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Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Ron Cordes |
Making an Impact An overview of the impact investment landscape and discussion of specific types of impact investments that advisors can review and potentially begin offering to their clients. |
Investment Advisor January 2007 Susan L. Hirshman |
Making a Statement While any advisor can help determine basic financial goals, the mission statement offers a creative and innovative way for affluent families to not only manage their wealth but also create a structure of stewardship for that wealth for their future generations. |
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. |
Trusts & Estates May 2002 |
Think Like A Shrink Understanding Today's High Net Worth... Advisors Should Make a Diagnosis, Then Think About Product... Recognizing the Role of the Family Founder... Understanding the Cultures, Values and Beliefs of the Family... etc. |
Financial Advisor September 2006 Sydney LeBlanc |
SMA/Nonprofit Connection Although SMAs have always provided an entree for financial advisors wishing to enter the high-net-worth market, they may also provide an entry point to a lucrative segment of that market -- foundations and endowments. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Geoff Lewis |
Advocacy Investing Catnip for Wealthy Clients? Advocacy investing has several important advantages over some conventional social-investing techniques -- not least of them is helping clients actually make money. But for financial advisors, advocacy investing has an even more significant benefit: It is, potentially, catnip for high-net-worth clients. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
How to Reach Million-Dollar Clients To move your practice onward and upward, you may need to reconfigure the way you do business. Here s how. |
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. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2012 Denise Federer |
Communicating with Various Generations With four different generations in the workplace, communication is an essential skill for working with high-net-worth families. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advancing the Conversation Advisors' role in helping clients and heirs address end-of-life issues -- Behind the Numbers: 72% of parents said they would encourage their own financial advisor to discuss... etc. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 David J. Drucker |
The Parent Care Solution Smart financial advisors have spent at least a little time thinking about ways to keep their clients from straying. They've also thought about protecting their clients from the ravages of old age. Now these seemingly unconnected demands have a common link. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Gary M. Stern |
Impact Investing The latest catchphrase in the socially responsible investing community is "impact investing," intended to appeal to institutional and high-net-worth investors focused on private equity or nonprofit projects rather than public stock |
Registered Rep. April 5, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Clients Turning To Wealth Managers For Philanthropy Advice No opportunity to discuss philanthropy with clients should be squandered. |
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Sharna Goldseker |
Beyond Duty and Obligation The more a family can see that "involving the kids" does not merely mean adding children to an existing foundation system but shifting the paradigm to become multigenerational philanthropy, the better prepared they will be for the next phase of their foundation's evolution. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 John J. Bowen |
Women of Wealth Financial advisors can use their knowledge of affluent women to create a unique value proposition, and put themselves in a tremendous position to serve a group that's been too long ignored -- and capture more business than ever before. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Barry Glassman |
'Tis Better to Give As a financial advisor, it's important for you to recognize that charitable giving is a consequential part of many of your clients' lives. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Mason Braswell |
Baby Boomers Donating to Charity Rather Than Passing Down Wealth As the baby boomer generation closes in on retirement, many are preparing to give a substantial portion of their wealth on charitable causes. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 John J. Bowen |
Lucky Nines As a financial advisor, which of the nine high-net-worth personality types do you want to pursue? |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Steve Moeller |
The Business of Advice: When Talk Isn't Cheap Have bigger conversations with financial advisory clients; both of you will benefit. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca |
Who's Wealthy Now? During today's sluggish recovery from a deep economic recession, the simple fact is that fewer americans, even the rich ones, are immune to financial stress. |
Financial Advisor November 2009 David J. Drucker |
Listening More, Talking Less With Barbara Culver's Purposeful Planning, the humanistic side of financial advice takes on a new dimension. |
Investment Advisor March 2008 Kara P. Stapleton |
Web-Savvy Seniors A new study shows that affluent older Americans are taking more financial action online. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Jennifer A. Liptow |
White Paper Oh, Woe (What a $10 Million Nest Egg Brings): Many wealthy individuals haven't taken the basic steps necessary to protect their assets, leaving their legacy and their families' financial security to chance. |
Financial Planning September 28, 2009 David J. Drucker |
From SRI to ESG For years, the myth persisted that SRI funds underperform their mainstream counterparts while requiring additional research, making clients who request such investments a burden to service. |
Registered Rep. May 11, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Wealth Managers Vying for Trillions From Intergenerational Wealth Transfer Over 90 percent of heirs promptly change advisors when they receive their inheritances, and 70 percent of families lose control of their assets when an estate is transitioned to the next generation. |
