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Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
The Retirement Puzzle Serving retirees might be a lot less profitable than most financial planners imagine. There are certainly opportunities in catering to this wealthy crowd, but only if you know where to look. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse If a new survey is to be believed, advisors who help their clients with retirement planning -- and that's most of you -- will soon face a difficult choice: Change the way you service clients or watch your profits shrink. |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Tracey Longo |
Is The Price Right? When it comes to pricing, many financial advisors are nowhere near as efficient and profitable as they could be. |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Maya Ivanova |
A Victim of Success? A recent survey of registered investment advisors reports that while advisors recognize that marketing is a key component of their business, few devote enough time to this vital activity. |
Registered Rep. July 21, 2006 Kristen French |
Advisors Not Filling High-Net-Worth Retirement Needs, Survey Says Although few high-net-worth investors are prepared for the kind of retirement they expect, advisors continue to focus on wealth accumulation at the expense of long-term financial planning. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
5 Questions A short interview with Edmond Walters, CEO of eMoney Advisors, about new ways in which advisory firms are serving clients in retirement. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Jack W. Callahan |
Embrace Change Advisors have to adapt their practices to accommodate retiring clients. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2010 |
Letters Most people think that health care reform will solve many of the problems facing retirees and people about to retire. Nothing could be further from the truth. Financial advisors need to be prepared to talk about health care costs. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Ivanova & Kahler |
The ABCs Of Retirees To meet the needs of retiree clients, financial advisors will need to beef up their knowledge not only of investment-related retirement issues, but also non-investment areas. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Melanie Waddell |
Catch Up How financial advisors can meet the challenge of keeping pace with their clients' retirement needs in a changing world. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 James J. Green |
Retirement Planning Balancing Act Being a financial advisor who focuses on selling and servicing corporate 401(k) plans is a matter of balance. |
Investment Advisor January 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: Retirement Income a Riddle Advisors are still searching for best method to deliver retirement income. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse A new study reveals that while 95% of all financial advisors believe they've talked about fees with their clients, only 66% of customers say their advisor has initiated a fee discussion with them. |
Investment Advisor June 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
Consolidate and Refer Fidelity Investments introduced a report showing that advisors who offer retirement income planning services have found that their clients are more satisfied, consolidate more assets with them, and provide more referrals for new business. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Tracey Longo |
Symposium Roundup The 2nd Annual Financial Advisor Symposium showed how to transform your practice to meet retiring boomers' needs. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 J. Scott Slater |
On Beyond AUM More advisors should look to drive additional revenue from charging separate fees for value-added services. |
Registered Rep. September 29, 2005 John Churchill |
Are You Charging Enough? With competition fierce -- and clients more informed than ever -- it's important to make sure that you are not selling yourself short. In fact, you may not be charging enough for your financial advisory services. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Mark Tibergien |
Formulas for Success: Bust of Boom? Financial advisors need to adjust their practices as baby boomer clients age. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 David Lawrence |
RIM Shot Service pricing is not the sole issue for today's financial advisors to deal with. There are several issues unique to Retirement Income Management practices that require attention. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Scott Schutte |
Valuing Your Services Have financial planners themselves compromised the value of the service that is the foundation of nearly all client relationships: investment management? If so, what's the solution? |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Tracey Longo |
What's Your Retirement Brand? Unless you're branding yourself a retirement income planning specialist and it's clear in clients' minds you're going to do retirement income planning for them, your client relationships honestly may be in peril. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Gallant & Schneider |
Navigating The Retirement Business The demand for retirement income support will continue to grow rapidly in the coming years as the aging of the baby boom generation is inevitable. |
Financial Advisor November 2007 Tracey Longo |
Is Your Price Right? A select group of advisors are significantly increasing their planning fees. Here's the lowdown on unbundling and how your pricing helps or hurts your firm. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 Parisi & Leung |
Are You Prepared for the Retirement Boom? Meeting the retirement and estate planning needs of the baby boomer generation represents today's greatest growth opportunity for financial advisors. But are advisors ready for it? |
Financial Advisor October 2005 David J. Drucker |
