Inside Information

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The list of things that would trigger the requirement to register also includes the delivery of a financial plan, holding out as providing advice or holding out in any way (presumably including advertisements) that indicates the offer of holistic financial advisory services. The point here is what’s in the middle.

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Inside Information

OCTOBER 30, 2021

“If we could actually focus on plain language,” he says, “and say: this is what the business and the practices of broker-dealers are, and this is what the business and practices of investment advisors are , then I believe investors would understand it perfectly well.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There are really only two key ingredients for this: Diversification across asset classes AND geographies Time in the market, NOT timing the market There are special tools at the disposal of your investment advisor, such as direct indexing strategies that utilize tax loss harvesting to defray some tax costs of gaining more geographic diversification.

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WiserAdvisor

JULY 22, 2022

The advisors can be differentiated based on the fee structure they use to charge fees such as fee-only, commission-only, hourly-fee, monthly fee, etc. The more advisors you hire, the more you will have to pay. Find out how much it would cost you to hire a financial advisor.

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Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Yet the investment and insurance communities seem to be on two different sides of the fence when it comes to a solution. Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. With annuities now being able to be offered in 401k plans, the playing field has changed.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I do believe it should be different regulated differently from portfolio management, which is the typical definition of the registered investment advisor, but that it shouldn’t be the CFP Board that is controlling the regulatory environment for financial planners. Salaske: What is an investment advisor?

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The Big Picture

APRIL 25, 2023

So, Brian is not a stranger to me, and we have some shared financial interests, but the reason I wanted to bring him in here is there are few people in the industry who have a better perch by which to look at the world of registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, all of the changes that are taking place in the space.

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