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Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Washington Update: Don't Believe the Hype - Democratic Presidential Candidates Aren’t Likely to Implement Most of Their Financial Services Proposals
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If you are like most of professional Washington, you spent most of today glued to around-the-clock coverage of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before two House committees and are about to start packing for summer vacation. And good news! The Beltway’s summer lull will be longer than usual this year.
Business Development
BMO Wealth Institute Flyer
Gain insights into financial decision making to prepare for better conversations with your clients around all aspects of wealth planning, including retirement, estate, taxes and insurance. Check-out the BMO Wealth Institute reports for ideas.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Create, curate and connect: social media for advisors
Our topic today is social media – how to use it effectively as a financial advisor, why employing social media strategy is important, and some mistakes to avoid before you send out that first tweet.
Advisor Value & Fees
What am I paying you for: The evolving pricing models of advice
Change is on the horizon when it comes to fee structures, and this has many advisors and advisory firms at a crossroads. Today’s episode is all about how advisors should think about the topics of charging fees to clients – commissions, retainers, and all other sorts of models.
Business Development
Purpose-led productivity: Achieving more with less
Time is a limited resource, and as a financial advisor, you have an increasing number of demands for your time. On this episode, we discuss productivity in many forms. We look at productivity through technology, systems, mindsets, and even personal habits and routines.
Client Relationships
Money mindset: Advising millennials
This is the second of four episodes over the year where we’ll explore the “money mindset” of some unique groups that advisors serve. When most people think of millennials, they think of digital natives who spend their money on travel and love avocado toast.
Philanthropy
Creating a lasting impact through financial education and mentorship
As financial professionals, we think about objectively managing finances almost every day. But for many, a lack of financial education makes this a difficult and intimidating task.
Client Relationships
Leadership is learned: Leading your practice to better productivity and client engagement
Leadership in the workplace used to be largely about people management. In today’s workplace, being an effective leader involves so much more. Where should you be putting your focus so that your employees (and your clients, too) see you as a leader?
Client Relationships
Overcoming client objections
Objection handling is a communication skill that many financial advisors struggle with – whether it’s with recommendations for existing clients or prospective clients dragging their feet. How do you put established habits and status quo bias aside to overcome objections in your practice?
Client Relationships
How a high EQ can lead to sales success
Your IQ, your intellect and your hard skills get you in the door with clients and prospects. Keeping in tune with your clients over time is another task in itself, requiring you to leverage your emotional acumen to maintain success.
Human Capital
Developing the next generation of financial advisors
It’s no secret that the advisor workforce is aging, and the old ways of recruiting and retaining advisors haven’t been sufficient in meeting demand for new talent in the industry. Some firms have turned to new, unique ways of advisor development and are seeing successful outcomes for their business.
Business Development
Modern marketing: The secrets to a successful blog
This is the latest in a series of episodes where we take you “in the trenches” with financial advisors that are using modern media strategies to build their business.