Business Planning

Working with foreign nationals residing in the U.S. is a potentially lucrative market, but there's a steep learning curve

This is a wired generation, and you need to be ready.

The strongest intergenerational businesses within the independent financial services space will be comprised of women and men, the young and the old, and professionals of varying races, creeds and backgrounds.

Advisors should work within the industry to reduce the instances of clients receiving bad advice—but not at the price of commoditizing it.

This week’s episode of HBO’s Ballers highlights the dark side of fame—the inevitable shakedowns. And as the show points out, the most dangerous ones are rarely straightforward, so it’s helpful to have a team of...

Is the financial advisor self-employed? Does s/he work for a firm? Are there financial obligations and quotas to be met on the firm’s behalf?

For advisors to individual investors, your advantage is being more nimble than an institutional investor with billions

Whether you’re at a major firm or you’re an RIA, it’s ultimately a financial advisor’s responsibility to invest in the infrastructure necessary to service today’s affluent clientele

Until someone breaks through and creates a model that demonstrates value for the client, advisors will continue to muddle along with the current anachronistic model. 

I did what? | AKodisinghe/iStock/Thinkstock There’s so much chatter about the flood of cybersecurity threats around financial services firms, and the technology that can hold it at bay, it’s easy to forget most lapses are the result of persona...