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LPL shines a spotlight on succession planning
NEWS OPINION JUN 16, 2020
LPL shines a spotlight on succession planning

Assurance Plans can be described as 'term life insurance' for your business

Financial challenges facing the special needs community during COVID-19
NEWS OPINION JUN 16, 2020
Financial challenges facing the special needs community during COVID-19

Advisers can help this group and their caregivers deal with questions raised by the pandemic and the CARES Act

Prospecting in volatile times
NEWS OPINION JUN 15, 2020
Prospecting in volatile times

Your focus, messaging and positioning all need to be on the problems you can solve and the people you help

Small broker-dealers are facing a dilemma
NEWS OPINION JUN 14, 2020
Small broker-dealers are facing a dilemma

B-Ds must ask themselves whether they’re in the advice or the sales business

Navigating unexpected change
NEWS OPINION JUN 10, 2020
Navigating unexpected change

Here are three questions that can help guide us as we move forward on this new path

The online evolution of retirement plan practices
NEWS OPINION JUN 10, 2020
The online evolution of retirement plan practices

There are opportunities in the defined-contribution world in the wake of the pandemic

Merrill Lynch bets on its next generation of advisers
NEWS OPINION JUN 10, 2020
Merrill Lynch bets on its next generation of advisers

The wirehouse is creating a new avenue for its 'client associates' to become full-fledged financial advisers

Her Voice Matters: Inspiring change with shareholder advocacy
NEWS OPINION JUN 09, 2020
Her Voice Matters: Inspiring change with shareholder advocacy

Advisers can help clients push companies to deliver on ESG criteria

How to profitably serve mass affluent clients
NEWS OPINION JUN 09, 2020
How to profitably serve mass affluent clients

It takes efficient systems, technology and people to make this approach work

6 ways to build client relationships during crises
NEWS OPINION JUN 09, 2020
6 ways to build client relationships during crises

Everyone feels vulnerable during the panic, so here are some ways to help your clients cope

What an RIA should think about if it's considering disclosing a PPP loan
NEWS OPINION JUN 08, 2020
What an RIA should think about if it's considering disclosing a PPP loan

Examining the Securities and Exchange Commission's response to a question on this topic can provide some guidance

Formula for change
NEWS OPINION JUN 08, 2020
Formula for change

Most of the time what’s holding you back from making a change is fear of some far-fetched negative outcome or, worse still, the dreaded unknown

RIAs taking PPP loans is not so black and white
NEWS OPINION JUN 07, 2020
RIAs taking PPP loans is not so black and white

Some in the industry are questioning whether it's appropriate for advisers to accept these forgivable loans

Goldman executive has advice for his white colleagues
NEWS OPINION JUN 05, 2020
Goldman executive has advice for his white colleagues

Frederick Baba, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, recalls a litany of black deaths and the protests that followed

Reporting technology for RIAs
NEWS OPINION JUN 04, 2020
Reporting technology for RIAs

As breakaways build their tech stack, the reporting provider serves as a 'hub' through which data flows to the firm's back-office infrastructure

FSI fights SEC ‘rulemaking by enforcement’
NEWS OPINION JUN 03, 2020
FSI fights SEC ‘rulemaking by enforcement’

An industry coalition filed a petition requesting the agency bring its staff 'guidance' in line with existing regulations on disclosing compensation for recommending mutual fund share classes

5 challenges facing successful independents
NEWS OPINION JUN 02, 2020
5 challenges facing successful independents

When they begin thinking about their endgame, the largest firms may not be able to find a buyer within their own broker-dealer network

Ending racism in America is a responsibility of corporations
NEWS OPINION JUN 02, 2020
Ending racism in America is a responsibility of corporations

More open and forceful action is required by investors and by corporate leaders and boards

How history lessons can help calm anxious investors
NEWS OPINION JUN 01, 2020
How history lessons can help calm anxious investors

Encouraging clients to stay invested through the worst and best days is the most likely to result in a successful retirement outcome

Help clients overcome these 3 common emotional biases
NEWS OPINION JUN 01, 2020
Help clients overcome these 3 common emotional biases

Amid market volatility, it's important to remind them to keep their long-term goals in focus when making short-term decisions