Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 23, 2025

During periods of market volatility, it's common for financial advisors to receive calls from clients who are nervous about what a steep market decline might mean for their portfolio and long-term financial goals.

Clients

Wealth Management

JUNE 18, 2025

Explore three mega-trends in private market investing, including big partnerships, semi-liquid structures and retirement plan integration.

Retirement Planning

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

So, whether you're interested in learning about building a profitable hyperfocused practice, implementing a marketing approach that reaches a firm's ideal target client, or adding value for clients by offering advanced tax planning, then we hope you enjoy this episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast, with Anjali Jariwala.

Clients

Wealth Management

JUNE 23, 2025

Canada-based Conquest Planning secures $80M in Series B funding, led by Goldman Sachs, to expand its AI-powered financial planning platform in the U.S.

Planning

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Travis is the founder of Student Loan Planner, an RIA and student loan consulting company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that serves nearly 1,400 households with ongoing financial planning (as well as consulting with over 15,000 clients on student loan debt).

Consulting

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 2, 2025

For many financial advisors, a core part of the retirement planning process involves simulating whether the client's assets will last through retirement. One way that advisors can help bridge this gap is by using Historical Market Visualization (HiMaV) as a more intuitive alternative for illustrating retirement income strategies.

Retirement

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 16, 2025

While many firms have historically relied on commission-based compensation methods – reflecting a sales-driven approach – financial advice has evolved with technological advancements and a greater focus on financial planning, with the Assets Under Management (AUM) fee emerging as the primary compensation model.

Financial Advice

Wealth Management

JUNE 11, 2025

Rafia Hasan discusses current market conditions, holistic financial planning and effective strategies for advisors to address client concerns in turbulent times.

Financial Planning

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 13, 2025

Other key findings from the survey included a gap between long-term investment return expectations of investors and advisors (12.6%

Financial Planner

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A firm's pricing strategy often reflects both the local market (or niche-related) norms – such as the nearly-ubiquitous 1%. Others may align with broader industry trends, like transitioning to fee-only structures to buffer against market volatility.

Clients

Zoe Financial

JANUARY 28, 2025

Market Timing vs. Time in the Market Updated January 28th, 2025 Reading Time: 4 minutes Written by: The Zoe Team Though these terms may sound similar, market timing is not the same as time in the market. It all comes down to human psychology and the relationship between markets and volatility. Lets take a poll.

Marketing

The Big Picture

JANUARY 2, 2025

This is true about equity and bond markets, specific company stocks, and economic data series. Consider this December 29, 2024, year-end review in Bloomberg : “By this time last year, the stock markets rally had blown past even the most optimistic targets, and Wall Street forecasters were convinced it couldnt keep up the dizzying pace.

Banking

Calculated Risk

APRIL 9, 2025

From the Fed: Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, March 1819, 2025. Several participants noted that the announced or planned tariff increases were larger and broader than many of their business contacts had expected.

Planning

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 12, 2025

A common structure at many advisory firms is for the owner to handle most of the sales and prospecting, while employee advisors focus on delivering planning and analysis for existing clients. In addition, encouraging a niche focus can help the firm deepen its presence within a broader market.

Financial Advisor

Wealth Management

JULY 2, 2025

As a result, financial advisors should start honing the services Gen X members will likely benefit from the most, including retirement planning, estate and tax planning and mortgage refinancing. I heard anecdotally from a lot of the firms that the focus on millennials is kind of more of a marketing idea than an execution idea.

Financial Advisor

Wealth Management

JUNE 26, 2025

The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: 10 Ways Top Advisors Are Growing Their Businesses The Diamond Podcast for Financial Advisors: 10 Ways Top Advisors Are Growing Their Businesses A “Top 10” list of firm-level innovations and grassroots methodologies from some of the most successful advisors, teams and firms in the business.

Financial Advisor

The Big Picture

MAY 29, 2025

RWM works with clients by constructing a long-term financial plan, marrying it to an appropriate level of risk in a broadly diversified portfolio built around a core index, and then applying the best technology we can find to generate net after-tax returns with modest risk and volatility.

Portfolio

Wealth Management

JUNE 10, 2025

RIA Edge Podcast: Schwab’s Jalina Kerr on How Resilient RIAs Can Turn Market Volatility Into Growth RIA Edge Podcast: Schwab’s Jalina Kerr on How Resilient RIAs Can Turn Market Volatility Into Growth Jalina Kerr of Charles Schwab shares how the most adaptive firms are expanding beyond portfolio management, into areas like estate and tax planning.

