Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 22, 2024

Notably, different affiliate platforms have different payout rates; those that pay out the most (and thus have the lowest fees) tend to cover relatively few functions such as compliance and technology, while those that pay out the least (and therefore have the highest fees) cover a significant amount of the advisor's overhead costs.

Compliance 211

Compliance Clients Financial Advisor Management 211

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But by being aware of the varying requirements and filing documents in an accurate and timely manner, new firms can navigate their way through the registration process and (finally) begin offering planning services to clients! Read More.

Compliance 130

Compliance Investing Investments Government 130

XY Planning Network

JUNE 5, 2023

We rounded up some of XYPN's best resources for advisors who want to launch their own financial planning firms. From tackling compliance to creating a business plan and everything in between, this roundup of resources will set you up for firm launch success.

Financial Advisor 62

Financial Advisor Compliance Financial Planning Business Planning 62

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 1, 2024

A lot has changed over the ensuing 20+ years since the issuance of the Internet Adviser Exemption , and after observing numerous instances of non-compliance (and issuing a Risk Alert to that effect in 2021), the SEC issued an amendment to the Exemption on March 27, 2024.

Investing 193

Investing Investments Compliance Clients 193

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 1, 2024

This month's edition kicks off with the news that held-away asset management platform Pontera has raised $60 million in venture capital funding as advisors increasingly seek to directly manage clients' 401(k) and other outside assets – although an ongoing investigation by Washington state regulators over whether advisors' use of Pontera violates (..)

Retirement Planning 204

Retirement Planning Compliance Startup Clients 204

XY Planning Network

JUNE 5, 2023

We rounded up some of XYPN's best resources for advisors who want to launch their own financial planning firms. From tackling compliance to creating a business plan and everything in between, this roundup of resources will set you up for firm launch success.

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Compliance Financial Planning Business Planning 52

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 17, 2024

Another is designed to extract information from data gathering and financial planning meeting transcripts for easy entry into financial planning software and also to summarize key points and action steps.

Financial Advice 130

Financial Advice Financial Planning Planning Clients 130

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

What's unique about Bridget, though, is how, as a solo advisor, she found herself overwhelmed with the pressures of having to manage different aspects of her business while also providing great service to her clients as she quickly grew to $77M of AUM in 7 years, and has decided to not to "scale" her firm by hiring more advisors but instead leverage (..)

Financial Planning 210

Financial Planning Financial Advisor Clients Planning 210

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Which, in fact, often meets the definition of an ‘endorsement’, subjecting many third-party relationships to the Marketing Rule’s compliance regulations.

Compliance 168

Compliance Advertising Marketing Marketing 168

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

While some are looking to gain a first-mover advantage by leveraging client testimonials and third-party endorsements (and adjusting their compliance programs before doing so), others are taking a wait-and-see approach. Also in industry news this week: Why “SECURE 2.0”

Financial Planner 174

Financial Planner Retirement Planning Compliance Clients 174

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 6, 2023

Adam is a principal with RubinGoldman and Associates, and the Founder and CEO of Asset-Map, a financial planning tool that helps financial advisors create a visual representation of their clients’ financial situation, reaching over 1.25 Welcome back to the 336th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! million users.

Assets 210

Assets Financial Advisor Financial Planning Insurance 210

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 26, 2023

Firms seeking acquisitions may talk up their values prior to the sale, but the reality is that at a firm that is rapidly acquiring other businesses – particularly when funded by private equity ownership – the focus is often on the growth of assets and profitability, no matter what the core values are purported to be. Read More.

Compliance 226

Compliance Sales Planning Media 226

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 7, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that estate planning platform Wealth.com has launched Ester, an AI-driven 'legal assistant' that uses machine learning to help advisors quickly review and extract the key information from clients' estate planning documents, as it joins FP Alpha in the competition to become 'Holistiplan for estate planning (..)

Estate Planning 199

Estate Planning Wealth Management Financial Advisor Planning 199

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 13, 2023

However, the reality is that it’s very expensive to build and maintain technology, especially when considering the full range of CRM, portfolio management, financial planning, and more than a dozen other sub-categories of technology that financial advisors use in their firms. broker-dealers, RIA aggregators, TAMPs, etc.)

Compliance 179

Compliance Portfolio Management Planning Financial Advisor 179

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 2, 2023

We also discuss why Jake and his team not only create long-term financial plans for their clients, but also focus on a 10-year vision to help his younger, travel-loving clientele start achieving more of their immediate goals so they're more likely to retain as clients by feeling like they're making near-term financial planning progress.

Financial Advisor 214

Financial Advisor Financial Planning Clients Planning 214

Leading Advisor

AUGUST 2, 2023

Branding Commission/Fee For Service Compliance and Licensing Marketing and Sales Office Environment Products and Services Technology and Equipment Team/Succession Planning Vision and Business Plan What… The post Will increasing your understanding of Flow & the Elimination of Flow Killers help you to make these Processes & Systems STICK? (..)

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License Compliance Commission Business Planning 40

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 12, 2022

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, after years of working in an environment where she saw first-hand how ultra-high-net-worth clients keep and grow their wealth (and the lack of diversity among those clients), Kamila decided to build a practice that focused on providing holistic financial planning to communities of color with emerging wealth, (..)

Financial Advisor 246

Financial Advisor CFP Clients Financial Planning 246

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 5, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Riskalyze has completed its previously-announced rebranding, and will now be known as “Nitrogen”, a ”growth platform” for advisory firms – which represents less of a shift in the platform’s core function (given that Riskalyze’s risk tolerance tool was always (..)

