Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Any financial advisor who is registered as an advisor with a regulator has to fill out this form for initial approval by either a state or a Federal (the United States Securities and Exchange Commission) regulator. You should check the advisor’s CRD number and see if it matches what they sent you. They are probably a grifter.

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Inside Information

MAY 30, 2023

This is the time of year when the various industry magazines come out with their broker-dealer surveys, listing the ‘top’ BD rankings based on total revenues or the number of ‘producing’ reps. The compliance people have to pre-approve their communications. Sales are important, but the BD executives won’t be talking about that.

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Sara Grillo

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Watch as all h&#@ breaks loose discussing the question of broker vs. financial advisor, commissions, fees, value, and more! The advisors made the point that the cost of insurance can’t be separated from the “cost of service” or the commission the agent makes. If you’re going out for 20 year term, who cares what the commission is?

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Financial Advisor Commission Clients Insurance 52

Good Financial Cents

AUGUST 12, 2023

Understanding these rules or consulting a tax professional is vital to maximizing after-tax returns and compliance with tax laws. This includes wages from a job, salaries, hourly payments, commissions, and tips. Regulatory and Compliance Challenges Different passive income streams come with varying regulatory and legal considerations.

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Risk Tolerance Taxes Compliance Retirement 58

Harness Wealth

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Start by taking the salary you last had before leaving to start your own firm, and calculate the number of billable hours it would require for you to meet that number. Modern Software Access: Harness Tax provides you with access to industry-leading software to ensure you have everything you need for tax planning and compliance needs.

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Taxes Accounting Clients Management 59

Brown Advisory

JANUARY 17, 2024

Statistically, these are known as Type 1 errors of commission (or inclusion) having fallen for a false positive signal. Minimising the number of decisions to be correct (or, other hit-rates to be wary of!) Our coach once jokingly quipped that we ought to consider selling new investments after 24 months and buying them back 18 months later.

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Investing Investments Portfolio Compliance 52

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 14, 2023

Download it here > The Hidden Trouble Within Dear Fellow Investors, We have fielded a number of questions over the past six months from clients and prospects about how we think about and control factor risks within the Global Leaders strategy. Numbers may not total due to rounding. Numbers may not total due to rounding.

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Investing Investments Portfolio Accounting 52

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

So you sell a lot of houses and you get commission on what you sell. I mean, those were the — that’s what got people all excited and — RITHOLTZ: That’s venture capital numbers. KLINSKY: Well, that is — and it was kind of venture capital numbers because the dollars were so small. You control it.

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Investing Investments Numbers Banking 257

Sara Grillo

APRIL 21, 2022

In one case, Investopedia named an advisor to one of the “top lists” who was banned for her non-disclosure of commissions earned in a Ponzi scheme. Also, nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as legal or compliance advice. For advise on such matters, contact a legal or compliance advisor.

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Ethics Financial Advisor Clients Management 52

Harness Wealth

APRIL 28, 2023

Making accurate and timely estimated tax payments helps you manage your taxable income, avoid penalties, and ensure you’re in compliance with the IRS. It’s also a good idea to keep track of your payments and save any receipts or confirmation numbers as proof of payment and inform your Harness Tax Advisor or other tax professional.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 11, 2022

” As an hourly financial advisor he doesn’t make commissions for recommending products such as private REITs, structured products, etc. He also has considerably less of a compliance, operational, and administrative burden because he is not taking custody or discretion of his clients’ assets.

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Financial Advisor Portfolio Clients Management 52

Brown Advisory

JANUARY 1, 2023

We have looked at a number of potential opportunities especially in those providing services to the sector or intellectual property but nothing yet has passed all our tests. We enjoy our Book Club and a number of titles we have read this year are noted throughout4.

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Investing Investments Valuation Clients 52

Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

You should get this run by compliance before publishing any of this text. You should ask compliance for them. After spending (X number of) years at (whatever past job), I founded this flat fee advisor practice. Also, nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as legal or compliance advice. About page. >insert

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Compliance Wealth Management Financial Advice Ethics 52

Sara Grillo

JUNE 2, 2022

Revenue is not an indicator of the effectiveness of the advisor any more than the number or size of clients they have is. Number of employees per client? I have several issues with the methodology, namely: The advisor must have an “acceptable compliance record.” Number of years in the business included as a factor.

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Financial Advisor Clients Ethics Numbers 69

Sara Grillo

MAY 8, 2023

KEY POINT For advisors: When you look at the illustration and you see an illustrated rate that is 5, 6, 7% based on the maximum AG 49 rate, which is the cap applied to the historical data, as an advisor you should ask for a much lower number, such as 2-4%. Undisclosed #3 Try to ignore the illustration The illustrations are a distraction.

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Insurance Clients Financial Advisor Accounting 59

Sara Grillo

JUNE 12, 2023

BARRY FLAGG OR STEVEN ZEIGER: All forms of insurance in last guarantee, so for instance, a whole life policy as a guaranteed premium, but the number of payments that are required are more often than not guaranteed, so while the maximum of the insurance company can charge per year is guaranteed.

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Insurance Clients Financial Advisor Math 59

Carson Wealth

MAY 22, 2023

Brokers’ commissions, accounting for just over 20% of residential investment, experienced a 28% decrease due to a significant drop in sales activity. However, there’s a lot of pent-up demand due to a record number of people ages 25-34 , which is prime homebuying age. So, inventory is low in the existing home sales market.

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Marketing Marketing Economy Economics 52

International College of Financial Planning

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Hence, you must have a passion for finance and always stay ahead in the game.The laws, regulations, and compliance requirements concerning investment, planning, and finance keep changing regularly and you must stay abreast with them. Would you term such conduct professional?

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Financial Advisor Communication Clients Retirement Planning 52

Sara Grillo

JUNE 20, 2022

It was a major advantage that they paid a base salary; albeit not a huge one it was still supportive of him feeling a bit more comfortable that working on straight commission. I had a book that I took over as a very small book, but go out and prospect Banister to build it, do as much as you can and hit you hit your numbers. Absolutely.

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Sales Commission Clients 52

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

And I literally put the entire Schedule A, which is the pricing square footage unit numbers in a Hewlett Packard 41B using bit mapping. Everybody knew the number but the appraiser. Listen, it’s always a good time to generate a commission if you’re a commission real estate agent. RITHOLTZ: It was great.

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Sales Numbers Taxes Marketing 130

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions.

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CFP Financial Planner Ethics Financial Planning 80

Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I mean, how is the CFP Board even going through a process of due diligence, again, innocent till proving guilty in the sense when they have all kinds of disclosures, but at the same time, they’re publicly reprimanding 40 people, 80 people, whatever the number is, in a given year, out of the tens of thousands.

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CFP Financial Advisor Financial Planner Ethics 59

The Big Picture

JUNE 27, 2023

Peter Borish, founding partner number two at Tudor Investments where he worked directly with Paul Tudor Jones, most famously helping him put on a very aggressive short position heading into the ’87 crash. RITHOLTZ: So literally number two at the firm? Because that’s just the law of large numbers. What did you find?

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