Wealth Management

AUGUST 13, 2025

Dollenmeyer, Megan Vandermeer Aug 13, 2025 9 Min Read Business Planning Related Topics Client Relations Growth Strategies Professional Development Diversity & Inclusion Recent in Business Planning See All Businessman hand holding magnet and magnetizing avatars. Concept of digital social marketing.

Estate Planning

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In the early days of financial planning, serving clients often meant developing transactional relationships focused on facilitating trades and selling insurance. Over time, advisors shifted toward more analytical approaches, such as investment management and retirement planning.

Clients

Carson Wealth

JUNE 27, 2025

What Is Financial Planning and Why Does It Matter in a Crisis? Financial planning begins with a thorough analysis of your short- and long-term financial situation, including all sources of income, your current spending patterns and debt, and your plans for the future. Diversification.

Financial Planning

Wealth Management

AUGUST 12, 2025

Podcasts & Videos CE Webinars Research Newsletters Subscribe Subscribe News Related Topics RIA IBD Wirehouse RPA Insights & Analysis Regulation & Compliance Career Moves Recent in News See all AI businessman Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Report Says AI Will Replace Advisors. 12, 2025) 11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Aug.

Marketing

Wealth Management

AUGUST 13, 2025

Dollenmeyer, Megan Vandermeer Aug 13, 2025 9 Min Read Business Planning Related Topics Client Relations Growth Strategies Professional Development Diversity & Inclusion Recent in Business Planning See All Businessman hand holding magnet and magnetizing avatars. Concept of digital social marketing.

Wealth Management

Wealth Management

AUGUST 12, 2025

Podcasts & Videos CE Webinars Research Newsletters Subscribe Subscribe News Related Topics RIA IBD Wirehouse RPA Insights & Analysis Regulation & Compliance Career Moves Recent in News See all AI businessman Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Report Says AI Will Replace Advisors. 12, 2025) 11 Investment Must Reads for This Week (Aug.

Estate Planning

Wealth Management

JULY 28, 2025

Engstrom did not know of a single instance where a company has cancelled their 401(k) plan because of litigation, nor have any switched to safer DB plans, nor has it resulted in layoffs or bankruptcy. Related: What Does It Take To Be a Great Retirement Plan Advisor? Concept of digital social marketing.

Estate Planning

Wealth Management

JULY 3, 2025

based advisor Brandon Dixon-James has moved his book of business from Osaic to LPL Financial. Dixon-James launched Resilient Wealth Management in 2020 and now manages about $250 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets. California RIA Deals & Moves: Focus Partners Wealth Merges in $5.6B

Wealth Management

Wealth Management

JULY 15, 2025

Related: M&A Advisory Gladstone Launches $500 RIA Seller Connection Service NFP Buys Wealth and Retirement Firm Levine Group Aon-owned NFP has acquired a former Kestra Holdings-affiliated firm based in Brentwood, Tenn. Levine Group will join NFP, which does wealth management, retirement plan advice, insurance and benefits consulting.

Planning

Wealth Management

JULY 25, 2025

Related: Lawsuit: Edelman Didnt Ask Questions When Client Liquidated IRA For Crypto Scam Israel’s practice will operate as Legacy Point Wealth Management of Raymond James, with a focus on families and individuals, corporate retirement plans and business owners. Concept of digital social marketing.

Recruitment

Wealth Management

AUGUST 14, 2025

4, 2025) Finally, crypto ETFs would also gain tremendous momentum if investors could access them through individual retirement plans. On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order to democratize access to alternative assets, including digital assets, in defined contribution plans such as 401(k)s.

Marketing

Wealth Management

AUGUST 7, 2025

trillion held in participant-directed retirement plans. Concept of digital social marketing. In a victory for alternative asset firms, US President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Thursday that would allow them to tap some of the roughly $12.5

Retail

Wealth Management

AUGUST 7, 2025

trillion held in those retirement accounts. trillion held in those retirement accounts. The SEC will be asked to facilitate access to alternative assets for participant-directed retirement plans. Concept of digital social marketing. Jennifer A. That was later rolled back under former President Joe Biden.

Assets

Wealth Management

JULY 21, 2025

What Does It Take To Be a Great Retirement Plan Advisor? This solution is designed to meet the practical needs of retirement plans,” Greg Wilson, global head of retirement at GSAM, said in a statement. “By Earlier in the month, retirement plan provider Empower responded to concerns raised by U.S.

Planning

Wealth Management

JULY 18, 2025

White July 18, 2025 1 Min Read SEC Chair Paul Atkins (Bloomberg) -- US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins says the agency will work closely with its counterparts at the Labor Department when considering potential changes to rules for retirement plans. “We Concept of digital social marketing.

