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Micael Kitces' #FASuccess Podcast: Going Independent

Added on August 2018 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Welcome, everyone. Welcome to the 87th episode of the “Financial Advisor Success” podcast. My guest on today’s podcast is René Nourse. René is the founder of Urban Wealth Management, an independent RIA in the Los Angeles area that manages nearly $120 million of assets under management for more than 200 clients, with a team of 6.

Your Marketing Makeover

Added on August 2018 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Business strategists spend a lot of time understanding the target audience for their clients and making sure that the strategies are aligned fully with the clients’ goals so there’s no disconnect between marketing and reality. We all know how empty promises can backfire, so attention to your offering is critical. But once you are confident in your strategy and it’s time to go to market, you want the best possible marketing system for your firm.

Voices My 'beautiful' letter to the SEC I wish I could rewrite

Added on August 2018 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: When the SEC came out with its proposed best interest standard for broker-dealers (and, by extension, for their brokers and reps), I wrote a detailed comment letter in response. It was a beautiful letter. I eloquently pointed out that the “best interest” standard detailed in the proposal was exactly the same as the current “suitability” standard that I helpfully copied for the SEC staff off the FINRA website.

A Major Shift Is Coming in How Advisors Use Fintech

Added on August 2018 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Full integration will overtake open architecture as the theme of the next decade. For years, financial advisors have looked for solutions that integrate, but have been provided with open architecture, which is simply the ability to connect multiple external systems to each other and transfer common information from one system to another without double entry. If we wanted to call this type of connection “integration,” we’d have to call it “loose integration,” at best.

Summer Tips for SUCCESS on RIA Match # 12 Spread the Word

Added on August 2018 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: For our final summer tip, take of advantage of 3 great ways to get your message out.

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