Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Also in industry news this week: While the FPA is going full steam ahead on its federal and state lobbying efforts to regulate the title “financial planner”, CFP Board is more focused on increasing recognition of the CFP marks.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that AdvisorTech giant Envestnet has announced a partnership with New Zealand-based FNZ that will allow Envestnet to offer custodial services to advisors beginning in the second half of 2023.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 27, 2023

In the context of financial advisors, surveys have shown that CFP certification serves as an important branding signal for consumers seeking the services of a qualified advisor. Similarly, CFP practitioners were found to have a lower practice-wide Client Acquisition Cost (CAC) and greater revenue growth in 2021!

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Wealth Management

JUNE 27, 2025

Finally, I was excited to interview Royi Markowitz and Jonathan Dane, the CEO and chief financial planner, respectively of the AI-powered and AI-driven financial planning startup Quinn , which came out of stealth this week and announced an $11 million seed round of funding, led by the Israeli venture capital firm Viola Fintech. “We

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Welcome back to the 353rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Brett Danko.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2022

We also talk about how the tragedy of 9/11 (coupled with Amy’s personal loss of friends and colleagues) and seeing how underfunded life or disability insurance can seriously impact people's lives inspired Amy to return to college and get her undergraduate degree just so she could gain her CFP marks and become a financial planner, how even though (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We also talk about how, after listening to industry podcasts on his commute while working in the traditional corporate finance world, Andy’s eyes were opened to the possibilities of financial planning which led him to pursuing his CFP marks (along with some other designations) before he ever quit his old job to launch his new firm (to ensure (..)

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