Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 14, 2023

Nancy is the CEO and Founder for Benchmark Wealth Management, an independent RIA affiliated with LPL Financial based in Memphis, Tennessee, that oversees nearly $340 million in assets under management for almost 1000 client households. Welcome back to the 324th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast !

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Management Financial Advisor Clients Wealth Management 130

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 9, 2023

When deciding on a marketing strategy to pursue, one of the key factors for financial advisory firms to consider is efficiency.

Engineering 180

Engineering Financial Advisor Management Advertising 180

Carson Wealth

DECEMBER 13, 2022

RIAs commonly use two titles for their IARs: Financial Advisor and Wealth Manager. Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers have a common knowledge and skill sets. What Do Wealth Managers Do? Wealth management is also a phrase used to describe the process of choosing a client’s investment portfolio. The Similarities.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 18, 2022

equivalent of nearly $60 million in assets under management for 115 client households. Louis is the Director of WealthUp, an independent advice practice based in Cape Town, South Africa, that oversees the U.S.

Financial Planning 130

Financial Planning Planning Management Investing 130

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Jim is a Co-Founder of Motive Wealth Advisors, an independent RIA based in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, that oversees $250 million in assets under management for nearly 50 families.

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Clients Management Financial Advisor Wealth Advisor 130

Mish Talk

DECEMBER 1, 2022

ISM chart and details below by permission of the Institute for Supply Management. Please consider the November 2022 Manufacturing ISM ® Report On Business ® “Manufacturing contracted in November after expanding for 29 straight months. Managing head counts and total supply chain inventories remain primary goals.

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Manufacturing Business Planning Management Economy 222

Wealth Management

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Advisors are overdelivering services such as health care, estate and business planning, while falling short in the areas their clients most desire.

Retirement Planning 141

Retirement Planning Planning Retirement Taxes 141

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 10, 2023

At the same time, the business strategies that worked for the original owner might not be suitable or as successful for their successor, which can force the 2nd-generation owner to take a different path to ensure the firm thrives into the future.

Financial Planning 233

Financial Planning Retirement Planning Clients 233

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 9, 2024

Andrew is the Managing Partner of Geometric Wealth Advisors, an RIA based in Washington, D.C., that oversees approximately $750 million in assets under management for about 200 client households. Welcome to the 380th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Andrew Leonard.

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Financial Advisor Consulting Wealth Advisor Clients 130

The Big Picture

JUNE 7, 2023

Weinstein, Woodline Partners Co-Chief Investment Officer Mike Rockefeller, Fernbridge Capita Management Founder Brennan Diaz and Knighthead Capital Management Co-Founder Thomas Wagner. Frame what’s going on in today’s environment and what’s it like managing a fund in this sort of circumstance?

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Management Investing Investments Economics 267

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Welcome to the February 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

Estate Planning 204

Estate Planning Financial Planning Planning Wealth Management 204

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Brett is the Founder of Brett Danko Educational Center, a CFP Board Education and Exam Prep provider, and the CEO and Managing Partner for Main Street Financial Solutions, an independent RIA based in Newtown, Pennsylvania, that oversees almost $2 billion in assets under management for nearly 1,700 client households.

Certified Financial Planner 235

Certified Financial Planner CFP Education Financial Advisor 235

Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

JANUARY 30, 2024

You need to execute the plan for it to work. Starting Let’s say you’ve never done a business plan before. So go online and do a search, find a boilerplate or templated business strategy, and start filling it in. That’s fine. You need to start somewhere. Even if you’re not sure what you’re doing at first, that’s OK.

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Financial Advisor Business Planning Planning Management 80

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 22, 2024

The key point is that regardless of whether advisors use the independent or affiliate model, achieving success as an advisor involves finding the best use of the advisor's resources to leverage support for the functions that they can't perform (or don't want to manage) on their own.

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Compliance Clients Financial Advisor Numbers 212

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. My guest on today's podcast is Troy Sharpe. Read More.

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Financial Advisor Clients Retirement Planning 145

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 9, 2024

Kimberly is the Lead Financial Planner and Managing Partner of Enders Wealth Management, a hybrid advisory firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, that oversees $50M in assets under management for 85 client households. Welcome back to the 367th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast !

Financial Advisor 203

Financial Advisor Financial Planner Clients Food 203

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Envestnet has announced a partnership with Empower to offer a turnkey 401(k) plan management solution for advisors with small business owner clients – but it isn't clear whether making 401(k) plan management 'easier' will actually convince more advisors to manage 401(k) plans, given how advisors have largely been averse to 401(k) plan management (..)

Financial Advisor 204

Financial Advisor Clients Planning Distribution 204

Leading Advisor

AUGUST 14, 2023

How many of these Self-Interruptions are Killing Your Flow concerning improving business planning and effectiveness, practice management, and hiring, all of which will contribute to… The post Are You Killing Your Flow With These Self-Interruptions?

