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Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting
OPINION FEB 23, 2021
Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting

The competition for high-quality advisers and advisory firms, combined with an insatiable thirst for growth, is creating more choices for advisers as to both whom they partner with and how they choose to structure that relationship.

By Larry Roth and Jeff Nash
Five tips to overcome gender bias
OPINION FEB 22, 2021
Five tips to overcome gender bias

These five steps can help leaders effectively manage the challenge of gender bias.

By InvestmentNews
It's time to start your RIA's digital upgrade
OPINION FEB 22, 2021
It's time to start your RIA's digital upgrade

Digitalization could increase the market value of your RIA, a vital consideration in succession planning and enterprise value.

By Ed Swenson
Adapting advisers’ marketing to a new era
OPINION FEB 22, 2021
Adapting advisers’ marketing to a new era

New regulations and the changing technological and media landscape raise many vexing and interrelated questions for advisers, their firms and the investing public.

By InvestmentNews
How technology can help advisers talk to clients about PPP loans
OPINION FEB 18, 2021
How technology can help advisers talk to clients about PPP loans

Understanding the facts about taxes and eligibility for new PPP loans can help you decide if one is right for one of your clients’ businesses.

By Bill Vasil
Lots of choices for advisers looking to sell
OPINION FEB 17, 2021
Lots of choices for advisers looking to sell

The approaches of the different types of buyers vary, so it’s essential to know how they approach the process.

By Scott Hanson
Fiduciary redux: Don't tinker with Reg BI
OPINION FEB 16, 2021
Fiduciary redux: Don't tinker with Reg BI

The client choice approach reflected in Reg BI is in fact the best approach for individual investors because every individual and family is unique when it comes to their wealth management needs and goals.

By John Taft
FSI advocacy priorities for 2021
OPINION FEB 16, 2021
FSI advocacy priorities for 2021

For independent advisory firms and advisers, the Biden administration’s approach to regulation will be among the most consequential outcomes of the November elections.

By Dale Brown
Let’s innovate by reaching clients via mobile apps
OPINION FEB 15, 2021
Let’s innovate by reaching clients via mobile apps

Technology is often one of the most noticeable areas in need of support — especially when compared to other retail or consumer channels, and specifically in terms of mobile apps.

By InvestmentNews
GameStop fireworks are likely to bog down in a regulatory slog
OPINION FEB 10, 2021
GameStop fireworks are likely to bog down in a regulatory slog

Those who oversee the markets are not built to react quickly to disruptions within them. Theirs is a world of study and deliberation. They have to listen to a wide range of public input. and they often leave much regulatory ambiguity in place.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Tips for building a generation-resilient business
OPINION FEB 10, 2021
Tips for building a generation-resilient business

Are you prepared to attract, serve and retain the next generation of clients?

By Philip E. Caminiti
Building a business plan? Keep it simple
OPINION FEB 09, 2021
Building a business plan? Keep it simple

As an industry, we’ve probably made business planning more complex than it needs to be. Keep it simple; it’s better to write something down than nothing, and there’s no need to put everything down.

By Kristine McManus
Here’s why we’re hosting an in-person conference in 2021
OPINION FEB 09, 2021
Here’s why we’re hosting an in-person conference in 2021

Those hosting conferences must earn the trust of on-site guests by taking every possible precaution, while creating experiences that are just as valuable for the careers of the professionals who participate remotely.

By Eric Clarke
SEC's new marketing rules mean transformative change for advisory firms
OPINION FEB 08, 2021
SEC's new marketing rules mean transformative change for advisory firms

Word-of-mouth from satisfied clients has always been an important channel for generating new business. Now advisers can directly reach out to potential clients and share testimonials.

By Robb Fahrion
Welcoming the return of industry conferences
OPINION FEB 08, 2021
Welcoming the return of industry conferences

Betting that conditions will improve and restrictions be lessened in coming months, a sprinkling of fintech companies and others in and around the financial advice business have announced a resumption of live conferences to be held later in the year.

By InvestmentNews
Leaders need new skills to support their diverse workforce
OPINION FEB 06, 2021
Leaders need new skills to support their diverse workforce

As society becomes less racially and ethnically homogenous, leaders must develop new skills to support their diverse workforce. This includes acting as mentor, visionary and ally combined

By Cheryl Cole
Three principles for inclusive leadership
OPINION FEB 06, 2021
Three principles for inclusive leadership

I will outline three leadership principles and associated tactics that increase diverse representation, expand equity and enhance inclusion.

By Shundrawn Thomas
Increasing diversity increases diversity of thought
OPINION FEB 05, 2021
Increasing diversity increases diversity of thought

It’s important to form a pipeline so that younger minorities can be aware of the finance industry’s prospects and become educated on money matters and career opportunities within the finance industry.

By InvestmentNews Staff
3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence
OPINION FEB 02, 2021
3 myths preventing advisers from going from wirehouse to independence

Wirehouse advisers who want freedom and more control over the business they’ve built are no longer hampered by some of the historical challenges that once came with taking the leap.

By Andrew Daniels
Communicating for the good of your clients
OPINION FEB 02, 2021
Communicating for the good of your clients

Have systems in place so that clients experience a personal connection on a regular basis. This includes reminders to call or email them simply to touch base and let them know you’re thinking of them.

By Scott Hanson