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The Best Of Weekend Reading 2023: Top 25 Articles You Might Have Missed

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Each week in Weekend Reading For Financial Planners, we seek to bring you synopses and commentaries on 12 articles covering news for financial advisors including topics covering technical planning, practice management, advisor marketing, career development, and more.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (November 18-19)

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Also in industry news this week: CFP Board has expanded the details it provides regarding disciplinary actions, expanding transparency around the disciplinary process for both CFP professionals and the broader public A recent study suggests that advisory firms that hire specialists are able to offer more planning services and increase the amount of (..)

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Tax Planning for Startup Founders and Employees

Harness Wealth

Cost-saving tax planning can be much more difficult to implement after your company is well-established and has reached the stage where an IPO, merger, or acquisition becomes a likely event. ISOs can only be issued to employees, and the company issuing the ISO cannot take a tax deduction.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 11-12)

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Also in industry news this week: Altruist’s self-clearing custodial platform has gone live, offering RIAs of all sizes an alternative to larger, legacy custodians While the SEC is planning to increase the number of on-site examinations it conducts, the odds that a firm will experience an exam in a given year appear to be remaining steady From (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (December 23-24)

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Also in industry news this week: The SEC has been sending letters to advisory firms requesting details on their use of AI technology, raising questions about whether they may be considering revising their proposed AI rule that received significant pushback earlier this year for the wide breadth of the types of technology it covers DPL Financial has (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (October 28-29)

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Also in industry news this week: A survey indicates that while financial advisors remain the most trusted source of financial advice, they might increasingly encounter client questions and ideas that originated from social media Following the transition of advisors and clients from TD Ameritrade and amid competition from competing RIA custodians, Charles (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 16-17)

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Also in industry news this week: CFP Board this week announced changes to its Sanctions Guidelines and revisions to its Fitness Standards that clarify the factors that determine how potential sanctions are determined and revise the framework use to determine whether a candidate is eligible to become a CFP certificant The Financial Services Institute (..)