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Winning new business from existing clients
Asset allocation proposals--helping an investor visualize how a particular asset allocation can best help them meet their goals--are a mainstay of winning new clients. But proposals can also be used to generate new business from existing clients.
Business Development
3 keys to maximizing your firm's value
Competition is intensifying for Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firms looking to acquire assets and market share across the independent wealth management landscape. As the industry continues to face consolidation, the gap in performance between super ensemble firms and small RIAs is widening--driving firms of all sizes to ask themselves, what is our value?
Business Development
Advisor Social Media: Put yourself out there!
Social media isn’t just for the millennial crowd and for sharing beach pics. It’s a way to engage with clients, increase your brand awareness, and build your network.
Business Development
Fall Checklist AND Stoplist
Checklists are excellent tools for delivering results and optimizing your team’s time. Stoplists are even better for providing focus and helping your team work smarter. Here’s our list of 10 things to stop doing.
Investing Ideas
DOL Fiduciary Rule is All but Gone
In the most recent edition of Washington Insights, we discussed the latest — and likely final — chapter in the DOL fiduciary rule saga. On March 15, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to vacate (or nullify) the rule.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Adding Pro Bono Financial Planning to Your Practice
One of the easiest and most direct ways for advisors to give back to their communities is to provide pro bono financial planning services, and the Foundation for Financial Planning is set up to help them do exactly that.
Investing Ideas
An Interest Rate Hedging Diagnostic
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One of the biggest strategic decisions faced by defined benefit pension plans is that of choosing an interest rate hedge ratio.
Business Development
The Four Fatal Assumptions We've Heard in 20 Years of Practice Management
Avoid falling prey to four of the most shortsighted assumptions many advisors make—and which Russell believes prohibit them from reaching their full potential.
Client Life Events
5 Money Tips for Freelancers: How to Declare Freedom From the 9 to 5
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As the gig economy grows, more workers find themselves juggling their finances as they build their own businesses. Planning and discipline can help them achieve financial security as they pursue their dreams.