Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A fiduciary advisor is a financial professional who is legally obligated to act in the best interest of their clients. A fiduciary must always prioritize their clients’ needs above their own interests and mitigate or disclose any conflicts of interest that may arise. Not all advisors are fiduciaries.

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International College of Financial Planning

JULY 2, 2025

As individuals and families strive to build wealth, protect their future, and achieve life goals, they increasingly seek trusted professionals who can offer sound, holistic financial advice. This is where competent, ethical, and client-first financial planners step in. What Does the CFP Course Involve?

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Midstream Marketing

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

[link] [link] [link] New Financial Advisor Prospecting When You Attend Networking Functions Keep Your Business Cards In Your Car When attending networking functions, it’s crucial to always have your business cards handy. Look into digital marketing steps like boosting your website and email marketing to get new clients.

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Midstream Marketing

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It helps you attract new clients and expand your business. This guide offers helpful tips to create a good advertising plan in the financial services area. You will learn how to find your ideal client and create content that engages them. A good online presence helps them find new clients and grow their business.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 29, 2025

While some RIA owners might be tempted to prioritize moving quickly to the more enjoyable work of providing financial advice, neglecting to thoughtfully draft and update an operating agreement can lead to mismatched expectations, legal risks, and costly disputes.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 29, 2025

While some RIA owners might be tempted to prioritize moving quickly to the more enjoyable work of providing financial advice, neglecting to thoughtfully draft and update an operating agreement can lead to mismatched expectations, legal risks, and costly disputes.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JULY 17, 2025

Do you think CFA Level 1 is worth it for someone going into advising mainly to better understand markets and explain them to clients? I would also spend more time honing your communication and sales skills than learning a bunch of formulas for the CFA. Figured that next year is a good time to focus on exams.

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Zoe Financial

JUNE 20, 2025

The platform itself does not offer financial advice Scenario-Based Guide: Hypothetical Investor Examples – Scenario 1: Linda, 68 — Planning for RMDs and Legacy Background : Linda holds a significant Traditional IRA and is approaching required minimum distributions (RMDs).

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Indigo Marketing Agency

JUNE 17, 2024

Sales funnels are essential for financial advisors looking to turn casual website visitors into loyal clients—but the internet isn’t exactly designed to help. Answer: the sales funnel. What’s a Sales Funnel? By employing a sales funnel, you have an automated and reliable way to engage and persuade leads.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Atkins' previous time on the commission and more recent statements suggest that he will take a more circumspect approach to financial regulation compared to Gensler and could look to limit disclosure requirements (including those related to advisor compensation for the sale of certain financial products) as well as the number and size of penalties (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 24, 2024

The requirements to run a successful, growing advisory firm are often less about doing the technical work with clients and more about marketing value to get prospects in the door in the first place. Which means that advisors should not be expected to champion the planning industry alone when prospecting for clients. Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Instead, advisors can take a more direct approach in introducing the next steps to becoming a client during a discovery meeting to keep the momentum going and potentially increase the chances that the prospect will become a client.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 15, 2023

Jim is the founder of MainStreet Financial Planning, an hourly, fee-only financial planning firm, and also created Procrastination Junction, a coaching program for fee-only financial advisors looking to improve their sales skills. Read More.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 25, 2023

(riabiz.com) DPL Financial Partners is seeing growth in commission-free annuity sales. wealthmanagement.com) Advisers Six lessons learned from 20 years in the business of financial advice. advisorperspectives.com) Do financial advisers recommend annuities to their clients? kitces.com)

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 4, 2023

standarddeviationspod.com) Brendan Frazier on getting clients to actually implement your advice. podcasts.apple.com) The biz Software is eating financial advice. thereformedbroker.com) How financial advisers can publish their own book. riabiz.com) Demand for financial advice is only increasing.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 22, 2024

This latter exemption means that financial advisors with an ownership interest in their company (even a very small one) could still be subject to a non-compete as a term of the sale of their stake (which could impact how they value receiving an ownership interest in their firm).

