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OPINION MAR 10, 2018
Advisers: Make sure your clients aren't owed pensions

Insurance companies may need help finding forgotten pensioners who left a company with a defined-benefit plan long ago.

By crain-api
OPINION MAR 05, 2018
These 3 things may be keeping your clients up at night

And that's where a financial adviser truly shines — here's how to help them

By Philip E. Caminiti
OPINION FEB 26, 2018
Ask the Ethicist: Should a financial adviser accept an inheritance from a client?

The adviser overstepped his bounds, and here's why

By Dan Candura
OPINION FEB 23, 2018
Designing the Super OSJ of the future

The groups will expand beyond compliance to provide advisers with turnkey solutions, training programs and even succession planning.

By Rich Whitworth
OPINION FEB 21, 2018
Fiduciary conduct is good for business

Following fiduciary best practices strengthens client relationships and makes them more enduring.

By Blaine F. Aikin
OPINION FEB 20, 2018
The gold medal quality advisers can no longer ignore

Olympic athletes can't afford to let momentary setbacks define their future — and neither can advisers

By Ron Carson
Life insurance 'advice' in an era of fake news
OPINION FEB 14, 2018
Life insurance 'advice' in an era of fake news

Advisers who have clients' best interests at heart should insist upon the disclosure of actual internal policy costs and performance.

By Barry Flagg
OPINION FEB 10, 2018
Make sure clients don't take the wrong lessons from the drop

Corrections can occur, even when all the indicators seem to be positive.

By crain-api
OPINION JAN 30, 2018
The 4 I's of building your best tech stack

Identifying the right solutions starts with finding a provider that's in it for the long haul

By Eric Clarke
OPINION JAN 29, 2018
Ask the Ethicist: How big a gift is too much?

Accepting a free ride to the Masters golf tournament from an attorney you refer clients to would create an obligation on your part.

By Dan Candura
OPINION JAN 25, 2018
Why diversity and inclusion should matter to advisers

Consider new hiring practices, employee training and other steps to offer an inclusive culture to employees and clients.

By Paul Zettl
OPINION JAN 22, 2018
Financial advisers should avoid error by omission and consider reverse mortgages

The vast majority of financial services professionals still fail to incorporate home equity planning or reverse mortgages into their practices

By Jamie Hopkins
OPINION JAN 19, 2018
How advisers can manage IRA rollover risk under the DOL fiduciary rule

Analyzing rollovers could involve some challenging steps, like gathering information about investments, services and expenses in the retirement plan.

By Fred Reish
OPINION JAN 11, 2018
Adviser moves to expect in 2018

Wirehouses' withdrawal from the broker protocol will only boost advisers' interest in the independent space

By Matt Sonnen
OPINION JAN 10, 2018
The financial adviser evolution is underway

Here are 4 anchors and 4 engines that will turbocharge your business in 2018

By Ron Carson
OPINION JAN 02, 2018
Break the sustainable-investing bottleneck

Advisers must overcome three barriers in order to serve clients' values

By Evan Zall
OPINION JAN 02, 2018
Alt investments on the rise among RIAs

Advisers considering independence have new, high-tech options

By Matt Sonnen
OPINION DEC 20, 2017
Ten years after the crisis, investors need advisers more than ever

Emphasize the importance of maintaining a fundamentally diversified portfolio.

By John Diehl
OPINION DEC 14, 2017
The case for active engagement

Sustainable investing that acknowledges "company ownership" can improve client outcomes.

By Jeremy Richardson
OPINION DEC 12, 2017
Personal client communication shows your value

View communication through behavioral finance to study how humans actually make decisions.

By Victor Gaxiola