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Mental accounting: Helping clients budget their money
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A big part of a financial advisor’s work is to help clients budget their money towards different objectives and time horizons. Bucketing is a concept you may be familiar with, which can enable people to understand where their money is today, and where they want it to be in the future. The behavioral concept that provides the foundation for bucketing is known as mental accounting.
Client Relationships
Coaching clients through uncertainty
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As the coronavirus pandemic surges worldwide, we hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.
In an effort to support your client conversations during these times, we recorded this special episode with Steve Sanduski full of actionable ideas to help both you and your clients thrive during and coming out of this period.
Client Relationships
Turning tough conversations into better conversations
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Having a tough conversation can feel like a daunting task for everyone involved. However, there are strategies you can employ to ensure a better outcome from these conversations.
David Wood joins the podcast to discuss his four-step process for mastering tough conversations. Plus, David and Ben walk through an example of a tough conversation that you may come across as a financial advisor.
Retirement
Retirement income planning in the “new normal”
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Retirement policy, interest rates and market volatility have made retirement planning more challenging for clients and advisors alike. What are the philosophies, opportunities and challenges you need to be aware of to help your clients navigate decumulation in today’s environment?
In this episode, we’re joined by Jamie Hopkins, Director of Retirement Research at Carson Coaching and co-creator of the Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) designation. Jamie discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with creating retirement income in this new environment, including how to help shift the mindset of individuals to adapt to these changes.The IRS recently announced that it will allow plan sponsors to pay out pensions as a lump sum to plan participants. In this video BMO Global Asset Management discusses what considerations should be made by plan sponsors and plan participants before choosing lump sum as an option.
Retirement
Lump Sum Payouts from Pension Plans
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The IRS recently announced that it will allow plan sponsors to pay out pensions as a lump sum to plan participants. In this video BMO Global Asset Management discusses what considerations should be made by plan sponsors and plan participants before choosing lump sum as an option.
Portfolio Construction Insights
In search of tomorrow's winning stocks
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The approach is the same regardless of the environment.
Client Relationships
Women and Investing: A look at this powerful and growing financial force
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Trends suggest the differences between how men and women invest can be advantageous. Studies have shown women take fewer investment risks than men and earn 12% higher returns on individual investments.
Client Relationships
How advisors can influence change in client behaviors
Sometimes, simply educating people about how to save and budget isn’t enough to incentivize healthy choices with their money. There are deeper, more advanced strategies that advisors can use to help clients improve their financial security and wellness.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
It’s personal: The growing need for financial wellness programs
78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, 43% of student loan borrowers are not making payments and nearly half of all employees can’t cover a $400 emergency. In an effort to help employees understand and improve their personal financial health, many plan sponsors and their advisors are turning to workplace financial wellness programs. Phyllis Klein is a senior director at Captrust Financial Advisors, a firm that specializes in institutional advisory work. In this episode, Phyllis discusses the benefits and challenges of helping employers implement financial wellness programs for their employees.
Children & College Savings
College: the new 'debt sentence'
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At nearly $1.6 trillion, student debt is double the size of the Defense budget and is second only to mortgages on the list of the largest household liabilities.
Goals/Needs-Based Investing
Risk management: Life insurance
Talking about life insurance as part of a financial plan isn’t always easy, but it is important. What steps can you take to ensure these difficult conversations make it into your client’s financial plan?
Client Life Events
Millennials are just getting started
Millennials' biggest impact on consumption and housing will come in the years ahead.