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Overcoming imposter syndrome: Why advisers deserve success
NEWS OPINION FEB 11, 2022
Overcoming imposter syndrome: Why advisers deserve success

This behavioral pattern can thwart daily productivity, pause career growth and prevent leaders from knowing their true worth.

Debunking 4 emergency savings myths held by RPAs
NEWS OPINION FEB 09, 2022
Debunking 4 emergency savings myths held by RPAs

Emergency savings tools are becoming more common in retirement plans, but many RPAs still have misconceptions about them.

What's your true net payout?
NEWS OPINION FEB 09, 2022
What's your true net payout?

Advisers' nominal payout is far from a full representation of the economics related to the relationship they have with their firms and clients.

Lost decades: Risk scenarios also matter on the way back up
NEWS OPINION FEB 07, 2022
Lost decades: Risk scenarios also matter on the way back up

There's something a lot worse than being down 35%, and that's being down that much and then going nowhere for a decade or more.

The weight-bearing capacity of Larry Fink’s fine line
NEWS OPINION FEB 07, 2022
The weight-bearing capacity of Larry Fink’s fine line

BlackRock's CEO needs to recast the conversation into the framework of governance, because E and S won’t amount to much if they aren’t backed by better governance.

3 ways volatility diminishes the value of your firm
NEWS OPINION JAN 31, 2022
3 ways volatility diminishes the value of your firm

The impact that market corrections can have on advisory firms' profits makes having the right strategy and doing an exceptional job of implementing it even more important.

ESG principles must include balanced and globally aligned approaches
NEWS OPINION JAN 31, 2022
ESG principles must include balanced and globally aligned approaches

This will ensure that energy and aerospace/defense sectors continue to attract the necessary investment and financing needed to guard global economic growth and national security.

If regulators want meaningful feedback, bring back 60-day comment periods
NEWS OPINION JAN 28, 2022
If regulators want meaningful feedback, bring back 60-day comment periods

Stakeholders must have enough time to analyze and provide a reasoned response in order to provide helpful input on proposed regulations.

Ask follow-up questions to better serve client needs
NEWS OPINION JAN 28, 2022
Ask follow-up questions to better serve client needs

When a client has a request, dig deeper before you take action by asking, 'Why you want to do that?'

Finding confidence on the road to the future
NEWS OPINION JAN 26, 2022
Finding confidence on the road to the future

Advisers need to deal with fear in many aspects of their work, whether it's market volatility, the effects of the pandemic or their own concerns about breaking away from a wirehouse.

New era imminent as SEC focuses on accountability
NEWS OPINION JAN 21, 2022
New era imminent as SEC focuses on accountability

The agency seems to be moving toward seeking admissions of guilt from firms based on first-of-their-kind enforcement actions that it has taken as well as comments that its leaders have made.

Your clients will show you the way
NEWS OPINION JAN 18, 2022
Your clients will show you the way

One way we decide which new technologies to implement (or at least consider) is by asking our clients to provide detailed feedback on communications every other year.

Emotions can be the key to making your firm unforgettable
NEWS OPINION JAN 14, 2022
Emotions can be the key to making your firm unforgettable

Marketing is a long game. First impressions matter, but lasting impressions matter more.

Significant progress made on advocacy priorities of our industry
NEWS OPINION JAN 13, 2022
Significant progress made on advocacy priorities of our industry

While 2021 presented several challenges, there were also many positive legislative and regulatory developments over the course of the year.

ESG fund asset managers need to provide clarity for investors
NEWS OPINION JAN 12, 2022
ESG fund asset managers need to provide clarity for investors

Given the disconnect between what ESG investors expect and what some ESG funds are actually investing in, it's time for some serious reputation risk management.

Planning for beyond the new year
NEWS OPINION JAN 05, 2022
Planning for beyond the new year

If you want to grow and improve, you've almost certainly got to change. But embracing change is one of the hardest things you can do.

Why RPAs must expand relationships with participants
NEWS OPINION JAN 04, 2022
Why RPAs must expand relationships with participants

The conversation with a participant is not about selling a product. It’s about listening, identifying needs and solving problems.

Correcting the blind spots in our practices
NEWS OPINION JAN 04, 2022
Correcting the blind spots in our practices

By identifying our unconscious biases or set ways of doing things, we can limit our risk and increase our chance of success.

Implementing a social strategy that won't get you fined by the SEC
NEWS OPINION JAN 03, 2022
Implementing a social strategy that won't get you fined by the SEC

It's important for advisers to understand what they can and can't do under the agency's new marketing rules when it comes to advertising and marketing via social media and messaging apps.

Fine wine: The unconventionally attractive alt investment
NEWS OPINION DEC 22, 2021
Fine wine: The unconventionally attractive alt investment

Why not invest in some Château Lafite Rothschild? You can let the value appreciate over time, or if worse comes to worst, you can drink it.