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Investment management often requires that financial advisors address sensitive topics with their clients, but the stakes can be high in periods of market volatility. Client anxiety may escalate, sometimes leading to rash decisions.

Financial advisor tech stacks save time and resources—so you can focus on serving clients. Lack of a developed fintech stack can hinder client experience, marketing, and growth. But first comes the challenge of determining which platforms you, your firm, and…

As a financial advisor, the idea of building a business plan can seem a low priority—merely an exercise for entrepreneurs trying to launch a startup. But as a business owner, you may know that you should take care of it,…

John Lococo, executive financial wealth manager at First Street Wealth Advisors in San Jose, CA, transitioned to a fee-based business over 15 years ago. Here’s his story.

Sixty-eight trillion dollars. That’s the oft-quoted dollar amount of the Great Wealth Transfer—the transfer of wealth from the Silent Generation and Boomers to Generation X and Millennials in the coming decades. The Cerulli Report on U.S. High-Net-Worth and Ultra-High-Net-Worth says…

As an investment advisor, you have until the November 4, 2022 compliance date to adopt the necessary changes in how you promote your services. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the SEC marketing rule 206 (4)-1…

The last bull market, which ended in 2020, lasted 3,999 days. That means if you have been a financial advisor for less than a decade, you are now experiencing the first protracted market downturn of your professional career—and it’s stressful….

Financial advisory practices have changed over the years and are increasingly shifting away from commission-based models toward fee-based models. To understand this trend and the forces that are influencing it, we examine the pros and cons of different compensation models. 

“May you live in interesting times” is usually taken as a good-natured sentiment. That is until things start to get interesting in a bad way. Economic volatility and market downturns certainly catch the attention of advisors and investors alike, for…