage business to pursue a career in financial recruiting. During the time we worked together, he related many stories and antidotes about “how the business used to be,” and what changes he had seen and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are the Kings of Wall Street Now?</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/who-are-the-kings-of-wall-street-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/who-are-the-kings-of-wall-street-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Recruiting Industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ High end producers have always been tops on Wall Street as far as payout goes.
But lately, we financial recruiters are seeing some regional firms creating new categories and upping their compensation for top end producers…so, you may ask, who are they and what are they offering?
During 2009, RBC Wealth Management brought in 308 advisors, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Advisors Lose Their Independent Contractor Status?</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/will-advisors-lose-their-independent-contractor-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/will-advisors-lose-their-independent-contractor-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Recruiting Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Independent broker-dealers may have to reclassify independent FA’s as “employees” if the “Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2009” is passed by Congress. 
Not only would this affect the livelihood of over 178, 000 registered reps, but it could lead to high costs including back taxes, penalties and interest for the independent broker-dealers. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley Up Against Security Police and Firemen?</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/morgan-stanley-up-against-security-police-and-firemen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/morgan-stanley-up-against-security-police-and-firemen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services Industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial advisor careers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shareholders cried “foul” against Morgan Stanley’s chairman and CEO for using 62% of the company’s net revenue for employee compensation. (After accepting a Treasury bailout).
The complaint demanded repayment and also that Morgan Stanley reform its pay practices. The lawsuit also wants repayment of incentive payments made in 2006 and 2007 “because they were based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fee Based Financial Advisors Turn to &#8220;Tactical Management&#8221; In Volatile Markets</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/fee-based-financial-advisors-turn-to-tactical-management-in-volatile-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/fee-based-financial-advisors-turn-to-tactical-management-in-volatile-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services Industry]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial advisor careers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
An interesting survey by Jefferson National cited that about 50% of 750 fee-based advisors interviewed said they are turning to a “tactical management” strategy, while 68% are feeling pressure to revise their asset management strategy from the traditional “buy-and-hold” strategy. Only 34% said their clients are more confident with the traditional buy-and-hold.
So, how’s it work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oops! 100 Financial Advisors at TD Bank Financial Group Out the Door</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/financial-advisors-td-bank-financial-group-out-the-door/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/financial-advisors-td-bank-financial-group-out-the-door/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ In a meeting with their advisory group on February 2, 2010, TD Bank Financial Group told financial advisors that their role would no longer exist, according to spokesperson Susan Webb as reported to Pamela Black of OnWallStreet on February 3.
However, these “ousted” advisors could apply for a position at TD Ameritrade or TD Bank’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Advisors Who Grew Their Business In 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/financial-advisors-who-grew-their-business-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.willis-consulting.com/blog/2010/02/financial-advisors-who-grew-their-business-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Services Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sound impossible? Not really.
Considering the markets ending up 20% in 2009, one might expect gross production to reflect the same. Not so, according to Carri DegEnhardt-Burke of Degenhardt Consulting in Jersey City who found that just one in 10 brokers enjoyed significant growth in 2009.
So, of those top-line growth oriented advisors, what’s the common theme [...]]]></description>
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