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NEWS OPINION FEB 22, 2017
Client communication strategies for uncertain markets

What severs ties is poor communication around the impacts of cyclical market gyrations on the portfolio.

By Gary Manguso
NEWS OPINION FEB 17, 2017
Financial technology companies embrace artificial intelligence and virtual reality

Adviser finds novel tools at T3 conference to improve client experience and prospecting.

By Bloomberg
Working to spark a global movement for pro bono financial planning
NEWS OPINION FEB 14, 2017
Working to spark a global movement for pro bono financial planning

Many lives would be changed if pro bono financial planning could be brought to vulnerable people around the globe.

By Jon Dauphiné
NEWS OPINION FEB 10, 2017
There's never been a better time to provide life insurance advice

Clients need help with this last, largest, most-neglected asset on their balance sheets like never before

By Barry Flagg
NEWS OPINION JAN 30, 2017
How retirement plan advisers can help clients with compliance

Advisers who don't assist with compliance are at risk of losing clients.

By Susan Shoemaker
10 important client considerations with 401(k) rollovers
NEWS OPINION JAN 26, 2017
10 important client considerations with 401(k) rollovers

Advisers need to make sure they understand where clients are coming from and how this decision will impact their retirement security.

By Jamie Hopkins
NEWS OPINION JAN 25, 2017
What financial advisers can do about a U5 disclosure

Given the current regulatory environment and increasing utilization of BrokerCheck by the public, a broker must take ownership of his or her CRD.

By Doc Kennedy
NEWS OPINION DEC 07, 2016
To help clients succeed in investing, it may require a walk down bizarro Wall Street

Truisms of life, such as doing more is better, are often turned on their head when investing.

By Daniel Crosby
NEWS OPINION DEC 02, 2016
Senate Democrats control fate of DOL fiduciary rule

The left side of the aisle is likely to hold together well enough to ensure the rule is modified rather than taken off the books.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
NEWS OPINION DEC 02, 2016
Want to provide a better client experience? Consult your clients

Advisory boards provide feedback that can help firms deliver the kind of experiences that turns clients into their advocates.

By Vanessa Oligino
NEWS OPINION DEC 01, 2016
Why it would be a mistake for advisers to stop implementing the DOL fiduciary rule

Given the political, procedural and business dynamics at play, it would be imprudent to cease or even slow down compliance efforts.

By Marcia S. Wagner
NEWS OPINION NOV 30, 2016
What Trump can teach financial advisers about women

These four lessons can help you make your practice more female friendly.

By Kathleen Burns Kingsbury
NEWS OPINION NOV 22, 2016
How advisers can use technology to calm clients' post-election jitters

Technology can enable a more efficient human connection during times of financial uncertainty.

By Sheryl Rowling
Morningstar's sustainability ratings: An opportunity to talk to your clients about responsible investing
NEWS OPINION NOV 01, 2016
Morningstar's sustainability ratings: An opportunity to talk to your clients about responsible investing

The ratings cover about 20,000 mutual funds which span a broad spectrum of both ESG-themed and traditional funds

By Amy O'Brien
Good branch managers a dying breed
NEWS OPINION OCT 30, 2016
Good branch managers a dying breed

The best were former advisers themselves, but that may not be the case in the future.

By Danny Sarch
The case for more U.S. infrastructure investment by the private sector
NEWS OPINION OCT 25, 2016
The case for more U.S. infrastructure investment by the private sector

Many new U.S. infrastructure funds are designed to offer investors the possibility of higher income in exchange for taking some additional risk.

By Thomas Hoops
NEWS OPINION OCT 19, 2016
5 tips for winning debates with your clients

Advisers can improve client outcomes and make their own lives easier by practicing one or two new techniques.

By Kol Chu Birke
NEWS OPINION OCT 16, 2016
How reverse mortgages work as a source of retirement income

A home equity conversion mortgage — more commonly known as a reverse mortgage —is becoming harder to dismiss as an income tool for retirement plans.

By Wade Pfau
NEWS OPINION OCT 09, 2016
DOL fiduciary rule may finally spark lower fund fees for mutual funds

The industry may have held on to many distorted fee structures that might have been better suited for the 1980s.

By Ellie Zhu
NEWS OPINION OCT 09, 2016
Ensuring arbitration awards make it to investors

Unpaid awards is an issue that has been smoldering since at least 2000.

By Ellie Zhu