Risk Tolerance 181

Risk Tolerance Retirement License Retirement Planning 181

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 7, 2023

Additionally, it’s worth remembering that, save for certain personal information like home addresses and birthdates, much of the information on Form U4 is made public on the SEC’s website.

Compliance 199

Compliance Advertising Media Investing 199

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mindy is the owner of Creative Money, an independent RIA based in Seattle, Washington, that offers a unique 12-month financial planning engagement – or as Mindy puts it on her homepage, “financial planning that doesn’t suck” – which has allowed her firm to work with nearly 400 client households just this year.

Fee Only 130

Fee Only Clients Financial Planning Financial Advisor 130

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 30, 2024

So, whether you're interested in learning about how Tim's ongoing investment into a healthy and a SEO-reputable website resulted in a multi-dimensional prospecting in-flow, how Tim manages SEC marketing compliance while still consistently asking clients for referrals, and how Tim has built a 'fireproof' hiring process putting people in roles that matched (..)

Financial Advisor 191

Financial Advisor Clients Compliance Engineering 191

MazumaBusinessAccounting

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Take some time to gain more insight as to whether or not your business can make an impact within that industry. Understanding your potential market will allow you to better form your business plan. Create a Business Plan A business plan is important because it outlines your overall goals and shows how you plan to achieve them.

Business Planning 52

Business Planning Taxes Startup Accounting 52

MazumaBusinessAccounting

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Take some time to gain more insight as to whether or not your business can make an impact within that industry. Understanding your potential market will allow you to better form your business plan. Create a Business Plan. When creating your business plan, be sure to consider all aspects of your business.

Business Planning 52

Business Planning Taxes Startup Accounting 52

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 21, 2023

In addition to collecting the required reports, the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) also has certain review requirements.

Ethics 177

Ethics Fiduciary Duty Compliance Clients 177

Fortune Financial

MARCH 5, 2024

Small business owners are always on the lookout for strategies to not just survive but thrive in Kansas City. One powerful tool that might not be on every entrepreneur’s radar — but definitely should be — is a 401k plan. Explore how leveraging a 401k plan can set your business apart and pave the way for sustained success.

Retirement Planning 52

Retirement Planning Financial Advisor Retirement Taxes 52

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Jim built Sanctuary’s “Partnered Independence” platform for advisors who want to run their own practices serving HNW clients while leveraging Sanctuary Wealth’s support system that offers technology, compliance, practice management and training groups, digital marketing, and even ultra-HNW (..)

Compliance 130

Compliance Financial Advisor Clients Management 130

Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether planning for retirement, saving for your children’s education or simply looking to grow your investments, finding the right wealth management services in Kansas City can make all the difference. Long-term goals typically encompass retirement planning, wealth preservation and estate planning.

Wealth Management 59

Wealth Management Management Risk Tolerance Retirement Planning 59

Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Whether planning for retirement, saving for your children’s education or simply looking to grow your investments, finding the right wealth management services in Kansas City can make all the difference. Long-term goals typically encompass retirement planning, wealth preservation and estate planning.

Wealth Management 52

Wealth Management Management Risk Tolerance Retirement Planning 52

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Notably, while many financial coaches satisfy the majority of these requirements – they are in the business of offering advice to clients and are compensated as such – they often steer clear of making specific securities recommendations, focusing instead on areas like budgeting, debt management, savings, and retirement planning.

Investing 238

Investing Investments Financial Advising Retirement Planning 238

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Hearsay Systems rolls out a new small-to-mid-sized RIA platform for social media compliance and website design. Riskalyze signals an intent to rebrand itself away from ‘just’ risk tolerance assessments to a broader focus on helping advisors grow clients and assets.

Risk Tolerance 165

Risk Tolerance Compliance Startup Clients 165

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 30, 2023

But in the financial advisory business, firms are typically less concerned about employees taking intellectual property (e.g., financial planning processes and other 'trade secrets') with them to a competitor and are more concerned about clients (and the revenue they bring in) following their (departing) advisor to their new firm.

Clients 195

Clients Communication Financial Planning Planning 195

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In 2021, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act, which, for the first time, required small business entities such as LLCs and corporations to report identifying information on their "beneficial owners" (i.e., those who own at least 25% of, or who otherwise exercise substantial control over the business).

Insurance 165

Insurance Numbers Clients Business Planning 165

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In the United States, Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) are required to register in one of 2 ways: with the Federal government (namely the SEC) or with one or more state securities regulatory agencies.

Startup 130

Startup Clients Government Numbers 130

FMG

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We were always planning-focused, and I offered financial planning as a standalone service from the very beginning. As you’re based in Washington, how has the pandemic affected your business plan and the way you communicate with clients? I couldn’t pass up on the one-click compliance!

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Compliance Clients Communication 52

Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

Advice-only financial planning is fee-only comprehensive financial planning without the expectation or even the option to manage any client investments. Financial planning is offered as a stand-alone product; it is the only thing that an advice-only financial planner does. How do you start an advice-only financial planning firm?

Financial Planner 52

Financial Planner CFP Financial Planning Education 52

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 24, 2022

a single person, a couple, a business, or a retirement plan) and the date on which the agreement will become effective. To start, the agreement should contain basic information about the adviser-client relationship, including who the client is (e.g., The agreement should also lay out some acknowledgments for the client to review.

Electronics 169

Electronics Clients Retirement Planning Financial Advice 169

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 24, 2022

a single person, a couple, a business, or a retirement plan) and the date on which the agreement will become effective. To start, the agreement should contain basic information about the adviser-client relationship, including who the client is (e.g., The agreement should also lay out some acknowledgments for the client to review.

Electronics 161

Electronics Clients Retirement Planning Financial Advice 161