Indigo Marketing Agency

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Bryan Lee founded Strategic Financial Planning Inc. to provide fee-only financial planning and investment advisory services to individuals and small businesses using a unique financial life planning approach and process. Learn Why This Independent Financial Advisor Chose Indigo Marketing Agency.

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Sara Grillo

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the move to transparency in financial planning takes hold, regulations are changing in Colorado and other states. Here’s the triumph of virtue that financial planning transparency will (FINALLY) bring to planners across the country and the benefits to clients that come along with it. Client advocacy.

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Financial Planning Planning Financial Planner CFP 52

Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

The advice-only movement is a bigger move than a shift in fees – it’s a transcendence to a higher level of morality, transparency, and service to the consumer. What’s up with these “advice-only financial planners?” I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant.

Financial Planner 52

Financial Planner CFP Financial Planning Education 52

Clever Girl Finance

JULY 16, 2023

How much does a financial advisor cost? What to look for in a financial advisor: 5 Question to ask Where can I find a financial advisor? Are financial advisors the same as investment advisors? How a financial planner is different from a financial advisor Is it okay not to have a financial advisor?

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Financial Planner Certified Financial Planner Investment Advisor 52

Clever Girl Finance

JULY 16, 2023

How much does a financial advisor cost? What to look for in a financial advisor: 5 Question to ask Where can I find a financial advisor? Are financial advisors the same as investment advisors? How a financial planner is different from a financial advisor Is it okay not to have a financial advisor?

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Financial Planner Certified Financial Planner Investment Advisor 52

Sara Grillo

AUGUST 14, 2023

Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? The fiduciary standard is important because it defined parameters for behaviors impacting the way that financial advisors treat their clients. A fiduciary provides advice and counsel that is solely in the best interest of the client. Commissions are opaque.

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Financial Advisor Fiduciary Duty Insurance Financial Advice 52

Inside Information

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The petition notes that the SEC, in response to litigation from the Financial Planning Association back in 2005, had proposed to go further, and require anyone holding themselves out as a “financial planner” or providing “financial planning services,” or delivering a financial plan to their customers, be required to register as an RIA. .

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Melody is the president of Townsend Financial Planning, an RIA based in Lexington, KY, that oversees $112 million in assets under management for 160 client households.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 11, 2022

We’re going to talk about how he provides high value as an hourly financial advisor by saving investors from the “Humpty Dumpty portfolio” and the lessons other advisors can learn about serving clients with simplicity, transparency, and integrity, whether they choose to adopt the hourly fee model or not.

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Portfolio Clients Management 52

Inside Information

OCTOBER 30, 2021

B y now, I’m sure most of you are familiar with the Committee for the Fiduciary Standard—but if not, well, it’s a group of prominent advisors who advocate that anybody who holds out as a financial planner or advisor be held to a strict fiduciary standard. I participate in their discussions, though I’m not formally a member.

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CFP Commission Education Investing 40

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Assuming we all agree that financial planning does not yet meet the standard for being considered a” profession”, what do you believe is required in order for that to happen? The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. Robert will be on the “for” team.

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CFP Financial Advisor Financial Planner Ethics 59

The Big Picture

APRIL 25, 2023

Now, full disclosure, Ritholtz Wealth Management has been around a decade. My first job out of law school was at a mid-sized law firm out of Princeton, New Jersey, and I would have clients who wouldn’t call when an issue arose. For most of the clients that come to us for startup work, right? We retained your firm.

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