Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 8, 2025

Seth is the founder of Heartwood Financial Planning, an advisory firm affiliated with PlanMember Securities Corporation that is based in Fresno, California, and oversees approximately $100 million in assets under management for 850 client households.

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 29, 2025

Gideon is the CEO of Drucker Wealth, a hybrid advisory firm based in New York City, that oversees approximately $1 billion in assets under management for 800 client households.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 17, 2025

billion in assets under management for 1,800 client households. David is the founder of The Bahnsen Group, an RIA based in Newport Beach, California, that oversees approximately $7.5

Clients

Wealth Management

JULY 3, 2025

manages about $300 million in client assets. Jacob William Advisory has proactively recruited next-generation advisors as part of its business continuity plan. based advisor Brandon Dixon-James has moved his book of business from Osaic to LPL Financial. The Jacob William Advisory in Cockeysville, Md.,

Wealth Management

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Stacey is the chief operating officer of Morton Wealth, an RIA based in Calabasas, California, that oversees approximately $3 billion in assets under management for 1,300 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Stacey McKinnon.

Management

Wealth Management

JULY 22, 2025

They’re really building out these full-service wealth management businesses that are client-centric, built on giving advisors more tools to help them grow.” That includes Creative Planning, Mariner, Savant Wealth, Cerity Partners, Hightower, Steward Partners and Corient, to name a few. Concept of digital social marketing.

Estate Planning

Wealth Management

JUNE 20, 2025

Related: The WealthStack Podcast: The Future of Personalized Portfolio Management with Govinda Quish “Estate planning is one of the things that advisors [repeatedly] tell us that they found immediate value in [post-merger] because it is part of the turnkey [Mercer] offering and does not mean referring a client outside the firm,” said Orff.

Wealth Management

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 15, 2025

Misty is the owner of Sound View Financial Advisors, an RIA based in Walpole, Massachusetts, that oversees $46 million in assets under management for approximately 100 client households.

Financial Advisor

Wealth Management

JULY 25, 2025

Summit Financial & Insurance Services, which manages about $280 million of client assets, joins from Osaic, which AmeriFlex departed last month. billion in client assets. based advisor with over $400 million in client assets, has joined Raymond James & Associates, the firm’s employee advisor channel.

Recruitment

Wealth Management

JULY 2, 2025

Related: Planning for Older Clients and Those with Disabilities Many GRATs include a so-called “swap” power in which the grantor is permitted to substitute assets of equivalent value with the GRAT. David is a co-author of a book on estate planning, Drafting the Estate Plan: Law and Forms.

Distribution

Diamond Consultants

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The ability to inherit a book is great, but if it ties you to the firm for 7 years, can you live with that? Periodic Education Advisors who make a transition don’t have a choice: they have to address the question of why they chose their firm head-on with every single one of their clients. Be a model corporate citizen.

Compliance

The Big Picture

MAY 20, 2025

So that’s when I really studied deeply the research why what I’d been doing was working more about when it might not and writing a business plan for Bridgeway. That was like, I should have paid more attention to that question because my budget, my business plan was 50% of our net worth before it was all said and done.

Management

Wealth Management

JUNE 9, 2025

Big discussions about the use of AI to improve efficiencies as most record keepers are looking to service more plans without increasing staff, something Ascensus is focused on, according to Anthony Bologna, national sales director, who said clients gave higher satisfaction scores when AI is used to answer questions.

Wealth Management

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Yeah, Torsten Slok : So at Deutsche Bank I spent essentially all my time on going to clients with sales. But that being said, it is still the case that if there is uncertainty, that does obviously have implications for business planning, for household planning. Let’s talk about books.

Economy

Wealth Management

JULY 17, 2025

David is a co-author of a book on estate planning, Drafting the Estate Plan: Law and Forms. Jul 18, 2025 People in a meeting Estate Planning Engaging the Rising Gen Engaging the Rising Gen Jul 18, 2025 Sign Up for Newsletters Sign up to receive the latest insights, trends, and analysis.

Taxes

Wealth Management

JULY 18, 2025

Harker is a lawyer and senior trust company manager with extensive knowledge about trusts and trustees acquired over forty-plus years in the trust business. Jay is currently a member of the Missouri Bar’s Trust & Probate Division, BAMSL’s Probate and Trust Law Section, the Estate Planning Council of St.

