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Summary: The biggest threat to your firm’s security may be lurking in your inbox. Email is a primary means for RIA communication with clients, vendors, other third parties and within a firm. As a result, most data and security breaches happen through email, usually due to some combination of user error and gaps in cybersecurity protection. The potential risks are so great that the SEC has enacted privacy laws concerning the use, storage, transmission and handling of personal information.
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Summary: Independent RIAs can derive benefits they may not have realized by leveraging a chief operating officer to manage day-to-day responsibilities. So says the sixth in a series of industry reports from PFI Advisors, a firm that works with billion-dollar breakaway teams to establish their own RIAs. The report says that although RIAs generally regard COOs as cost centers and not revenue generators, leaving the management of ordinary activities to COOs frees up RIAs to focus on business development and client service.
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Summary: One word can ruin an entire email and one email can ruin a relationship. As communication becomes more digitized, it’s important to have the right tone anytime you are sending an electronic message. Here are eight phrases that will stop prospects from wanting to do business with you.
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Summary: Financial advisers, like society at large, get an awful lot wrong about millennials — that group of 20- and 30-somethings who are an obsessive focus of generational discussion.
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Summary: Experienced (25+ years) solo, fee-only financial planner/RIA seeking merger/employment closer to Florida to be near family. Looking to eliminate the many hats one wears as a solo business owner and focus on what I enjoy: helping people succeed. I have CFP and other pro designations, tax prep experience, and in-depth knowledge/experience with qualified retirement plans.
