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Top Compliance Challenges Financial Advisors Face

BlueMind

Category: Compliance. The Significance Of Financial Compliance Financial compliance requires all actions, procedures, guidelines, and business culture to abide by the rules and regulations set by the regulatory authorities of the financial market. Pressuring a client to buy or sell securities that are not in their best interest.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Jan 14-15)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a nationwide ban on noncompete clauses in employee contracts, aiming to give employees more freedom to change jobs within the same industry. Read More.

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Why do we need more awareness about SEBI-registered investment advisers?

Truemind Capital

RIAs are competent professionals offering unbiased and optimum investment advice to their clients. It therefore entails a high responsibility for decision-making, directly affecting the clients’ lives. In simple terms, the products that offer higher commissions to the distributors/agents in most cases are not appropriate for investors.

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Get a job as a Financial Paraplanner at an RIA firm and ignore the schmucky wirehouse and insurance jobs!

Sara Grillo

Fee-only advisor – This is an advisor that does not charge commissions and hence is believed to be more aligned with the client’s best interests. A financial paraplanner is a junior wealth management professional who supports the research, operations, and client service activities of a financial planner.

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What does a financial advisor do? (day in the life of a financial advisor)

Sara Grillo

No joke, there are alot of morons in the business who are salespeople in disguise and just sit around golfing all day while earning trailing commissions off their clients to whom they sold whole life insurance 20 years ago. I have any emails from clients routed to a specific folder so that I can address those first. hours of it.

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This broker vs. financial advisor debate got ABSOLUTELY crazy!

Sara Grillo

Watch as all h&#@ breaks loose discussing the question of broker vs. financial advisor, commissions, fees, value, and more! We talked about: What is the best, fairest fee model for the client? Does the way you are paid dictate how you serve clients? Does it matter that clients know the fees they are paying?

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How to Choose the Right Wealth Management Firm in Kansas City

Fortune Financial

Regulatory Compliance Ensure the wealth management firm is registered and compliant with relevant regulatory authorities. In the United States, this often means being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or state-level agencies. Retirement Planning Retirement planning is a primary focus for many clients.