Opinion

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When your client dies, who gets their airline miles?
OPINION JUN 19, 2018
When your client dies, who gets their airline miles?

Now that a new law provides executors with access to digital assets, estate planning needs to include such assets

By Amy Florian
OPINION JUN 18, 2018
Going independent: Which business model is right for you?

Wealth managers making the transition need to pick the model that's appropriate to their needs and best serves their clients.

By Ben Harrison
OPINION JUN 16, 2018
A more expansive future requires multiple pricing models

Charging fees based on assets under management is OK, but the modern financial advice business is starting to cut varied paths toward different pricing models that might be better both for clients and the overall industry.

By crain-api
OPINION JUN 12, 2018
Always be closing? The end of selling

Financial advisers should be explaining how they can help clients, rather than pushing products on them.

By Joe Duran
OPINION JUN 08, 2018
Why saying goodbye to your clients and business is hard

Advisers should consider the challenges they may face when retiring, as many find this transition to be harder than they anticipated

By Joni Youngwirth
Funds like Magellan need gamblers like Bill Gross
OPINION JUN 07, 2018
Funds like Magellan need gamblers like Bill Gross

The factors Magellan's manager uses to beat the index can be accessed more cheaply via ETFs.

By Nir Kaissar
401(k) advisers, is your value proposition even valuable?
OPINION JUN 06, 2018
401(k) advisers, is your value proposition even valuable?

Investment expertise is no longer viewed as a coveted service — these days, it's just table stakes.

By Aaron Pottichen
OPINION JUN 02, 2018
IPO filing could usher in new era of legitimacy for RIAs

It seems only natural that IPOs will be the next step.

By crain-api
OPINION MAY 29, 2018
TV show paints bleak picture of financial planners

The lead character in the series 'Ozark' is reinforcing Americans' negative view of advisers.

By Dan Candura
OPINION MAY 29, 2018
Advisers: Technology alone won't transform your business

New tools and platforms should be used to facilitate deeper, more meaningful interactions with your clients.

By Abby Schneiderman
The end of the Goldilocks credit markets?
OPINION MAY 21, 2018
The end of the Goldilocks credit markets?

Going forward, the fixed-income environment may favor more sophisticated active approaches, such as flexible 'best ideas' strategies.

By Gautam Khanna
OPINION MAY 19, 2018
Financial schemes against seniors are most often committed by people closest to them

Advisers can — and should — take steps to discourage elder financial fraud.

By crain-api
OPINION MAY 19, 2018
Why we must create a more diverse and sustainable financial planning profession

CEO explains how, why a firm should commit to conscious inclusion.

By Marguerita Cheng
OPINION MAY 10, 2018
Harnessing RIA M&A strategies for growth

As deal-making picks up, acquiring RIAs need a proven client service model, an efficient operations infrastructure and access to additional planning and investing resources

By Matt Sonnen
OPINION MAY 03, 2018
3 insights on the Financial Engines-Edelman combination and how it might affect you

The combined company is likely to become a nationally dominant firm.

By Joe Duran
OPINION MAY 02, 2018
The Super Bowl, advice and the markets

What do these three items have in common? A lot, actually.

By Jim DeCarlo
OPINION APR 30, 2018
Ask the Ethicist: CFP professional wonders about possible part-time gig

Solo practitioner wonders if he can still describe his practice as a fee-only if he takes on financial planning work from a friend who earns some commissions.

By Dan Candura
OPINION APR 17, 2018
Using smart beta in an outcomes-oriented portfolio

Before incorporating strategic beta products in a client's portfolio, advisers must understand the challenges at hand and the desired outcome

By Mannik S. Dhillon
OPINION APR 11, 2018
Are 401(k) advisers the next DOL targets?

Large regional firms and their specialist advisers seem to be in the regulator's cross hairs.

By Fred Barstein
OPINION APR 10, 2018
Technology must reinforce trust, or else

Show your clients that you have their best interests at heart by making innovations in your offering

By Ron Carson