Business Planning 40

Business Planning Planning Management Financial Advisor 40

MarketWatch

JUNE 16, 2023

Nikola embarked on a “more focused business plan” in the quarter, concentrating on North America, its electric truck, and hydrogen business, Chief Executive Michael Lohscheller said. “We We are proactively managing costs and reducing expenses,” the executive said.

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Business Planning Planning Numbers Sales 75

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Jon is the Founder and CIO for Echo45 Advisors, an independent RIA based in Walnut Creek, California, that oversees $163 million in assets under management for more than 180 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Jon Henderson.

Financial Advisor 209

Financial Advisor Estate Planning Clients Education 209

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 1, 2024

Welcome to the January 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!

Retirement Planning 205

Retirement Planning Compliance Startup Clients 205

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 3, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Pershing X has announced the launch of its long-awaited (and newly renamed) “Wove” advisor technology platform – which despite purporting to be an open-architecture, multi-custodian solution allowing advisors to smoothly integrate all the technology they choose to bring onto it, in (..)

Estate Planning 225

Estate Planning Media Clients Wealth Management 225

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

a client service associate to handle various administrative and client communication tasks, or a paraplanner or associate advisor to work on more planning-centric issues such as building out drafts of financial plans). For these advisors, an alternative approach would be to outsource the tasks they want to remove from their plates.

Financial Planning 205

Financial Planning Planning Recruitment Clients 205

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

billion in assets under management for 1,377 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Peter Tiboris. Peter is a Partner of Park Avenue Capital, an advisory firm affiliated with Northwestern Mutual based in New York City, that oversees $2.4

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Startup Financial Advisor Clients Management 179

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this guest post, Chris Stanley, investment management attorney and Founding Principal of Beach Street Legal, explores the specific conditions under which a financial coach must register as an investment adviser. Nevertheless, the 'securities' component of the definition has several nuanced exceptions.

Investing 239

Investing Investments Retirement Planning Financial Advising 239

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 4, 2024

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: Salesforce Financial Services Cloud highlights a new pre-built multi-custodial data feeds solution in its AppExchange, dubbed Attune and powered by BridgeFT, as the CRM provider seems to come 'downmarket' into mid-sized independent (..)

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Startup Wealth Management Clients Portfolio 190

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.

Financial Planning 211

Financial Planning Financial Advisor Clients Planning 211

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Brad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Intellicents, an independent RIA with 12 offices across the country and headquartered in Albert Lea, Minnesota, that oversees $6 billion in assets under management for more than 3,000 client households. Read More.

Financial Planning 130

Financial Planning Planning Wealth Management Retirement Planning 130

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 29, 2024

In the last 10 years, coinciding with the rise of robo-advisor technology that makes it possible to streamline and automate much of the process of investment management, advisors have leveraged the decreasing amount of time it takes to manage client portfolios by providing more and deeper planning for their clients – highlighted by the fact that, (..)

Clients 203

Clients Planning Numbers Financial Advisor 203

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. Welcome back to the 363rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast!

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Financial Advisor Fee Only Financial Guidance Insurance 238

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 30, 2023

Tim is a Managing Partner for the Center for Financial Planning, a hybrid advisory firm based in Southfield, Michigan, that oversees $1.5 billion in assets under management for 1,000 client households. Welcome back to the 335th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Tim Wyman.

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Financial Advisor Financial Planning Clients Planning 240

Clever Girl Finance

AUGUST 2, 2023

Then, create your side hustle time management plan. Create a solid business plan for your side hustle If you’re in the process of starting a side hustle and do not have a business plan, you need to create one now. You can’t have success in life without a plan! Everyone hates it, but everyone needs it!

Business Planning 95

Business Planning Planning Food Budgeting 95

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 10, 2023

Financial advisors who have established and successfully built up their advisory firms over several years can often go through many stages of firm development, requiring them to hire staff and additional advisors to manage their growing clientele.

Financial Advisor 165

Financial Advisor Clients Communication Management 165

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 7, 2023

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: Wealth Management GPT has launched as one of the first standalone AI writing tools for financial advisors, distinguishing itself from other tools that are integrated within already-existing AdvisorTech tools (which raises questions (..)

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Estate Planning Wealth Management Financial Advisor Planning 200

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 25, 2024

In this article, Kitces Managing Editor Sydney Squires shares how the fully virtual Kitces team constructs its biannual team retreats – and how other leaders of virtual teams can also plan and execute a retreat of their own.

Planning 210

Planning Taxes Management Clients 210

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 26, 2023

One of the most intimidating aspects of launching a solo advisory firm is the question of how to manage compliance. Which can be especially helpful for RIA founders who are also their own Chief Compliance Officers, and still have duty to oversee (and document that they are overseeing) themselves.

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Compliance Clients Advertising Accounting 232

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 30, 2024

Tim is the founder of Goodwin Investment Advisory, an RIA based in Woodstock, Georgia, that oversees $275M in assets under management for 370 client households. Welcome back to the 370th episode of the Financial Advisor Success podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Tim Goodwin.

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Financial Advisor Clients Compliance Engineering 192