Wealth Management

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Q&A with Orion Advisor Solutions Chief Behavioral Officer Dr. Daniel Crosby.

Financial Advice 288

Financial Advice 288

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 3, 2025

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with a recent survey indicating that a majority of advisors are viewing new client acquisition as their primary challenge in the current competitive environment for financial advice (followed by compliance and technology management) and suggests (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Retirement Planning Financial Advice Financial Advisor 246

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fran is the CEO of Toler Financial Group, an RIA based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that oversees nearly $200 million in assets under management for 280 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Fran Toler.

Compliance 245

Compliance Financial Advisor Financial Advice Clients 245

Carson Wealth

JANUARY 8, 2025

While some individuals manage their finances independently or utilize automated platforms, the personalized guidance of a financial advisor may offer distinct advantages. One study found that an advisor-managed portfolio could produce an additional 3% value add annually over a self-managed (DIY) portfolio.

Financial Advice 69

Financial Advice Financial Advisor Risk Tolerance Financial Guidance 69

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Which could prove to be a boon for the financial advice industry as more consumers are willing to entrust their assets to an advisor (while at the same time possibly making it tougher for some advisors to differentiate themselves primarily by how they put their clients' interests first?).

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Financial Advice Retirement Financial Advisor 246

Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This is a pivotal moment in this ever-changing landscape, requiring advisors to weigh the benefits against the drawbacks and make informed decisions about their future path.

Financial Advice 297

Financial Advice 297

Wealth Management

MAY 2, 2023

What would former baseball star Alex Rodriguez do with $100,000? “I I would keep it in T-bills right now.”

Financial Advice 239

Financial Advice 239

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 10, 2025

Financial advicers often market their comprehensive financial services as a way to differentiate themselves from other advisory firms and to stand out in the broader landscape of financial advice.

Clients 245

Clients Financial Advice Retirement Planning Financial Services 245

Wealth Management

JUNE 16, 2023

Proactive engagement reflects a commitment to comprehensive financial wellness, creating a meaningful and long-lasting impact on clients’ lives.

Financial Advice 306

Financial Advice Clients 306

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 9, 2025

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that a recent survey found that long-feared fee compression in the financial advice industry has yet to come to pass, though some advisors continue to see potential for small reductions in asset-based fees in the future.

Financial Planner 245

Financial Planner Financial Advice Clients Retirement Planning 245

Wealth Management

JULY 25, 2024

The research survey also found that this audience said it was more likely to follow advice from a human than computer-generated recommendations.

Financial Advice 279

Financial Advice 279

Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

After all, 300 years of investing advice has basically given the same guidance.

Financial Advice 253

Financial Advice Investments Investing 253

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 9, 2025

2025 has had a tumultuous start for most advisory firms, as tariffs-driven market volatility has increased client anxiety and the amount of required hand-holding, forcing advisory firms to manage their own expenses a bit more closely in the face of greater revenue uncertainty.

Financial Advisor 190

Financial Advisor Financial Planner Financial Advice Clients 190

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As the financial advice industry began shifting from a sales-based model to a more sustainable asset management approach, advisors found their roles shifting along with it.

Financial Advice 246

Financial Advice Communication Sales Assets 246

Abnormal Returns

JUNE 18, 2025

npr.org) Family There are a lot of different ways to manage a couple's finances. readthejointaccount.com) Quotes Alina Fisch, "Financial advice shouldn’t feel like a four dimensional puzzle you’re not smart enough to solve." (morningstar.com) On the discounts available to homeowners who harden their homes to weather.

Retirement 157

Retirement Financial Advice Taxes Numbers 157

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 28, 2025

Which suggests that, amidst ongoing debate over fiduciary-related regulations, an advisor's status as a fiduciary could both lead to greater client trust (both in their individual advisor relationship and perhaps in the financial advice industry as a whole) and, ultimately, higher client retention rates. Read More.

Financial Planner 218

Financial Planner Retirement Retirement Planning Clients 218

Abnormal Returns

MARCH 31, 2025

open.spotify.com) Robinhood What to think of Robinhood's ($HOOD) push into portfolio management. thinkadvisor.com) Robinhood ($HOOD) is taking different bites at the wealth management apple. wealthmanagement.com) Custody Dynasty Financial Partners has a custody agreement with Goldman Sachs ($GS).

Wealth Management 144

Wealth Management Financial Advice Portfolio Management Consulting 144

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In the competitive market for financial advice, advisory firms often seek to find ways to differentiate themselves from one another. Additionally, private funds can employ leverage, short selling, derivative strategies, and other methods to further manage the portfolio's risk and return characteristics.

Clients 213

Clients Financial Advice Investments Investing 213

Abnormal Returns

APRIL 7, 2025

Podcasts Michael Kitces talks with Nick Rodkin, managing partner of Stoic Financial, about working with client couples. kitces.com) Matt Zeigler talks with Danika Waddell, founder of Xena Financial Planning. epsilontheory.com) Aging How financial literacy declines with age. alphaarchitect.com)

Fiduciary Duty 144

Fiduciary Duty Financial Advice Financial Planning Clients 144

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 15, 2025

Welcome to the 433rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Cameron is the CEO of PWL Capital, a wealth management firm based in Ottawa, Canada, that oversees just over $5 billion Canadian dollars (or approximately $3.5B dollars) in assets under management for 2,400 client households. million U.S. million U.S.