Investment Advisor November 2005 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Boom Time If you're like most financial advisors, your baby boomer clients will pose a significant challenge in the years to come, both in the way you manage client portfolios and your practice. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2007 Deborah Doyle McWhinney |
Independents' Day As investment advisors become more popular and profitable, they must find new ways to keep ahead of the competition. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 David A. Geracioti |
You Say, They Say In an industry survey that covered a range of issues, from estate planning to choice of investment products, the responses by wealthy clients and advisors showed a striking disconnect about the needs of high-net-worth individuals. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Raising Responsible Children Advisors to wealthy families can offer sensitivity and guidance. |
On Wall Street November 1, 2009 Parisi & Leung |
Intergenerational Wealth Transfer: The New Advisor Challenge A new survey estimates that 80% to 90% of financial advisors lose assets when their client dies -- mainly because the advisor doesn't know the client's children or heirs. |
Financial Advisor June 2008 Grove & Prince |
Survival Of The Fittest Whatever plateau your advisory business may have reached, whatever ceiling you might have bumped up against -- now is the time to blast off or blast through. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Denise Federer |
The Legacy Advisor The ultimate goal of a being a legacy advisor is to guide your clients to identify the emotional concerns that transcend the financial facts and could potentially impede family relationships. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Denise Federer |
Facilitating Family Meetings Getting clients together as a family unit not only helps build wealth, but also cohesiveness. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advisors: Natural Facilitators Generations welcome advisors' help in tackling wealth transfer talks. |
Investment Advisor July 2007 Melanie Waddell |
Gen Xers: The Optimal Client? The best new clients for financial advisors may be high-net-worth Gen Xers, but the trick will be luring these young millionaires away from the banks. |
Registered Rep. April 13, 2011 Charles Paikert |
Under-50s Seen as Lucrative Opportunity for Wealth Managers Wealth managers are ignoring potential clients under 50 years old at their own peril, according to a new study by Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Grove & Prince |
A Dangerous Disconnect Many advisors don't understand what their wealthy clients want -- or need. By being able to deal with the planning concerns of the affluent by brining in the proper experts, the financial advisor will end up growing his or her business. |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Grove & Prince |
Corporate Executives Need Special Treatment Corporate executives can bring important growth opportunities to their advisor -- a long-term relationship filled with changing needs and expanding wealth, and access to their colleagues who may have similar needs and priorities. |
Investment Advisor August 2010 Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Retirement Planning: Serving Gen Y Now Advice for advisors on branding, service, and capturing Gen Y -- and its assets -- now. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Success on Purpose The right practice framework is essential to reaching success in the financial advisory industry, and the most important aspects of this framework fit into seven categories. |
Investment Advisor April 2007 Lewis Schiff |
The Wealth Boom Americans are on the brink of a wealth boom that may dramatically change the financial advisory business. The challenge is to understand these wealth boomers and decide how to profit from them. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Ann Rieder |
Connect with Clients' Kids: 5 Steps Is your firm prepared for the transfer of assets from your clients to their heirs? |
Registered Rep. July 9, 2003 Nigel Goodman |
The "Potential" Play in the HNW Game The pursuit of high-net-worth clients is a tough road. An increasing number of financial advisors are trying to land well-to-do clients before they attain high-net-worth status. |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Grove & Prince |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The top 1,200 U.S. financial advisors, who regularly earn more than $1 million on an annual basis, rely on characteristics and techniques that can be adopted and refined by a great number of advisors. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Advisor Pulse According to a recent survey, financial planners may be missing a golden opportunity to establish advisory relationships with their clients' children. |
Registered Rep. August 27, 2014 Matt Oechsli |
Seven Phrases Advisors Should Never Use Nobody likes to be sold to, especially today's affluent. Yet many people still try to sell their products and services to this lucrative consumer niche, including financial advisors. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 David A. Twibell |
Community Investing Special loan funds for underserved communities are popping up like condos. Now you can help clients jump into the lending pool. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Rediscovering Your Clients Think you know your clients inside and out? Chances are, you don't, and the gap between what you think your clients care about and what is actually on their minds could be costing you plenty. |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Gresham & Gresham |
The Rewards of Risk Review One thing that everyone should agree on is the need to take a good hard look at the risks a financial advisor can help clients deal with financially, from the risk of having to pay damages in a lawsuit to the risk of outliving their resources. |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Joel Bruckenstein |
Software With A Conscience A new online service, IWF Advisor from IdealsWork Financial, may offer advisors a solution to the tricky problem of finding a cost-effective way to align a client's social agenda and financial needs. |