Planning

Wealth Management

AUGUST 13, 2025

Dollenmeyer, Megan Vandermeer Aug 13, 2025 9 Min Read Business Planning Related Topics Client Relations Growth Strategies Professional Development Diversity & Inclusion Recent in Business Planning See All Businessman hand holding magnet and magnetizing avatars. Concept of digital social marketing.

Estate Planning

Wealth Management

JULY 23, 2025

Private Equity Is Coming to 401(k) Plans: Will You Be Ready? Warren vs. Empower Alera retirement head departs for OneDigital Issues to consider during layoffs What does it take to be a great Retirement plan advisor? Private Equity Is Coming to 401(k) Plans: Will You Be Ready? Concept of digital social marketing.

Estate Planning

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 17, 2023

What's unique about Brad, though, is how he built a multi-billion-dollar advisory firm not by moving 'upmarket' to gather multi-millionaire clients, but instead leveraged his 401(k) retirement plan advisory firm to begin offering comprehensive financial planning to the employees of large companies as an added employee benefit, and in the process scaled (..)

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Zack is the Director of Financial Planning and Participant Engagement of Greenspring Advisors, an RIA based in Towson, Maryland, that manages $2 billion of private wealth assets under management for 1,300 client households and advises on an additional $5 billion in retirement plan assets.

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that Congress appears poised to pass “SECURE Act 2.0”, ”, a series of measures that will have significant impacts on the world of retirement planning.

Financial Planner

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 10, 2023

As owners of financial planning firms approach retirement, some may decide to sell to an external buyer, while others may plan for an internal succession. Sometimes, this succession plan can include the owner's child, providing an opportunity to keep the business in the family.

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 9, 2023

What's unique about Liz, though, is how she and her brother have taken ownership of what was originally their father’s broad commission-based practice with more than 1,500 clients, and have managed the balance of transitioning the business into a fee-based financial planning practice while still doing right by the smaller or more transactional (..)

Commission

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. How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive.

Financial Planner

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 4, 2023

Financial advisors have a wide range of strategies at their disposal to create financial plans for their clients. This strategy is valuable because it generally allows for higher initial withdrawal rates than more static approaches that don’t accommodate clients willing to adjust their spending in retirement.

Retirement

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 (..)

Tax Planning

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.,

Electronics

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.,

Electronics

Darrow Wealth Management

APRIL 15, 2024

It goes by many different names: semi-retirement, partial or phased retirement, second career, and so on. But typically, it means the same thing: working in some capacity after retiring early. A partial retirement helps with the emotional transition There are two phases of retirement planning: time and money.

Retirement

Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Intermediate and Short-Term Goals Begin by distinguishing between your long-term, intermediate-term and short-term financial goals. Long-term goals typically encompass retirement planning, wealth preservation and estate planning. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) CFAs are experts in investment management and analysis.

Wealth Management

Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Intermediate and Short-Term Goals Begin by distinguishing between your long-term, intermediate-term and short-term financial goals. Long-term goals typically encompass retirement planning, wealth preservation and estate planning. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) CFAs are experts in investment management and analysis.

Wealth Management

Fortune Financial

MARCH 5, 2024

A 401k is a company-sponsored retirement plan that allows employees to elect contributions to be withheld from their wages and salaries and deposited into an investment account. It is named after a section of the Internal Revenue Code that provides regulations for these types of retirement plans. What is 401k?

Retirement Planning

Darrow Wealth Management

APRIL 15, 2024

It goes by many different names: semi-retirement, partial or phased retirement, second career, and so on. But typically, it means the same thing: working in some capacity after retiring early. A partial retirement helps with the emotional transition There are two phases of retirement planning: time and money.

Retirement

Midstream Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding Niche Marketing in the Financial Advisory Sector Niche marketing is about directing your marketing efforts to a specific group of people. For financial planning, you might target young professionals in New York City. For example, you can work with new advisors who assist with divorce financial planning.

Financial Advisor

Steve Sanduski

APRIL 8, 2023

As I think about the nature of retirement planning, it is highly left-hemisphere focused. What’s missing from retirement planning, and financial planning in general, is the value, nuance, and context that right-hemisphere thinking brings to the table. What does all this have to do with retirement planning?

Retirement Planning

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Erika is the Director of Wealth Management of VisionPoint Advisory Group, a hybrid advisory firm based in Dallas, Texas, that oversees approximately $3 billion in assets under advisement for both 780 client households and for retirement plans.

Planning