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Advisers can — and must — help improve financial literacy in America

From InvestmentNews
Added on March 2019 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, yet many of its citizens are woefully ignorant about the nuts and bolts of such financial vehicles as loans and retirement savings plans. In fact, a Standard & Poor's survey ranked the U.S. No. 14 globally in terms of its citizens' financial literacy and rated just 57% of U.S. adults financially literate.

Why This RIA Founder Broke Away From Merrill & HighTower

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on March 2019 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Leo Kelly left behind big firms like Merrill Lynch and HighTower to launch his own independent firm two years ago so he could customize and grow his firm the way he wanted.

Michael Kitces' #FASuccess Podcast: Dennis Moseley-Williams on What Makes a Great Client Experience

From WealthManagement.com
Added on March 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: [Podcast] My guest on today’s podcast is Dennis Moseley-Williams. Dennis is the founder of DMW Strategic Consulting, a boutique consulting firm that works with financial advisors in how to design and deliver a great client experience.

I started a firm in 1993. Here's how I'd build one in 2019

From InvestmentNews
Added on March 2019 in Form an RIA
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Summary: A few weeks ago, I was talking to a group of advisers about how to grow their practices. One of them said, "Scott, it's different for you because you have such a large staff."

Voices Should FPA's local chapters just secede?

From Financial Planning
Added on February 2019 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: By now, most of you know that the Financial Planning Association has launched an ambitious initiative which aims to dissolve 88 chapter affiliation agreements and turn those local chapters/state organizations into branches of the Denver home office. And if you’ve been reading my Inside Information blog or Michael Kitces’s Nerd’s Eye View posts, you know we think this has the potential to do great harm to the FPA.

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