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the early days of the financial advice industry, an advisor's options for generating new business were somewhat limited. Once an advicer has generated new inquiries, the next step is to determine how well they are converting new prospects into new clients.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here is what makes us different: Hourly, Fee-Only Service: We operate on an hourly or, flat, fee-only basis, ensuring transparency and alignment of interests with our clients. Importantly, we do not accept sales commissions or any compensation beyond what is directly agreed upon with our clients.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the early days of wealth management, a financial advisor's value proposition was relatively explicit, typically focusing on a limited range of portfolio management activities (e.g., selling and trading) or on sales-oriented advice that centered on implementing insurance products.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 5, 2024

Supreme Court decision shifting authority to interpret laws passed by Congress from Federal agencies to the judicial system could have significant impacts on regulation of the financial advice industry, including the potential for additional legal challenges to regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Labor (DoL), (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Gaetano is a partner and senior financial advisor at Fountainhead Advisors, an RIA based in Warren, New Jersey, that oversees approximately $900 million in assets under management for 1,000 client households.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

This week, we speak with Kristen Bitterly Michell, Head of North American Investments for Citi Global Wealth, which manages $800 billion in client assets. Prior to joining Citi, she led structured product sales to Latin American investors at Credit Suisse and provided structured derivative solutions to private investor clients at JPMorgan.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2024

It is a massive Dunning Kruger : exercise in inexperienced but overly confident “ Finfluencers ” reducing complex issues involving money to a slick but misleading sales pitch. Bad financial advice reaches naïve, impressionable consumers of social media without any guardrails or controls.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 4, 2024

Which, in turn, has prompted some to wonder if firm owners have a specific obligation to their profession to hire and train next-gen talent. Which, in turn, has prompted some to wonder if firm owners have a specific obligation to their profession to hire and train next-gen talent. Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 13, 2024

As the financial advice industry continues to move toward providing full-blown professional services rather than focusing primarily on product sales, advisory (advicery?) firms are increasingly experiencing similar stages of growth in their practices.

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Yardley Wealth Management

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The post How Conflicts of Interest Shape Financial Advice: A Conversation with Mike Garry and Amy Patterson appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. The Shift Towards Fee-Only Advisors The rise of fee-only advisors has changed how financial advice is delivered. Today, many advisors have moved to a fee-only model.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 18, 2024

For over a decade, the financial advice industry has been bracing for an "any-minute-now" tsunami of advisor retirements and concomitant sales of financial planning practices. Which begs the question, to what extent should an advisory firm owner discount the sale price of their firm for a next-gen successor?

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Planning Valuation Sales Clients 130

Don Connelly & Associates

JULY 10, 2023

More people than ever are clamoring for quality, objective financial advice to guide critical life decisions. It's also a very challenging time for newer financial advisors as the competition for quality prospects is fierce.

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Financial Advisor Clients Financial Advice Sales 52

Don Connelly & Associates

JULY 10, 2023

More people than ever are clamoring for quality, objective financial advice to guide critical life decisions. It's also a very challenging time for newer financial advisors as the competition for quality prospects is fierce.

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Financial Advisor Clients Financial Advice Sales 52

FMG

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Since building strong relationships is a core element of providing financial advice, a financial advisor CRM ( c lient r elationship m anagement) system may be the most essential technology tool available for financial advisory firms. The average advisor serves 156 clients. What is CRM? CRMs also help you: 1.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The surtax will increase the Massachusetts tax liability by $68,000 on the sale of their home. But if a sale is in process, wrapping it up before 12/31 would be advantageous (all else equal). Consider an installment sale. We specialize in financial planning for an IPO, acquisition, or sale of a private business.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 19, 2024

But before we get into it… Look, there are alot of schmucks out there hawking crap products disguised as financial advice. I’m not a lawyer – so please don’t interpret anything I say here as legal advice. Do your own diligence when you are seeking financial advice. Don’t be fooled!

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 21, 2022

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. What is a financial paraplanner? The job responsibilities may be back-office or client-facing, depending on the scope of the paraplanner’s work.

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eMoney Advisor

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It would be difficult to create a holistic financial plan for any client without a full picture of their financial lives. Account aggregation gives financial professionals—and their clients—a complete and centralized view of the client’s financial information.

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James Hendries

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Market volatility and negative sentiment can make it harder to make investing decisions, but we believe the surest path forward remains sound financial advice from experienced and dedicated professionals. This material is for general information only and is not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual.

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James Hendries

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Those are the times when sound financial advice is more valuable than ever, as it helps us find our center, remember our plan, and stay focused on our goals. Please contact your financial advisor with questions. And when those disruptions hit the market, it can be hard to find our footing and stay the course.

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James Hendries

JULY 21, 2022

When times are turbulent, the surest path toward progress remains sound financial advice from dedicated professionals who have logged many hours in similar conditions. Please contact your financial advisor with questions. Indexes are unmanaged statistical composites and cannot be invested into directly.

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