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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

Upholding the spirit of new legislation
NEWS OPINION MAY 31, 2020
Upholding the spirit of new legislation

Lawmakers have stepped in to provide relief to millions of Americans, but the laws come with unforeseen loopholes

Crisis can be a catalyst to clarify goals, create sustainable impact
NEWS OPINION MAY 28, 2020
Crisis can be a catalyst to clarify goals, create sustainable impact

While charitable giving will remain an ongoing need, now is also the time for more robust legacy and generational wealth transfer planning

401(k) data-sharing one step closer, thanks to Spark and DCIIA
NEWS OPINION MAY 27, 2020
401(k) data-sharing one step closer, thanks to Spark and DCIIA

Data may be the new currency for the defined-contribution plan industry, but a common format to share information about plans and participants has faced hurdles

Marital lockdown: Divorce, finances and COVID-19
NEWS OPINION MAY 27, 2020
Marital lockdown: Divorce, finances and COVID-19

Proper financial planning is vital during divorce

Do you care about the mass affluent?
NEWS OPINION MAY 26, 2020
Do you care about the mass affluent?

Retirees with modest savings need financial advice, too

AI is smart but so are customers
NEWS OPINION MAY 26, 2020
AI is smart but so are customers

Artificial intelligence should be deployed to deliver a human client experience in these extraordinary times

Helping couples who are experiencing financial discord
NEWS OPINION MAY 22, 2020
Helping couples who are experiencing financial discord

Financial therapists can help people to understand their own perspectives, values, hopes and fears