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4 top planning needs for sophisticated advisory firms
NEWS OPINION MAY 11, 2022
4 top planning needs for sophisticated advisory firms

How should firms organize, develop and manage their operations to ensure continued success as they grow?

What would Jack Bogle do? Ask Vanguard's clients
NEWS OPINION MAY 06, 2022
What would Jack Bogle do? Ask Vanguard's clients

Vanguard founder John Bogle took his fiduciary mandate very seriously and focused on embedding it in the company's culture.

Providing seamless digital experiences will help clients succeed in the long term
NEWS OPINION MAY 04, 2022
Providing seamless digital experiences will help clients succeed in the long term

Advisers should provide a holistic, hyper-personalized view of a client’s entire financial life, complete with data-driven recommendations.

Building a resilient portfolio amid war, rising rates and inflation
NEWS OPINION MAY 04, 2022
Building a resilient portfolio amid war, rising rates and inflation

Advisers may benefit from shifting allocations within both their fixed-income and equity exposures, as well as introducing alternative asset classes.

The learning curve for new clients
NEWS OPINION MAY 04, 2022
The learning curve for new clients

It takes time to explain the investing approach to clients, and often those explanations don't stick.

Focus on greenwashing obscures bigger problem of complacency
NEWS OPINION APR 27, 2022
Focus on greenwashing obscures bigger problem of complacency

Too many are complacent when it comes to ESG, driven by the fact that it’s much easier to simply accept a score and move on.

In race to digital transformation, wealth managers need to catch up
NEWS OPINION APR 26, 2022
In race to digital transformation, wealth managers need to catch up

It's never too late so long as they commit themselves to remaking their firms with technology, and funding the investments needed to pull it off.

Get to know the new IAR continuing education requirement
NEWS OPINION APR 25, 2022
Get to know the new IAR continuing education requirement

The following answers address the most frequently asked questions regarding the new IAR CE requirements for 2022.

Independent paths for advisers managing more than $500 million
NEWS OPINION APR 20, 2022
Independent paths for advisers managing more than $500 million

Here are the four options that provide the highest level of freedom and control for advisers managing more than $500 million.

AI can help amid industry consolidation, staffing shortages
NEWS OPINION APR 19, 2022
AI can help amid industry consolidation, staffing shortages

While artificial intelligence is often seen as a job killer, the Great Resignation has spotlighted the limitations of support and integration operations reliant on traditional workforces and approaches.

Lessons from journalism: Pay your diverse talent
NEWS OPINION APR 19, 2022
Lessons from journalism: Pay your diverse talent

It’s important that we avoid the pay perils of journalism and make good on our promise to help diverse individuals build generational wealth.

The 4 key drivers of RIA consolidation
NEWS OPINION APR 13, 2022
The 4 key drivers of RIA consolidation

Even if a prolonged bear market conspires with rising rates and valuations take a hit, the other factors driving M&A will continue to push more sellers into the market than we’ve seen in the past.

Turn leads into clients with this irresistible marketing strategy
NEWS OPINION APR 08, 2022
Turn leads into clients with this irresistible marketing strategy

Here are 5 steps that need to be considered when making potential clients an offer they can't refuse.

Why women make great financial advisers
NEWS OPINION APR 08, 2022
Why women make great financial advisers

Women's emotional and social competencies are essential for financial advisers, who often have to have tough conversations with clients and handle delicate situations.

The limits of value-at-risk models
NEWS OPINION APR 05, 2022
The limits of value-at-risk models

Amid the current market volatility, advisers should recognize that using value-at-risk models to assess portfolio risk is not a foolproof approach.

Our industry is not reading the room
NEWS OPINION APR 04, 2022
Our industry is not reading the room

Here are 5 steps financial advisers can take to promote diversity, inclusion and belonging.

The challenge of standing in a giant’s shadow
NEWS OPINION APR 04, 2022
The challenge of standing in a giant’s shadow

Which elements of a firm’s culture and principles that drove growth and which its visionary leader stood for and encouraged should be retained?

Taxing financial planning services is not the answer
NEWS OPINION MAR 30, 2022
Taxing financial planning services is not the answer

Proposed legislation in Kentucky that would tax services including financial planning and investment management could significantly harm the way Kentuckians save and plan for retirement.

Attracting new clients is the key to increasing value
NEWS OPINION MAR 30, 2022
Attracting new clients is the key to increasing value

The most productive use of an adviser's time is not spending it with current clients, it's attracting new ones.

Helping clients tune out 'investment noise'
NEWS OPINION MAR 30, 2022
Helping clients tune out 'investment noise'

Outside information about investing and markets can unsettle clients, and an important part of the job is encouraging them to tune that out.