Baby Boomers--The Next Chapter Financial advisors don't see boomers significantly changing the planning paradigm, nor posing any threat to their income. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Savita Iyer |
Still Not Ready Although they might be confident in their savings for retirement, when it comes crunch time, many affluent retirees and pre-retirees find themselves ill equipped because they do not have an adequate retirement plan in place, according to a recent survey. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Best Practices for Retirement Planning According to an in depth survey of experienced advisors who devoted a significant portion of their practices to retirement planning, demands from clients are driving the evolution of retirement services. |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Greg Salsbury |
Harvest Time As Americans live longer, advisors need to switch their emphasis from accumulating assets to making existing assets last. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
Conversation Obligation Involving the client in retirement planning helps grow advisors' business. |
Registered Rep. May 21, 2015 Alan Moore |
Compensation Survey 2015: Can the Hourly FA Survive? When advisors work hourly, they can reach a unique segment of the market that is otherwise completely ignored by traditional financial planning models. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Clear Road Ahead Commonwealth's retirement platform, Preferred Portfolio Services Retirement Solutions, keeps financial advisors compliant with ERISA and PPA. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Bob Veres |
Fee Rebuttal This isn't a contest where the lowest fees win. When we talk about compensation, the issue should always be a fair price for whatever service is provided. The most important thing advisors can do is align their interests directly with their clients'. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 Bob Veres |
How to Fix the AUM Fee Model Advisors are trying a dizzying variety of compensation plans. Some have been a lot more successful than others. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Savita Iyer |
DC Advisor-Sponsor Matchmaker The relative lack of corporate advisors is a result of inertia on the part of plan sponsors; despite pronouncing themselves dissatisfied with their retirement plans, plan sponsors do not take the easy step of finding a new advisor. |
Registered Rep. April 8, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Investors Don't Understand Retirement Income Providers of income securities for retirees and those close to retiring may have their work cut out for them. |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Gallant & Schneider |
Are We There Yet? No, But FAs Can Help. In Search of Retirement Income Many advisors mistakenly believe that retirement income clients are a diminishing asset, not recognizing that these clients tend to consolidate investments and to be more loyal. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kristen French |
It's Triage Time There are millions of baby boomers zooming toward retirement who have vastly underestimated their future financial needs. In other words, for financial advisors and their clients, it's triage time. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 James J. Green |
Redefining for Retirement There's a "different mindset" that advisors need to have when focusing on the distribution phase of a client's life. |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2009 David A. Geracioti |
Do Retail Financial Advisors Have an "Unhealthy Focus?" The Financial Times suggests the way financial products and services are sold need to be completely overhauled. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Suzanne McGee |
Rethinking Retirement Income Helping your financial planning clients to keep sitting pretty in retirement is more complex than ever. How will your practice adapt? |
Investment Advisor March 2009 Melanie Waddell |
Cover Story: Patience In the quest to generate retirement income for their clients, many advisors relied on their investing-for-accumulation roots, and therefore were not focused on retirement income planning. |
Registered Rep. August 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
Better Economic Times Ahead? Your Clients Don't Think So. Advisors seem more optimistic about the economy than their own clients, according to a recent survey. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
How Is Your Business? Having survived bubbles, busts and bouts of irrational market behavior, the best financial planners are now feeling very rationally exuberant. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 David J. Drucker |
The Retirement Dilemma Will your aging client base kill your financial advisory business? |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Building Retirement Portfolios Now Few advisors use a cookie cutter approach to retirement income support. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall |
Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 David A. Gaffen |
Wachovia Software Emphasizes Goals Wachovia Securities wants advisors to know where their clients want to be, not just where they are now. The firm plans early this year to unveil a new software package for its advisors to help clients figure out their retirement goals and the appropriate investments to get them there. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Joel Bruckenstein |
Retirement Software: Do You Have What Boomers Need? Here is a radical proposal for serving the next generation of retirees more effectively -- and profitably. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Bruce W. Fraser |
Stand And Deliver Yes, you can grow income as a retirement income specialist. Find out how. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Savita Iyer |
Taking Advantage of the Pension Protection Act Financial advisors need to understand fully what the Pension Protection Act means and how it pertains to their business. |