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How technology can help advisers talk to clients about PPP loans
NEWS OPINION FEB 18, 2021
How technology can help advisers talk to clients about PPP loans

Understanding the facts about taxes and eligibility for new PPP loans can help you decide if one is right for one of your clients’ businesses.

Lots of choices for advisers looking to sell
NEWS OPINION FEB 17, 2021
Lots of choices for advisers looking to sell

The approaches of the different types of buyers vary, so it’s essential to know how they approach the process.

Fiduciary redux: Don't tinker with Reg BI
NEWS OPINION FEB 16, 2021
Fiduciary redux: Don't tinker with Reg BI

The client choice approach reflected in Reg BI is in fact the best approach for individual investors because every individual and family is unique when it comes to their wealth management needs and goals.

FSI advocacy priorities for 2021
NEWS OPINION FEB 16, 2021
FSI advocacy priorities for 2021

For independent advisory firms and advisers, the Biden administration’s approach to regulation will be among the most consequential outcomes of the November elections.

Let’s innovate by reaching clients via mobile apps
NEWS OPINION FEB 15, 2021
Let’s innovate by reaching clients via mobile apps

Technology is often one of the most noticeable areas in need of support — especially when compared to other retail or consumer channels, and specifically in terms of mobile apps.

GameStop fireworks are likely to bog down in a regulatory slog
NEWS OPINION FEB 10, 2021
GameStop fireworks are likely to bog down in a regulatory slog

Those who oversee the markets are not built to react quickly to disruptions within them. Theirs is a world of study and deliberation. They have to listen to a wide range of public input. and they often leave much regulatory ambiguity in place.

Tips for building a generation-resilient business
NEWS OPINION FEB 10, 2021
Tips for building a generation-resilient business

Are you prepared to attract, serve and retain the next generation of clients?

Building a business plan? Keep it simple
NEWS OPINION FEB 09, 2021
Building a business plan? Keep it simple

As an industry, we’ve probably made business planning more complex than it needs to be. Keep it simple; it’s better to write something down than nothing, and there’s no need to put everything down.

Here’s why we’re hosting an in-person conference in 2021
NEWS OPINION FEB 09, 2021
Here’s why we’re hosting an in-person conference in 2021

Those hosting conferences must earn the trust of on-site guests by taking every possible precaution, while creating experiences that are just as valuable for the careers of the professionals who participate remotely.

SEC's new marketing rules mean transformative change for advisory firms
NEWS OPINION FEB 08, 2021
SEC's new marketing rules mean transformative change for advisory firms

Word-of-mouth from satisfied clients has always been an important channel for generating new business. Now advisers can directly reach out to potential clients and share testimonials.

Welcoming the return of industry conferences
NEWS OPINION FEB 08, 2021
Welcoming the return of industry conferences

Betting that conditions will improve and restrictions be lessened in coming months, a sprinkling of fintech companies and others in and around the financial advice business have announced a resumption of live conferences to be held later in the year.

Leaders need new skills to support their diverse workforce
NEWS OPINION FEB 06, 2021
Leaders need new skills to support their diverse workforce

As society becomes less racially and ethnically homogenous, leaders must develop new skills to support their diverse workforce. This includes acting as mentor, visionary and ally combined

Three principles for inclusive leadership
NEWS OPINION FEB 06, 2021
Three principles for inclusive leadership

I will outline three leadership principles and associated tactics that increase diverse representation, expand equity and enhance inclusion.

Increasing diversity increases diversity of thought
NEWS OPINION FEB 05, 2021
Increasing diversity increases diversity of thought

It’s important to form a pipeline so that younger minorities can be aware of the finance industry’s prospects and become educated on money matters and career opportunities within the finance industry.

3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence
NEWS OPINION FEB 02, 2021
3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence

Wirehouse advisers who want freedom and more control over the business they’ve built are no longer hampered by some of the historical challenges that once came with taking the leap.

Communicating for the good of your clients
NEWS OPINION FEB 02, 2021
Communicating for the good of your clients

Have systems in place so that clients experience a personal connection on a regular basis. This includes reminders to call or email them simply to touch base and let them know you’re thinking of them.

How technology is shaping new asset management products
NEWS OPINION FEB 02, 2021
How technology is shaping new asset management products

Adopting AI across asset management will accelerate the ability of investment professionals to better serve investors and create new sources of value, making them even more essential.

Emotions are information
NEWS OPINION FEB 01, 2021
Emotions are information

To help your clients make sound long-term decisions they can live and thrive with, work with them to think through options that will harmonize their financial and emotional lives.

No excuse not to find missing plan participants
NEWS OPINION FEB 01, 2021
No excuse not to find missing plan participants

The Labor Department has stepped up its audits of plans that have lost track of participants, and noted last month that in 2020 alone, investigators had helped reunite missing participants with plan benefits “with a present value in excess of $1.4 billion.”

The mystery of the market
NEWS OPINION FEB 01, 2021
The mystery of the market

The massive money moves led to breathless coverage of these names on financial and mass media, and gave me flashbacks to 1999-2000, as market pundits waved their arms over these small names. It was energizing — but it misses the point.