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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

In this blog, I interview paraplanning professionals to get their take on what the role is, what it pays, and what it potential is for someone who wants to get a job as a financial paraplanner, possibly as a stepping stone to other wealth management jobs. Fee-only advisors are bound to the fiduciary standard.

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Dystopian Predictions (That Never Come True)

Inside Information

Now there’s a new white paper that predicts ‘The next phase of the evolution of the wealth management industry,’ called ‘Welcome to the Jungle.’ Going forward,” the paper concludes, “wealth management will look much more like a jungle than a club.” Conclusions? This profession-wide complacency is due for a rude awakening.

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

Sara Grillo

The debaters are: Robert Wright, CFP®, a financial consultant with Advocacy Wealth Management. Prior to joining Advocacy Wealth Management in 2022, Robert served in a variety of positions at Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley as a Financial Consultant. Robert will be on the “for” team. Scott Salaske of Firstmetric.

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Transcript: Brian Hamburger

The Big Picture

Now, full disclosure, Ritholtz Wealth Management has been around a decade. And I said, I really think that we would be able to do a great job for our RIA clients, for our wealth management clients, by having this consulting firm, and they rejected the idea. It’s so great to be here. We retained your firm.