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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (April 27-28)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the Department of Labor released the final version of its Retirement Security Rule (a.k.a.

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Does being a fiduciary financial advisor REALLY matter – or is it “meh?”

Sara Grillo

It seems like there ain’t nothing more tread upon and abused than the fiduciary standard. So we’ve got a lively crew here today to debate, does it really matter if someone is a fiduciary financial advisor, or not? Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? Does it matter if you are a fiduciary or not?

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My Humble, Unregulated Profession

Inside Information

The interesting thing about the journalism ‘profession’ (it’s really more of an avocation) is that we aren’t bound by any formal ethical rules or guidelines. Early in my career, this was an enormous challenge, because I would be assigned articles on topics I knew nothing about beforehand. As a journalist, I had to process that a bit.

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A Financial Advisor’s Guide to YouTube

FMG

There’s no doubt that YouTube rules the online video world with over 2.7 Consider the below list of topics to get you started. If you get a question more than once, not only do you know it will probably be asked again, but it is a topic that clients are interested in. Why Should Financial Advisors Create YouTube Videos?

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Don’t poison your clients’ portfolios with Direct Indexing!

Sara Grillo

I have a weekly newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” The role of the wash sale rule and the 60 day dividend rule are downplayed whereas both of them can interfere with the tax benefits that tax harvesting through direct indexing is supposed to create.

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Good Preparation Leads to a Good Audit Experience: What to Expect from Your Investment Advisor

Brown Advisory

Your board is, of course, the governance mechanism that holds the fiduciary responsibility for overseeing and ensuring your organization’s financial integrity. An auditor is often most concerned with point-in-time valuations and keenly focused on financial controls, especially the nuances of the accounting rules regarding liquidity (e.g.

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Elevating The "G" In ESG

Brown Advisory

But the lion’s share of the attention, passion and discussion has revolved around environmental topics like climate change and social topics like racial injustice. Governance is a powerful motivating force for a company—the collection of rules and procedures, incentives and penalties, carrots and sticks that turn strategy into reality.