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The risk of lawsuits against retirement plan advisers and aggregators
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
The risk of lawsuits against retirement plan advisers and aggregators

Lawsuits increasingly draw in other plan service providers, ranging from record keepers to product solutions providers, plan advisers and others.

By David Levine
Working women – stand proud
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
Working women – stand proud

The last year has been tough, and female financial professionals have felt pulled in many directions.

By Erin Botsford
Small business tax deductions you need to know
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
Small business tax deductions you need to know

There are small business tax deductions that financial advisers need to know, including work-from-home deductions.

By Bill Vasil
Best Places to Work 2021: Top firms outpace peers on diversity
NEWS OPINION MAR 05, 2021
Best Places to Work 2021: Top firms outpace peers on diversity

Most of the winning workplaces have implemented policies to actively hire and retain a more diverse staff.

By Devin McGinley
6 ways to show clients you care
NEWS OPINION MAR 03, 2021
6 ways to show clients you care

How about making emails more interesting with videos? Or providing clients' children with financial literacy training via a virtual investing group?

By Matt Matrisian
Prospecting is the best marketing
NEWS OPINION MAR 02, 2021
Prospecting is the best marketing

It’s hard work, but if an adviser is serious about growing, the best approach is good old-fashioned prospecting.

By Scott Hanson
How do you define your value?
NEWS OPINION MAR 01, 2021
How do you define your value?

Building a thriving practice isn’t about building a business case for your value and fees; it’s about building your belief case.

By Stephanie Bogan
What advisers need to know about the new employee retention credit
NEWS OPINION FEB 26, 2021
What advisers need to know about the new employee retention credit

Advisers need to grasp the Employee Retention Credit, in order to better inform their clients and make better decisions for their own businesses.

By Bill Vasil
Use this philanthropic giving tool for impact investing
NEWS OPINION FEB 25, 2021
Use this philanthropic giving tool for impact investing

Donor advised funds can be used to support increasingly popular impact investing.

By Gary White
Cure the harm Trump administration caused savers
NEWS OPINION FEB 24, 2021
Cure the harm Trump administration caused savers

Data suggest that the adoption of the SEC’s vague Regulation Best Interest and the abandonment of a strengthened DOL standard for retirement accounts have already cost savers billions of dollars in lost returns.

By Ethan Schwartz
Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting
NEWS OPINION FEB 23, 2021
Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting

The competition for high-quality advisers and advisory firms, combined with an insatiable thirst for growth, is creating more choices for advisers as to both whom they partner with and how they choose to structure that relationship.

By Larry Roth and Jeff Nash
Five tips to overcome gender bias
NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2021
Five tips to overcome gender bias

These five steps can help leaders effectively manage the challenge of gender bias.

By InvestmentNews
It's time to start your RIA's digital upgrade
NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2021
It's time to start your RIA's digital upgrade

Digitalization could increase the market value of your RIA, a vital consideration in succession planning and enterprise value.

By Ed Swenson
Adapting advisers’ marketing to a new era
NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2021
Adapting advisers’ marketing to a new era

New regulations and the changing technological and media landscape raise many vexing and interrelated questions for advisers, their firms and the investing public.

By InvestmentNews
How technology can help advisers talk to clients about PPP loans
NEWS OPINION FEB 18, 2021
How technology can help advisers talk to clients about PPP loans

Understanding the facts about taxes and eligibility for new PPP loans can help you decide if one is right for one of your clients’ businesses.

By Bill Vasil
Lots of choices for advisers looking to sell
NEWS OPINION FEB 17, 2021
Lots of choices for advisers looking to sell

The approaches of the different types of buyers vary, so it’s essential to know how they approach the process.

By Scott Hanson
Fiduciary redux: Don't tinker with Reg BI
NEWS OPINION FEB 16, 2021
Fiduciary redux: Don't tinker with Reg BI

The client choice approach reflected in Reg BI is in fact the best approach for individual investors because every individual and family is unique when it comes to their wealth management needs and goals.

By John Taft
FSI advocacy priorities for 2021
NEWS OPINION FEB 16, 2021
FSI advocacy priorities for 2021

For independent advisory firms and advisers, the Biden administration’s approach to regulation will be among the most consequential outcomes of the November elections.

By Dale Brown
Let’s innovate by reaching clients via mobile apps
NEWS OPINION FEB 15, 2021
Let’s innovate by reaching clients via mobile apps

Technology is often one of the most noticeable areas in need of support — especially when compared to other retail or consumer channels, and specifically in terms of mobile apps.

By InvestmentNews
GameStop fireworks are likely to bog down in a regulatory slog
NEWS OPINION FEB 10, 2021
GameStop fireworks are likely to bog down in a regulatory slog

Those who oversee the markets are not built to react quickly to disruptions within them. Theirs is a world of study and deliberation. They have to listen to a wide range of public input. and they often leave much regulatory ambiguity in place.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.