Financial Advice 130

Financial Advice Financial Advisor Planning Clients 130

Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

(thinkadvisor.com) A Q&A with Moshe Milesky author of “The Religious Roots of Longevity Sharing: The Genesis of Annuity Funds in the Scottish Enlightenment and the Path to Modern Pension Management.” thinkadvisor.com)

Financial Advice 130

Financial Advice Fee Only Estate Planning Taxes 130

Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 7, 2024

(thinkadvisor.com) Creative Planning shows 'institutional investors are placing a premium on integrated wealth management businesses relative to aggregators.' advisorservices.schwab.com) Advisers More people say they are willing to pay for financial advice. citywire.com) Advisortech AI is coming for the compliance stack.

Compliance 284

Compliance Wealth Management Financial Advice Government 284

A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 20, 2023

You also need a deep understanding of financial market history from booms to. To be a successful investor you need to possess a number of different traits. You need to understand how math, statistics and probabilities work. You need to understand corporations and the global economy generally function over the long haul.

Financial Advice 145

Financial Advice Math Economy Financial Market 145

Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

citywire.com) How Jacob Turner turned a professional baseball career into a wealth management business. citywire.com) Your (potential) clients are looking online for financial advice. (clientwise.com) Do's and don'ts for training new advisers. wealthmanagement.com) How to set up an internship program.

Wealth Management 144

Wealth Management Retirement Planning Financial Advice Clients 144

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Ali is a corporate marketing advisor who has seen many sides of the wealth management business. standarddeviationspod.com) Brendan Frazier on getting clients to actually implement your advice. podcasts.apple.com) The biz Software is eating financial advice. riabiz.com) Demand for financial advice is only increasing.

Wealth Management 254

Wealth Management Financial Advice Financial Advising Communication 254

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 13, 2025

Which is surprising to some, given that a decade ago, the emergence of so-called "robo-advisors" was supposed to displace human financial advisors and compress advisory fees. In reality, though, the robos struggled to gain traction, and the human financial advice business just continues to grow.

Financial Advice 137

Financial Advice Ethics Education Financial Planning 137

Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 15, 2024

Podcasts Michael Kitces talks about starting over with Kimberly Enders who is the Lead Financial Planner and Managing Partner of Enders Wealth Management. riabiz.com) Why women are still struggling to make progress in the world of financial advice. riabiz.com) Avise is a cooperative platform for advisers.

Financial Planner 273

Financial Planner Wealth Management Retirement Planning Financial Advising 273

Abnormal Returns

AUGUST 26, 2024

Podcasts Jill Schlesinger talks with Blair duQuesnay of RWM about her path as a financial adviser. youtube.com) Michael Kitces talks with Kelli Kiemle, Managing Director of Growth and Client Experience of Halbert Hargrove, about maintaining culture across a remote firm. riabiz.com) How AI could be deployed in financial advice.

Taxes 260

Taxes Financial Advising Financial Advice Assets 260

Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Podcasts Daniel Crosby talks with Michael Kitces about automation and the future of financial advice. kitces.com) Brendan Frazier talks with Samantha Lamas and Danielle Labotka about why clients hire and fire their financial advisers. riabiz.com) RWM A lot of changes have happened in ten years at Ritholtz Wealth Management.

Planning 261

Planning Financial Advice Wealth Management Math 261

Abnormal Returns

JULY 29, 2024

Podcasts Josh and Michael talk with Alec Crawford, CEO of AI Risk, about the future of financial advice, how AI will be used by most advisors, and the critical role of AI cybersecurity in the financial industry (youtube.com) Michael Kitces talks with John Bowen, CEO and founder of CEG Worldwide and CEG Insights, about what makes advisory firms work.

Financial Advice 260

Financial Advice Clients Retirement Management 260

Wealth Management

JULY 22, 2024

While many in the financial advice business have for years focused on retail clients, some firms are finding that pensions and foundations can pay off in a major way.

Financial Advice 286

Financial Advice Retail Clients 286

Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

standarddeviationspod.com) Compliance Jason Zweig, "In 30 years of writing about the financial-advice industry, I never learned that advisers can provide less-comprehensive disclosures than stockbrokers." investmentnews.com) What Goldman Sachs' ($GS) reorganization means for wealth management and Marcus.

Compliance 274

Compliance Wealth Management Advertising Financial Advice 274

Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Cambridge's Nick Graham details the opportunities AI creates when it comes to financial advice.

Financial Advice 303

Financial Advice 303

Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 30, 2023

(podcasts.apple.com) Michael Kitces talks with Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez, founder of Aptus Financial, about operating as a flat-fee advice-only firm. kitces.com) AI How recommendation engines could work in wealth management. riaintel.com) How AI will play a role in the provision of financial advice. fa-mag.com)

Wealth Management 260

Wealth Management Retirement Planning Financial Advising Financial Advice 260

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.

Financial Advice 190

Financial Advice Clients Financial Planning Planning 190

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 29, 2025

And when an advisor is already managing a full schedule, carving out the time to make the message clear can be a real challenge. So how can advisors ensure that their advice is both comprehensive and simple enough to be truly actionable? The goal isn't simplicity for its own sake, but clarity.

Clients 130

Clients Communication Tax Planning Financial Advice 130

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In order to deliver the best service to their clients, financial advisors often take on responsibilities beyond giving financial advice, including compliance, marketing, team management, and other operational duties. Over time, this can easily lead to overwhelm – or, eventually, even burnout.

Compliance 157

Compliance Financial Advice Management Financial Advisor 157