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Top apps to boost your social media efforts
These mobile tools can help busy advisers who are on the go stay current with their clients.
Use tax time to focus on retirement
This time of year is perfect for getting clients to contribute to their nest eggs and save on taxes
Setting rules for outside exams
It's time for the SEC to take a hard look at its third-party exam process and consider ways to streamline it.
Untimely IRA rollover leads to trouble
Exploring a time when the IRS was unconvinced a medical condition affected a taxpayer's ability to meet the 60-day requirement.
For rogue advisers, it’s thirty strikes, but not out
Only penalties that make repeat offenders in the financial arena feel serious heat will deter illegal behavior.
Income spike can reduce Social Security benefits
Blame the temporary reduction on higher Medicare premiums.
The war of words among robos
It's time to call a truce in the war of words among robo-rivals and get back to business.
Using LinkedIn to generate leads
Create a system for using the social media site to gain introductions to your target prospects.
Help clients avoid first-time RMD errors
Steer clear of common mistakes and high penalties related to required minimum distributions.
Fiduciary rule needs momentum
It's about time Mary Jo White took the helm and steered the agenda of this supposedly nonpartisan body beyond its present partisan split on fiduciary.
Prepping your firm for sale
Owners who want to sell must do their homework and put in the difficult effort to prepare for sale
Our inaugural 40 Under 40
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you our inaugural class of 40 Under 40. In choosing the…
Money Milestone: Five questions to ask before buying a vacation home
More families are buying second houses as escapes, not as investments. One important question: Will the house still be a pleasure as you age?
What was NAPFA thinking?
Bert Whitehead's exit suggests NAPFA can't stand disagreement in its upper ranks
Momentum building on tax reform
As senators invite the public to contact them with ideas on tax reform, advisers should speak up
Little-used adjustment may bring big savings
There are many ways people are overpaying and leaving money on Medicare's table.
How firms document risk management and suitability practices needs to change
Advisers need scalable, standardized and easily supervised risk management systems in light of increased regulatory scrutiny
How to evaluate and cope with the people who make mistakes
For National Football League teams fighting for post-season positioning, every play seems important, every mistake magnified. Mistakes can be something everyone runs from or a catalyst for learning and growing. How do you handle them?
4 ways cash drags down investors’ portfolios
Betterment's director of behavioral finance and investing says cash isn't a good investment for anything other than the very short term.
The big succession planning questions RIAs need to answer immediately
Determine the fate and future of your business before the regulators force you to do so