It’s Thanksgiving. Your clients are spending time with their family and friends. It’s joyous, festive, and maybe a little stressful. They want to talk about regular stuff – work, kids, how is Survivor still on the air? But it...
Any financial advisor who hasn’t heard the “I gave your name to ________” probably is brand new to the business or shouldn’t be in the business. This statement, client to advisor, in various forms is the blatant signal...
RIAs are too focused on operating a practice rather than building a sustainable business, according to a white paper from the Alliance for Registered Investment Advisors released at the Schwab IMPACT Conference in Boston on Wednesday.
John Fur...
Regardless of how the DOL’s final rules take shape, the entire conversation around conflicts of interest is healthy for the financial services industry and investors, providing transparency and insight into the retirement advice marketplace.