The purpose of this report is to provide readers with an initial understanding of financial advisor industry networking opportunities, including publications, trade groups, conferences, & designations. This is the second draft of Tiburon's research on this topic.

Tiburon's first draft of this report was published in 2007; that draft consolidated prior Tiburon research into one report.

This is Tiburon's second draft of this report; this draft aligns the report's structure with that of other Tiburon research reports and unbundles Tiburon's equally thorough financial services industry networking research report. This draft also includes dozens of additional publication company and trade group profiles, including such for the Association of Professional Investment Consultants, the Association of Independent Trust Companies, Cygnus Business Media, the National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, the Philadelphia Foundation, 77 regional CPA Societies, & 86 regional Financial Planning Association, as well as improvements to pre-existing profiles of the Financial Planning Association, the Financial Planning Association of the East Bay, the Financial Planning Association of San Francisco, & the Investment Management Consultants Association.