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Building a resilient advisory business for the post-pandemic world
NEWS OPINION MAR 15, 2021
Building a resilient advisory business for the post-pandemic world

Is the advisory industry capable of continuing the transformation that began during the pandemic in order to shape its next phase?

Moving past the pandemic
NEWS OPINION MAR 12, 2021
Moving past the pandemic

The financial services industry relied on technology and innovation to adapt and keep business running throughout the pandemic, and should continue to embrace much of what was learned.

How advisers can win in an ever-evolving industry
NEWS OPINION MAR 09, 2021
How advisers can win in an ever-evolving industry

Advisers who leverage the power of team-building, financial planning and offering advice in a fiduciary capacity will survive and thrive for decades to come.

Strategies for maximizing clients’ charitable impact in 2021
NEWS OPINION MAR 08, 2021
Strategies for maximizing clients’ charitable impact in 2021

Take advantage of an environment that's favorable for charitable giving to engage in tax-smart, high-impact philanthropy.

Women more likely to step forward in financial services if treated fairly
NEWS OPINION MAR 08, 2021
Women more likely to step forward in financial services if treated fairly

Advancing women in the workplace must be a wealth management priority. Here are ways firms can create change.

Best Places to Work firms navigate the lockdown
NEWS OPINION MAR 08, 2021
Best Places to Work firms navigate the lockdown

Some firms offered help with the cost of technology or other tools employees needed to make it easier to work from home, while others offered fitness distractions by moving weekly employee yoga classes online.

The risk of lawsuits against retirement plan advisers and aggregators
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
The risk of lawsuits against retirement plan advisers and aggregators

Lawsuits increasingly draw in other plan service providers, ranging from record keepers to product solutions providers, plan advisers and others.

Working women – stand proud
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
Working women – stand proud

The last year has been tough, and female financial professionals have felt pulled in many directions.

Small business tax deductions you need to know
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
Small business tax deductions you need to know

There are small business tax deductions that financial advisers need to know, including work-from-home deductions.

Best Places to Work 2021: Top firms outpace peers on diversity
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
Best Places to Work 2021: Top firms outpace peers on diversity

Most of the winning workplaces have implemented policies to actively hire and retain a more diverse staff.

6 ways to show clients you care
NEWS OPINION MAR 03, 2021
6 ways to show clients you care

How about making emails more interesting with videos? Or providing clients' children with financial literacy training via a virtual investing group?

Prospecting is the best marketing
NEWS OPINION MAR 02, 2021
Prospecting is the best marketing

It’s hard work, but if an adviser is serious about growing, the best approach is good old-fashioned prospecting.

How do you define your value?
NEWS OPINION MAR 01, 2021
How do you define your value?

Building a thriving practice isn’t about building a business case for your value and fees; it’s about building your belief case.

What advisers need to know about the new employee retention credit
NEWS OPINION FEB 26, 2021
What advisers need to know about the new employee retention credit

Advisers need to grasp the Employee Retention Credit, in order to better inform their clients and make better decisions for their own businesses.

Use this philanthropic giving tool for impact investing
NEWS OPINION FEB 25, 2021
Use this philanthropic giving tool for impact investing

Donor advised funds can be used to support increasingly popular impact investing.

Cure the harm Trump administration caused savers
NEWS OPINION FEB 24, 2021
Cure the harm Trump administration caused savers

Data suggest that the adoption of the SEC’s vague Regulation Best Interest and the abandonment of a strengthened DOL standard for retirement accounts have already cost savers billions of dollars in lost returns.

Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting
NEWS OPINION FEB 23, 2021
Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting

The competition for high-quality advisers and advisory firms, combined with an insatiable thirst for growth, is creating more choices for advisers as to both whom they partner with and how they choose to structure that relationship.

Five tips to overcome gender bias
NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2021
Five tips to overcome gender bias

These five steps can help leaders effectively manage the challenge of gender bias.

It's time to start your RIA's digital upgrade
NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2021
It's time to start your RIA's digital upgrade

Digitalization could increase the market value of your RIA, a vital consideration in succession planning and enterprise value.

Adapting advisers’ marketing to a new era
NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2021
Adapting advisers’ marketing to a new era

New regulations and the changing technological and media landscape raise many vexing and interrelated questions for advisers, their firms and the investing public.