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Why this asset manager wants to send you cereal
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2021
Why this asset manager wants to send you cereal

Potomac delivers 30 boxes of branded cereal as part of the firm's “eyes on brand” marketing strategy, according to president and CIO Manish Khatta.

By Nicole Casperson
How to be OK with letting profitable clients go
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2021
How to be OK with letting profitable clients go

Never transitioning clients or raising fees means that you set your pricing model once, permanently. No other profession follows that model.

By Stephanie Bogan
Special-needs planning is hard but rewarding
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2021
Special-needs planning is hard but rewarding

About one in five people in the U.S. have a disability, and that will likely increase as the baby boomer population ages, according to the American College of Financial Planning. About two-thirds of people who are caregivers reported being worried about having enough retirement income.

By InvestmentNews
Pride is the word I’m looking for
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 24, 2021
Pride is the word I’m looking for

InvestmentNews is a finalist in six categories in the 67th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, and I cannot overstate the sense of accomplishment — and humility — this generates in me.

By George Moriarty
Wells Fargo team managing $468 million joins Raymond James
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 21, 2021
Wells Fargo team managing $468 million joins Raymond James

The four-adviser group is moving to the firm’s employee unit in Augusta, Georgia and will operate as the Cypress Wealth Group.

By InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley defies bank diversity trend
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2021
Morgan Stanley defies bank diversity trend

The leadership changes announced May 20 position a slate of potential successors to CEO James Gorman who are mostly white and male.

By Bloomberg
What advisers really want from the next in-person conference
RIA NEWS MAY 20, 2021
What advisers really want from the next in-person conference

More than a year of virtual events highlighted the appeal of quality content, and could change the look and feel of industry events that will now have to balance glitz, content, fees and virtual access.

By Jeff Benjamin
Talking to clients when crypto crumbles
OPINION MAY 20, 2021
Talking to clients when crypto crumbles

Advisers should empower their clients through exposure and education so they view crypto-assets like any other asset class.

By Tyrone Ross and Justin Castelli
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman revamps leadership
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 20, 2021
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman revamps leadership

Andy Saperstein, head of wealth management, was named co-president along with Ted Pick, head of trading, as Gorman positions a small group as his most likely successors.

By Bloomberg
Rethinking advisory fees means figuring out value
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 19, 2021
Rethinking advisory fees means figuring out value

Most advisers still charge AUM-based fees, but that's not likely to be the case in 10 years, according to Bob Veres. Some advisers are now experimenting with alternative fee models.

By Liz Skinner
Financial planning in the new normal
OPINION MAY 19, 2021
Financial planning in the new normal

As the world returns to a more public way of life, it's an ideal time for advisers to check with clients whether their financial house is in order.

By Rob Pettman
UBS nabs $1.8 billion duo from J.P. Morgan
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 19, 2021
UBS nabs $1.8 billion duo from J.P. Morgan

John Farrell and Joel East are joining the UBS branch in Fort Worth, Texas.

By InvestmentNews
Private equity digs heels into RIA industry
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 19, 2021
Private equity digs heels into RIA industry

Private equity investors are keenly interested in RIAs for their recurring revenues, good margins and low capital expenditures. By most accounts, mergers and acquisitions of RIAs continue to be close to record numbers for the past several years.

By Bruce Kelly
Advisers, shoot for $100 million in AUM before going indie
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 18, 2021
Advisers, shoot for $100 million in AUM before going indie

Financial advisers who manage any amount of client assets are free to open an RIA, but those with $100 million have a leg up, said speakers at the InvestmentNews RIA Summit, a virtual conference with close to 700 attendees.

By Bruce Kelly
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields
RIA NEWS MAY 18, 2021
Career path, standards less clear in financial advice than in other fields

Professionals in any trade “have a sacred obligation to the client and society as a whole,” Blaine Aikin, founder of Fiduciary Insights, said in the keynote presentation at the InvestmentNews RIA Summit.

By Emile Hallez and Liz Skinner
$400 million indie switches to Arkadios from Lincoln
RIA NEWS MAY 18, 2021
$400 million indie switches to Arkadios from Lincoln

Frank Hanna and Bryan Cogliano head RevolutionX, a hybrid based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

By InvestmentNews
Spring-cleaning your advisory practice
OPINION MAY 17, 2021
Spring-cleaning your advisory practice

The key to success is to keep improving, innovating and taking the right steps to achieve change.

By Matt Regan
The one thing that matters most to clients during a crisis
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT MAY 17, 2021
The one thing that matters most to clients during a crisis

It’s not whether you’re an adviser or a broker. It’s not whether you’re fee-only or fee-based. It’s not the designations after your name, or even whether you’ve taken a fiduciary pledge. What clients care most about during a crisis is whether you can be trusted.

By Don Trone
Why is LPL's biggest branch starting its own broker-dealer?
INDEPENDENT BROKER DEALERS MAY 17, 2021
Why is LPL's biggest branch starting its own broker-dealer?

Private Advisor Group has taken the unusual step of launching its own broker-dealer with the intention of putting it in better position to grab referrals.

By Bruce Kelly
Rockefeller adds UBS team managing $1.9 billion
RIA NEWS MAY 17, 2021
Rockefeller adds UBS team managing $1.9 billion

Knowlton Knowlton & Larsen will be Rockefeller's first group of advisers in Boston.

By InvestmentNews