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How to avoid being the next Southwest Airlines

Here are three areas that wealth management firms should be monitoring to avoid taking the kind of reputational hit the airline just suffered.

Last week, the fabulous Southwest Airlines brand was dramatically tarnished in a matter of days. 

As the cancelled flights accumulated, I began to ponder what events and factors, external or internal, could break trust and destroy the reputation of a well-respected wealth management firm?

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