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Why advisers should market philanthropic giving to entrepreneurs

Added on September 2018 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Financial advisers who want to attract and retain entrepreneurial prospects and clients might want to start conversations on philanthropic giving. In a new study, Fidelity Charitable found that business owners are more likely than others to invest their time, money and talent in charitable causes.

Goals-Based Financial Planning Now Focus of Wealth Firms: Aite

Added on September 2018 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: A new report from Aite Group, Financial Planning at the Core: Current and Future Developments, finds that wealth management firms are embracing goals-based financial planning technology rather than the previous practice of separating goals-based and cash-flow planning software. Even firms that have heretofore focused on investment management for their high-net-worth clients are now embracing financial planning.

Better together? Why not all advisory teams are meant to go independent

Added on September 2018 in M&A Issues
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Summary: For advisers who yearn for independence, going independent on their own can seem like the perfect solution. Advisers are attracted by the flexibility of the registered investment adviser model and the ability to serve their clients in a conflict-free way. They want to be entrepreneurial, create enterprise value and access best-of-breed technology solutions to deliver an optimal client experience.

The Seven Traits of Highly Productive Advisors

Added on September 2018 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Productivity is a blend of goals, activity and hard work. But not everyone has what it takes to be more productive.

How to Fight the Cyber War

Added on September 2018 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: The massive Equifax breach announced to the public in September 2017 only serves to fuel the daily angst I feel as the chief compliance officer/chief investment officer for our $200-plus million RIA. If Equifax, with its tremendous resources, can be compromised, what fate awaits us in an environment of unrelenting cyber warfare?

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