Advisers need to grasp the Employee Retention Credit, in order to better inform their clients and make better decisions for their own businesses.
Donor advised funds can be used to support increasingly popular impact investing.
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.
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.
These five steps can help leaders effectively manage the challenge of gender bias.
Digitalization could increase the market value of your RIA, a vital consideration in succession planning and enterprise value.
New regulations and the changing technological and media landscape raise many vexing and interrelated questions for advisers, their firms and the investing public.
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.
The approaches of the different types of buyers vary, so it’s essential to know how they approach the process.
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.
For independent advisory firms and advisers, the Biden administration’s approach to regulation will be among the most consequential outcomes of the November elections.
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.
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.
Are you prepared to attract, serve and retain the next generation of clients?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
I will outline three leadership principles and associated tactics that increase diverse representation, expand equity and enhance inclusion.