Wealth Management

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sebastian is the President of Guerra Wealth Advisors, a hybrid advisory firm based in Miami, Florida, with nearly $15M of revenue and almost 60 team members, supporting over 1,700 client households.

Financial Planning

Wealth Management

JULY 8, 2025

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Wealth Management

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Together, these proposed changes (which are currently open for public comment) suggest CFP Board is seeking to ensure that those with the marks not only have sufficient education and experience upon receiving them, but also maintain and sharpen their skills over the course of their careers.

Financial Planner

Wealth Management

AUGUST 8, 2025

Concept of digital social marketing. As a business owner and organizational leader himself, Jordan intimately understands the time constraints and complexities facing these clients and helps them build a plan to pursue their goals while balancing many different priorities.

Estate Planning

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 27, 2025

The report suggests that firms seeking to boost their organic growth could do so by, among other tactics, building a stronger brand (e.g., by identifying what truly differentiates them in the marketplace for advice), leveraging digital lead generation capabilities, and more effectively using CRM software.

Financial Planner

Wealth Management

JULY 18, 2025

Resonant Capital Merges with Tax, Accounting Firm QBCo by Alex Ortolani Jul 18, 2025 1 Min Read SEC Chair Paul Atkins Alternative Investments SEC’s Atkins Says Changes to 401(k) Plans Must Be Reviewed Carefully SEC’s Atkins Says Changes to 401(k) Plans Must Be Reviewed Carefully by Nicola M. Concept of digital social marketing.

Estate Planning

Wealth Management

JUNE 27, 2025

I was amazed by some of the findings, including that 68% of the 414 respondents are currently using or plan to adopt AI-powered tools—only 32% had no plans to do so. Q&A: What Was Behind Schechter’s Decision to Sell to Arax?

Wealth Management

Wealth Management

AUGUST 1, 2025

Concept of digital social marketing. It’s outside of financial planning and estate planning and is a critical need that was unmet by any firm. Vestmark Partners With iCapital, BlackRock, Dynasty to Add Private Markets to UMAs Dynasty's UMA launch deserves a spotlight in our industry.

Estate Planning

Midstream Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Old marketing methods still have their place, but referral marketing is a better option for financial advisors today. This blog will explain why referrals matter and offer a simple guide to create a strong referral marketing strategy. This way of promoting services is much more effective than ads or any marketing campaign.

Financial Advisor

Yardley Wealth Management

AUGUST 20, 2024

The post Staying Disciplined: How to Stick to Your Financial Plan Despite Market Volatility appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. Staying Disciplined: How to Stick to Your Financial Plan Despite Market Volatility Introduction: Market volatility is a fact of life for investors.

Financial Planning

Calculated Risk

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

From housing economist Tom Lawler: Treasury Secretary Wrongly Says Fed Has Been Big Seller of Treasuries In an interview last week, Treasury Secretary Bessent said that any plans by the Treasury to extend the maturity were a long ways off. On January 31, 2025 the weighted average maturity of marketable Treasury securities outstanding was 5.88

Sales

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. These services may range from 'standard' offerings like retirement planning to less traditional areas like credit card consulting.

Clients

Midstream Marketing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Key Highlights Learn why having a clear marketing strategy is important for RIAs, especially in hard markets. Understand the key rules and best practices to keep your marketing activities aligned with industry standards. Find answers to common questions about RIA marketing to help you succeed.

Marketing

The Big Picture

MAY 5, 2025

First, lets go to the data (via Bloomberg ): 5,502,284% That is the per-share market value increase of Berkshire Hathaway stock from 1964 to 2024. You dont have to be the GOAT to do perfectly well in the stock market. Come up with your own plan, style, and strategy that you can live with. And thats fine. Its simple, but hard.

Investments

Wealth Management

JULY 1, 2025

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Wealth Management

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 30, 2025

AI tools like ChatGPT and automated meeting notetakers offer meaningful time savings and productivity gains that can be a game-changer for supporting RIA marketing, client service, and investment research efforts. Recordkeeping is another key compliance obligation.

Compliance

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 25, 2025

While some of these gains can be attributed to strong market performance, firms also boosted their organic growth during the year, with firms with less than $250M AUM showing 9.2% in 2024 , with revenue up by 17.6%. net organic growth and larger firms seeing 5.0% growth (while RIAs as a whole also maintained a 97% client retention rate).

Financial Planner

Indigo Marketing Agency

JANUARY 28, 2025

Every financial advisor knows the importance of a growth plan. If a financial planner doesnt build a solid plan of ROI, their clients wont have a solid financial future. Financial advisors need a solid growth marketing plan to ensure they are built to last for years and decades to come. Read Jims full story here.

Financial Advisor