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Why do advisors stumble when planning their exit?
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 18, 2024
Why do advisors stumble when planning their exit?

CEO of Stratos Wealth highlights common mistakes – and how to avoid them.

By Chris Davis
How to drive organic growth for your wealth management practice in 2025
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 17, 2024
How to drive organic growth for your wealth management practice in 2025

Why the key to growing your practice is not about market performance.

By Steve Randall
Snowden Lane unveils exit planning program for senior advisors
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 16, 2024
Snowden Lane unveils exit planning program for senior advisors

The independent RIA's new initiative helps retiring advisors monetize their practices while helping ensure a smooth handoff to the next generation.

By Leo Almazora
Why advisors should prioritize next-gen planning
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 16, 2024
Why advisors should prioritize next-gen planning

"If the next gen can place themselves in the right firm and are patient enough, they're going to build a really nice business," one advisor said.

By Josh Welsh
The case against the basis points tax for advisors
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 12, 2024
The case against the basis points tax for advisors

CEO says that the 'basis points tax' is killing firms’ bottom line.

By Josh Welsh
Building client-centered practices with career changers
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 10, 2024
Building client-centered practices with career changers

Financial advisors who come to the profession later in life have experiences that can help them connect with clients, said the founder of a group that trains career changers.

By Josh Welsh
How to 'Attract & Grow' assets through smarter sales techniques
INVESTING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES DEC 10, 2024
How to 'Attract & Grow' assets through smarter sales techniques

Sound Income Group founder David Scranton offers strategies from his new book to help advisors increase their AUM.

By Gregg Greenberg
CFA designation still in demand for hiring as fewer pursue it
RIAS RIA NEWS DEC 04, 2024
CFA designation still in demand for hiring as fewer pursue it

The number of CFA test takers has dropped, yet wealth managers still seek out the designation when hiring.

By Gregg Greenberg
Sound Income Group's David Scranton talks 'eternal income' and retirement planning
ADVISOR NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING DEC 03, 2024
Sound Income Group's David Scranton talks 'eternal income' and retirement planning

Veteran financial advisor and bestselling author David Scranton offers income-generation strategies for those near or in retirement.

By Gregg Greenberg
How advisors can take part in Giving Tuesday
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 02, 2024
How advisors can take part in Giving Tuesday

Experts say the best way to participate is through education, appreciated stocks, and IRAs.

By Josh Welsh
Advisors recount their biggest lessons from 2024
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 02, 2024
Advisors recount their biggest lessons from 2024

Technology, the election, and concentration of some of the biggest stocks provided lessons, advisors said. There was a lot to learn in 2024.

By Gregg Greenberg
Advisors at a disadvantage if estate planning isn’t a core service
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 25, 2024
Advisors at a disadvantage if estate planning isn’t a core service

“If you're not engaging the estate planning conversation, and the client is talking to somebody who is, those assets are at risk,” Vanilla's CEO said.

By Josh Welsh
Will 24-hour trading keep financial advisors up all night?
INVESTING EQUITIES NOV 25, 2024
Will 24-hour trading keep financial advisors up all night?

Wealth managers weigh the pros and cons of the NYSE's recent decision to extend trading hours.

By Gregg Greenberg
Great Wealth Transfer is 'utterly preposterous': Kitces
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 22, 2024
Great Wealth Transfer is 'utterly preposterous': Kitces

“If your biggest problem is that your patients die on a regular basis, go find more old people who have money, who need a nursing home," Kitces says. "We're not running out of them.”

By Josh Welsh
M&A is like dating so ‘be true to yourself’
GORIA PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (GORIA) NOV 19, 2024
M&A is like dating so ‘be true to yourself’

RIAs discuss how to master M&A to grow the practice at recent RIA Activate California event.

By Josh Welsh
Keeping it in the family
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 19, 2024
Keeping it in the family

Passing down a financial advisory practice to a family member is not always smooth, and requires a lot of hard work upfront.

By Gregg Greenberg
Taking headlines out of clients' heads
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 19, 2024
Taking headlines out of clients' heads

How financial planner is taking advantage of interest rate trends without taking undue investment risk.

By Chris Davis
Slowly embracing the AI revolution
ADVISOR NEWS FINTECH NOV 19, 2024
Slowly embracing the AI revolution

Ivan Illán, of Aligne Wealth Advisors, on the challenges and complexities of this new era.

By Chris Davis
The benefits of equity model partnerships for RIAs
RIAS RIA NEWS NOV 18, 2024
The benefits of equity model partnerships for RIAs

"There's no better way than having true financial alignment through equity partnership," one CEO said.

By Josh Welsh
Advisors talk giving strategies to celebrate National Philanthropy Day
RIAS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT NOV 14, 2024
Advisors talk giving strategies to celebrate National Philanthropy Day

Wealth managers weigh in on trends in charitable giving this holiday season.

By Gregg Greenberg