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As the financial advisory industry evolves, Financial Planning’s editorial staff continues to be on the pulse of the industry, providing its readers with the information they need to stay ahead of the curve and in-the-know.

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Overall employment of personal financial advisors is expected to increase faster than average for all occupations through 2014, resulting from increased investment by businesses and individuals. Personal financial advisors will continue to benefit as baby boomers save for retirement and as a generally better educated and wealthier population requires investment advice.

As the average life expectancy continues to increase, people must plan to finance more years of retirement. The globalization of the securities markets also will increase the need for advisors to help investors make financial choices.

Personal financial advisors who have earned a professional designation are expected to have the best opportunities. (From Media Kit)

Read Financial Planning, September 2008 Online

The New, New Economy
By Marion Asnes
As we de-lever, re-allocate, globalize and diversify, the world's markets are realigning. For advisors, that calls for a sharp focus on the basics-with some new twists.

As I write this article, summer is blazing and half the world is on vacation. The financial markets, meanwhile, are swinging like pendulums. Another day, another 300 points on or off the Dow, which seems to be climbing back from the abyss. For now.

In spring the real estate crisis moved in for good and the headlines took on an apocalyptic cast. In June the stock market, which had been gradually declining, went into free fall. Skyrocketing oil prices were one factor. Staggering losses by banks and the freeze-up of the credit markets were another. Escalating grocery bills didn't help. "It feels like there was a switch that occurred overnight; we went from one regime to another," says Mohamed El-Erian, co-CEO of PIMCO. ...

Retirement Income Products: A Wish List
By Joseph A. Tomlinson
What planners and clients need most: Insurance-based products that protect retirees from outliving assets or going broke from long-term care.

Who Will Succeed?
By Stephanie Bogan
As founders look toward selling their firms, they must develop a new generation of rainmakers—and begin compensating them based on individual results.

Power Plays
By Bob Veres
CFP Board CEO Kevin Keller is facing his first major clash with practitioners. The profession has been here before.

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