Estate Planning

Wealth Management

AUGUST 7, 2025

in assets from new client relationships, net of markets, while losing 2% due to client departures, according to a new study conducted by Ensemble Practice and ActiFi. Revenue per client reached a record average of $11,942 for the firms surveyed. Concept of digital social marketing. In 2024, firms reported only 4.1% The reasons?

Recruitment

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 21, 2025

It is often said that, "The only thing constant is change", which pairs well with the common financial advisor philosophy, "If you're not growing, you're dying".

Financial Advisor

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

One of the main goals of financial advisors who market themselves is to build a foundation of trust with their prospective clients so that they feel comfortable in discussing often-sensitive financial topics and ultimately acting on the advisor's recommendations. Establishing that the author understands the reader's problems (e.g.,

Distribution

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 12, 2024

In the modern era of financial advice, the advicer/client relationship is tightly centered on trust. In his book "The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team", Patrick Lencioni discusses similar issues that commonly occur among teams in the workplace.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Veronica is a Senior Financial Advisor at CAPTRUST and works from the RIA's Lake Success, New York, office, where she oversees $360 million in assets under management for about 200 client households. Read More.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 14, 2023

When a financial advisor first opens their own firm, they often start with few (or no) clients and little revenue. letting a client go), it can help to have a ‘quitting coach’ to hold the individual accountable for their pre-commitment. And because actually following through on kill criteria can be challenging (e.g.,

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 13, 2023

Establishing successful client relationships as a financial advisor relies on good communication skills not just to present information persuasively and with confidence, but also to establish client rapport that allows meaningful and engaging relationships to be built.

Clients

Wealth Management

JUNE 12, 2025

That might seem like the most straightforward task, but the night we flew to Massachusetts to start the tour, the hotel I had booked had changed hands and put up new signage the week before. I also had to line up hotels along the way.

Wealth Management

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 26, 2023

The 1st category of tasks that advisory firms must handle involves renewing their registration with the applicable state(s) in which they do business each year, which typically involves submitting select documents (e.g., Read More.

Compliance

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Ramit is the author of the New York Times’s bestselling book, I Will Teach You To Be Rich , and the owner of the online platform of the same name that offers financial education content and programs to consumers so they can get refocused on their personal finances and the things they love.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2022

Shari is the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Rappaport Reiches Capital Management, an independent RIA based in Skokie, Illinois, that oversees more than $800 million in assets under management, for 350 client households.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Eric is the Chief Financial Advisor and Co-Owner of Econologics Financial Advisors, an independent RIA based in Largo, Florida, that generates more than $4M of revenue while working with nearly 300 client households.

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 26, 2023

The 1st category of tasks that advisory firms must handle involves renewing their registration with the applicable state(s) in which they do business each year, which typically involves submitting select documents (e.g., Read More.

Compliance

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2022

Shari is the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Rappaport Reiches Capital Management, an independent RIA based in Skokie, Illinois, that oversees more than $800 million in assets under management, for 350 client households.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Christa is the Managing Director of Financial Planning and Business Development at Sebold Capital, a fee-only RIA based in Chicago, Illinois, which manages $300M across more than 100 client households.

Fee Only

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

billion in assets under management for 1,377 client households. Regis hotel in New York to bring a new mindset to the firm about what it really means to provide a personalized client experience (and bind the client to the firm's brand, rather than to their specific advisor).

Startup

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Bridget is the President of WealthChoice, a virtual independent RIA that oversees nearly $80 million in assets under management for 68 client families, and Co-Founder of Equita Financial Network, an advisor platform that helps advisors plug in and share resources. My guest on today's podcast is Bridget Venus Grimes.

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Gaetano is a partner and senior financial advisor at Fountainhead Advisors, an RIA based in Warren, New Jersey, that oversees approximately $900 million in assets under management for 1,000 client households.

Assets

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 9, 2024

Alex is the owner of Blackbridge Financial, a hybrid advisory firm based in Irmo, South Carolina, that oversees approximately $330 million in assets under management for 415 client households.

Financial Advisor

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 20, 2024

In fact, the more specific the niche, the better, as a highly specialized niche not only allows an advicer to differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace of other 'generalist' advicers, but also helps them build a more efficient practice where they serve clients who share similar characteristics (and puzzles to solve!). Read More.

Clients

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 30, 2024

Troy is the Founder and CEO of Oak Harvest Financial Group, an RIA based in Houston, Texas, that oversees approximately $750 million in assets under management for about 1,000 client households.

Financial Advisor