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Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them. |
Financial Advisor June 2005 Grove & Prince |
Preserving Client Relationships In Down Markets What should financial advisors do when the stock market tanks? Communicate early and often to keep clients happy. |
Investment Advisor October 2005 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Welcome to the Family Becoming a wealth manager is not quite as easy as it looks. But the mid-tier millionaires are underserved, so honing skills and capturing some of them as clients should be on every financial adviser's list. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2009 Helen Kearney |
What Clients Want Now Clients are upset and they're voting with their feet. But instead of bemoaning your woes, you should view this as a time to prove your worth. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 |
13 Percent Percentage of advisors who say they have switched to a wealth management model. |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Susan L. Hirshman |
The Wealth Advisor: Lessons From the Best With a targeted client plan consisting of an integrated approach for client segmentation, actively pursuing referrals, and furthering meaningful client contact, financial advisors will be on their way to meeting their clients' financial needs. |
Registered Rep. November 7, 2011 Kristen French |
Krawcheck: Client Attrition Very Low, but Wooing Younger Generation a Challenge Generation x and y kids are not too keen on the big wealth management firms, and that is one of the major challenges the wealth management industry faces over the medium term. |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Katz & Evensky |
Investment Performance Vs. Wealth Management A survey of high-net-worth clients and their advisors reveals a marked difference in perception between the two groups, particularly regarding value, advice and performance. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips. |
Registered Rep. June 22, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Wealth Managers Must Make Changes to Attract High-Net-Worth, Industry Reports Wealth managers need to make key changes in the way they do business to stay competitive, two major studies of the industry have concluded. |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Lewis Schiff |
Danger & Opportunity: Seling Wisdom Advisors with a wealth-management practice orientation can provide the kind of services affluent families need during difficult market times. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 John J Bowen Jr |
Interesting Times This interesting financial environment offers unparalleled opportunities for advisors to grow their businesses and come out of the current mess stronger than ever. |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Grove & Prince |
Learning More About Clients With the Whole Client Model How to find out what you need to know about a financial planning client. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2013 Charles Paikert |
What the Rich Need Now Three new reports suggest the wealth management industry still needs improvement - and hint at a slowdown after recent growth. |
Financial Advisor May 2009 David J. Drucker |
Crisis Intervention Broker/Dealers unveil new programs to help advisors survive the recession. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Kristen French |
The Wealth Management Quest Are you really a wealth manager? Do you know what the phrase really means? It pays to know, because a new compensation report shows only 8% of advisors -- across all business channels -- actually fit the bill. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 John J Bowen |
Getting an Edge For many financial advisors, the choice to offer wealth management services isn't easy. They wonder if wealth management is really worth it. The answer is yes. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Melanie Waddell |
Broker/Dealer Marketing: Finding Their Voice Broker/Dealers are waking up to the new, post-downturn marketing environment. Here are a few of the best ideas. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Grove & Prince |
Key Mistakes Of New Wealth Managers Wealth management is a serious decision for advisors that can be disruptive to their business and difficult to implement. Future generations of advisors can benefit by using these findings to build skills, reorient focus and settle in to the role of wealth manager. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Wow Right Now Starting now, you need to delight your clients if you want to keep their business and maintain their loyalty going forward. |
Registered Rep. June 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
Too Much Client Hand-Holding, Not Enough Prospecting The nervous-client-syndrome has yet to wear off. That's according to a new survey that says most advisors are still spending the majority of their time with existing clients rather then generating new business. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 |
The Leaders Speak The most influential leaders in wealth management today expound on evolution, revolution, moving the debate past wirehouse versus independent, and more. |
Investment Advisor March 2008 James J. Green |
One Down, How Many to Go? Ken Fisher's the biggest RIA out there, but his firm just got a little bigger by acquiring a much smaller RIA. It's likely the first of many. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Michael Patrick Jacobs |
Investors Demand More This advisor provides highlights of what he's found clients today are looking for when they seek advice. |
Financial Advisor June 2010 Simonoff & Rasmussen |
Tall Task Building an in-house business consulting group, Derek Bruton is trying to help advisors at LPL adapt to the Darwinian business climate. |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Hannah Shaw Grove |
Life Insurance And Wealth Management Helping client with life insurance is an important service of effective wealth managers. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
In Name Only Financial advisors who fancy themselves "wealth managers" are having trouble walking the talk. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Getting the Right Help Financial services firms aren't doing enough to support the transition to wealth management. |
Investment Advisor April 2006 Maya Ivanova |
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Suzanne McGee |
Higher and Higher Today, there are more than 9 million Americans with at least $1 million to invest. Even for the best-prepared and best-educated advisor, a time may come when they need to consider whether continuing to work with their ultra-affluent client is in the best interests of both parties. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Trends in Client Communication The pressure for greater efficiency and convenience is propelling advisors to try new means of communication. Not surprisingly, most new channels appear with new technologies or updated applications of old techniques. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Beyond Investments Your affluent clients want help protecting, enhancing, transferring and donating their wealth. Are you ready to meet their needs? |
Financial Advisor October 2007 Mark Fadiman |
Nurturing Growth How CEG Worldwide helped wealth management evolve from buzzword to industry discipline. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 John J. Bowen |
Behind the Buzz Many advisors are "wealth managers" in name only. Here's how to implement the business model in your practice. |
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. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Grove & Prince |
Understanding The Middle-Class Millionaire Middle-class millionaires are the "ideal clients" for most financial advisors. They are wealthy enough to require the services of high-quality financial advisors, yet not so wealthy that most financial advisors end up in over their heads. |
Registered Rep. February 9, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Wealth Management Firms Focusing On Client Experience Since the financial crisis, firms have been ramping up their focus on all aspects of client interaction. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success. |
Registered Rep. June 15, 2015 Ryan W. Neal |
Markets Push Rise In Wealth; New Money Is Scarce North America is still the largest and most developed wealth market in the world, with wealth growing 5.6 percent in 2014. |
Registered Rep. August 25, 2010 Jerry Gleeson |
Women Investors Want More From Advisors, Report Finds A new survey by Boston Consulting Group that addressed the global wealth of women found a common complaint -- although women's cut of global wealth is growing, the service they get from financial advisors is not equal to that offered to men. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2011 Lorie Konish |
Pursuing Recovery and Profitability When volatility hit the markets in August following Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt, it left investors and their financial advisors scrambling. How ready are firms and advisors to apply the lessons learned in those dark days? |
On Wall Street June 1, 2013 Braswell & Konish |
Leaders: Ranking the Top Wirehouses and Regional Broker-Dealers This year, the leading wirehouse and regional wealth management firms took the steps necessary to ensure they reap rewards as markets hit new highs. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 |
How They're Coping Read how five forward-thinking advisors are coping with the current crisis. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2010 |
Five Questions With Gurinder Ahluwalia The President/CEO of Genworth Financial Wealth Management talks about his company's goals and services. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr |
Wealth Transfer It's important for financial advisors to understand the profound effects that inherited money has on inheritors when developing a strategy to work with them. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: What Do Counselors Think About Clients? Advisors to wealthy families speak out about clients and careers. |
Financial Advisor February 2012 |
Social Media Losing Some Appeal With Financial Advisors Despite the hype about the benefits social media can bring to financial advisors, most advisors don't find it very useful in their businesses. |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Grove & Prince |
Know Thy Clients This is the second in a series of articles about the risks, rewards and challenges of wealth management, as well as the ever-changing tools of the trade. |
Financial Advisor June 2012 |
Forward Progress Five experts discuss the state of the advisory business. |