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NEWS OPINION DEC 01, 2018
5 steps to an effective financial wellness program

Health and wealth are on a path toward convergence — here's how to build a plan that delivers measurable results.

NEWS OPINION DEC 01, 2018
Investor confusion about target-date funds is alarming

Survey highlights the level of misunderstanding, which could lead to disappointed plan participants and suboptimal behavior.

Drive growth today and be positioned to thrive in future markets
NEWS OPINION NOV 29, 2018
Drive growth today and be positioned to thrive in future markets

Recent market volatility serves as a reminder to prepare advisory firms for a changing environment.

4 invisible influencers advisers need to address in 2019
NEWS OPINION NOV 26, 2018
4 invisible influencers advisers need to address in 2019

Many of the challenges that farming faced in the 1980s are now confronting the financial services industry

Embrace innovation to attract next-gen investors
NEWS OPINION NOV 19, 2018
Embrace innovation to attract next-gen investors

Advisers need to change their relationship with technology to keep pace with the changing preferences of younger clients

5 ways to start the 'purpose' conversation with clients
NEWS OPINION NOV 19, 2018
5 ways to start the 'purpose' conversation with clients

Help clients understand that retirement is about more than money.

3 reasons for the annuity sales spike
NEWS OPINION NOV 19, 2018
3 reasons for the annuity sales spike

And none of them have anything to do with the death of the DOL rule

Lessons I've learned on how to thrive
NEWS OPINION NOV 17, 2018
Lessons I've learned on how to thrive

'There is more work to be done, but no limit to where we can go.'

Adviser suffers the challenge of being a disabled woman on Wall Street
NEWS OPINION NOV 17, 2018
Adviser suffers the challenge of being a disabled woman on Wall Street

Adviser survives cancer but loses her job in financial services.

Hester Peirce: All women do not speak with the same voice, and SEC commissioners are no different
NEWS OPINION NOV 17, 2018
Hester Peirce: All women do not speak with the same voice, and SEC commissioners are no different

A history of decisions by female members of the Securities and Exchange Commission demonstrates that women bring multiple perspectives to their roles

The new normal of succession planning
NEWS OPINION NOV 12, 2018
The new normal of succession planning

As more people work past the traditional retirement age, what does that mean for succession plans?

Transaction loans for independent advisers seeking a partial business sale
NEWS OPINION NOV 12, 2018
Transaction loans for independent advisers seeking a partial business sale

Small Business Administration loans require that the seller departs the practice entirely within 12 months of closing.

Can financial advisers really achieve a paperless back office?
NEWS OPINION NOV 12, 2018
Can financial advisers really achieve a paperless back office?

Eliminating a significant portion of paper — and the hassles that go with it — can improve quality, efficiency and accuracy.

How to tell good brokers from bad ones
NEWS OPINION NOV 02, 2018
How to tell good brokers from bad ones

Research shows false accusations of broker misconduct are disturbingly common, which suggests Finra needs to make a change.

Why diversity and inclusion efforts are a firm's best investment
NEWS OPINION OCT 27, 2018
Why diversity and inclusion efforts are a firm's best investment

Appreciation for the different perspectives that inform people's financial needs is critical to the role advisers aspire to play in people's lives

The future of new-adviser training is now
NEWS OPINION OCT 26, 2018
The future of new-adviser training is now

The diversity of new advisers entering the industry adds to the challenge of getting them up to speed

3 moves advisers can make now to stair-step their succession
NEWS OPINION OCT 23, 2018
3 moves advisers can make now to stair-step their succession

Many advisers lack a written succession plan, including 60% of those who will be retiring within five years

Unit investment trusts could take center stage amid market volatility
NEWS OPINION OCT 22, 2018
Unit investment trusts could take center stage amid market volatility

Given the way they're structured, UITs are a more targeted approach to investing than mutual funds or ETFs

Cheap is great; free will usually cost you
NEWS OPINION OCT 19, 2018
Cheap is great; free will usually cost you

In the financial services industry, free simply doesn't exist. It can't.

Solving the Adviser Talent Shortage: Diversity & Inclusion
NEWS OPINION OCT 17, 2018
Solving the Adviser Talent Shortage: Diversity & Inclusion