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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.

Training can make financial advisers indispensable to UHNW families
NEWS OPINION MAR 29, 2022
Training can make financial advisers indispensable to UHNW families

Advisers need to learn to help ultra-high-net-worth families achieve and maintain a sense of shared purpose and stewardship around legacies.

Protecting vulnerable people from financial fraud
NEWS OPINION MAR 25, 2022
Protecting vulnerable people from financial fraud

Seniors lose more than $3 billion annually as a result of financial scams and other forms of elder abuse, and as baby boomers continue to age, this already staggering figure is sure to rise.

How we explain the crypto roller coaster to our clients
NEWS OPINION MAR 21, 2022
How we explain the crypto roller coaster to our clients

We need to understand new technologies and combat the fear of missing out on the hottest investment category, which has been cryptocurrencies.

Should private equity be in 401(k) plans?
NEWS OPINION MAR 17, 2022
Should private equity be in 401(k) plans?

The DOL has clarified its earlier advice on this topic, stressing the responsibility of fiduciaries whose plans offer private equity investments.

How bear markets wreak havoc on succession plans
NEWS OPINION MAR 14, 2022
How bear markets wreak havoc on succession plans

When the equity markets decline, as they have this year, they take the value of your firm down with them.

Helping investors ‘weatherize’ their retirement dollars
NEWS OPINION MAR 11, 2022
Helping investors ‘weatherize’ their retirement dollars

As inflationary pressures mount, retirement savers are looking for solutions that offer growth opportunities while limiting downside risk.

New ways to communicate are complicating compliance
NEWS OPINION MAR 10, 2022
New ways to communicate are complicating compliance

Firms need purpose-built tools to manage their discovery responsibilities as the emergence of Slack, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other communication channels has made e-discovery far more complex.