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How much is enough compliance? SEC grumbles about firms' efforts to cover risks

Added on May 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning investment advisory firms to devote adequate resources to compliance, which has spurred a debate about whether attitude or money is more important.

How to Make Marketing a Team Effort

Added on May 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: We’re often asked how to incorporate non-producing team members into the team’s marketing efforts. It’s a great idea, but only if done the right way. We’ve seen countless examples of advisors attempting to delegate client acquisition responsibilities in full. Never, we repeat never, does this work. 

How to Stop Clients from Firing You

Added on May 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Sharing a client relationship with another advisor is as appealing as sharing your toothbrush. But relationship sharing is what can stop clients from terminated you and keep the ACAT forms away.

Voices Going indie? Find your new firm's voice without saying a word

Added on May 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: When advisors make the move to independence and launch their own firms, they often struggle to select the color, imagery and visual elements. The message is the medium, right? Right. But that message comprises much, much more than words.

RIAs Make 'Great Targets' For Hackers, Cybersecurity Consultant Says

Added on May 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: After more than 30 years of managing technology in high-level positions in a variety of industries, Wes Stillman founded Lenexa, Kan.-based RightSize Solutions in 2002. It was the first provider of outsourced technology management and cloud-based cybersecurity solutions for registered financial advisors. In 2018 it launched the RightSize Shield, which it calls “the most comprehensive, flexible and completely compliant cybersecurity solution for RIAs.”

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