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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

Financial paraplanners can be recent college graduates with no work experience, or may also be career changers with an extensive background in other areas that can add more value to an RIA owner, such as tax professionals. He cold called over 500 financial planning companies over a year or so to get to a full book of clients.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

We’ll discuss these questions: The CFP Board has specifically stated that it wants the CFP® mark to be a requirement for anyone who practices financial planning. The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. What is your opinion? Robert will be on the “for” team.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

Brian Hamburger has been one of the leading authorities in the world of registered investment advisories, broker-dealers, SEC regulatory compliance. And I would constantly hear them frustrated by the compliance department. HAMBURGER: They were just blaming compliance for everything they couldn’t do. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Howard Lindzon

The Big Picture

And I’m like, dad, I found I need 25 grand to get going and my dad said send me a business plan. LINDZON: And … RITHOLTZ: I like your dad’s idea You should have created a business plan, just so you have it under your belt So now, I can’t imagine. LINDZON: No, so obviously, I did the business plan, I’m kidding.

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