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Financial Advisor November 2011 Richard B. Wagner |
Mission And Purpose Financial planners can't make up their minds about what they do, why they do it or for whom it is done. |
Financial Advisor December 2007 Richard B. Wagner |
Claiming And Clarifying Our Turf The advice/sales conundrum in the financial field has taken another twist. Worse, it is no longer an intra-profession struggle but a direct conflict between industry and profession. |
Financial Advisor November 2005 Richard B. Wagner |
It's a Heart Thing... Obviously, our craft is important. As financial advisors, we have significance because we help other people have better lives, and we help them and our society work with the money forces. |
Financial Advisor October 2008 Richard B. Wagner |
Mission, Meaning And Purpose There it was, again. "The Question." Posted right there on the April cover of Financial Advisor magazine for everyone to see. It mocked and cajoled, "What makes a profession, and will we ever meet that standard?" |
Financial Advisor November 2006 Richard B. Wagner |
Engaging The Money Forces Financial advisors' unique challenge is to understand money, and help others comprehend it and engage. This means knowing it thoroughly, recognizing its history and its cultural contexts. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Richard B. Wagner |
'Thinking Big' About Our Work Advisors have a terrific upside if they can embrace the challenges. |
Financial Advisor October 2007 Richard B. Wagner |
Financial Planning As A Learned Profession The notion that financial planning might explore its potentialities does not mean that every financial planner must become a scholar any more than every doctor must become a research scientist. Being a part of a profession means every member must master its basic craft. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Richard B. Wagner |
We Need Better Words ... Financial planners' words need to address the relationship between money and the other important aspects of our lives. |
Financial Advisor February 2012 Richard B. Wagner |
Fish Soup Or Aquariums? Financial advisors are essential for creating optimal environments for individuals and societies. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Richard B. Wagner |
One To The Power Of One The advisor and the client combine in a uniquely powerful and singular relationship. But does anyone truly understand the nature of our work? |
Financial Advisor January 2009 Richard B. Wagner |
From Here To Where? The financial crisis should make us reconsider our fundamental vision of an advisor's role."If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." -- Henry Ford |
Financial Advisor August 2005 Richard B. Wagner |
"00" Interior Skills Movie villains are obvious. In real life, with real money, villains parade as really, really nice guys. When fiduciary advisors can generate trust and confidence and have superior knowledge, they have genuine power over others--whether or not they deserve it. |
Financial Advisor July 2007 Richard B. Wagner |
Now What? With FPA's win in its lawsuit against the SEC, financial advisors need to reflect on what that means for the profession. |
Financial Advisor April 2005 Richard B. Wagner |
There Is Nothing `Soft' About It What we do as financial advisors requires us to confront clients' deepest fears. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 Richard B. Wagner |
Planners In The Church Of The Holy CFP? In making financial planning a profession, are planners emulating the right professionals? |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Richard B. Wagner |
Living Royally In The Land Of The Blind Financial planners need to start taking themselves and their issues seriously. They must begin grasping the full implications of their work, their knowledge and, perhaps most importantly, their vision. |
Financial Advisor May 2007 Richard B. Wagner |
When They're 64 What kind of changes are in store for the financial advisory profession? |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Richard B. Wagner |
Garden Of Knowledge The profession of financial planning needs more words to help people understand it. |
Financial Advisor May 2006 Richard B. Wagner |
Retirement Revisited Here, the author and editor-at-large responds to the message entitled, Preemptive Capitulation: Giving Up On Impossible Retirement Models by CFP Board CEO Sarah Ball Teslik, which was sent to Certified Financial Planners. |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Richard B. Wagner |
Deal With It To live life effectively in 21st century first-world environments, money skills are required. Without them, at least some of them, we do not survive. |
Investment Advisor November 16, 2010 Olivia Mellan |
Future Imperfect Six pioneering advisors and observers present a likely view of the essentially unknowable. I asked several well-respected thinkers and planners about the most significant challenges that financial advisors will face. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 James E. Kearney |
No Rest for the Planning Industry It's important for the profession to take a three-pronged approach to financial literacy: advancing the profession; educating the public; and growing planners for the future. |
Financial Advisor February 2007 Roy Dilberto |
Establishing Trust In Financial Planning For large wirehouses, they need to understand that business is not leaving them and being transferred to independent advisors because of the fee structure. It is because most of these people are registered as investment advisors and follow the spirit as well as the letter of the fiduciary relationship. |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Richard B. Wagner |
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall ... The financial planning community hasn't done enough self-examination regarding the recent crisis. Here are some lessons from the financial fiasco. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Professional Courtesy Can financial planners become professionals? After the first 25 years, the jury's still out. |
Financial Advisor August 2010 Roy Diliberto |
An Elusive Profession Work still needs to be done so that clients, regulators and the media view and understand us for what we -- financial planners -- are. |
Financial Advisor May 2009 George Kinder |
Financial Planning's Historic Moment An opportunity has opened to help create a financial advisory profession that consumers will trust and admire decades from now. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Board to Death: Reloaded Think the Certified Financial Planner Board had gone mainstream? Think again. Here's a recap of Board CEO Sarah Teslik's recent off-the-wall comments. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 James J. Green |
Visionary George Kinder, financial planner and Buddhist teacher, discusses how life planning and financial planning can come together, fostering a client's economic and spiritual well-being. |
Financial Advisor February 2009 Richard B. Wagner |
Hyperbole? Really? Using hyperbole to talk about our professional destiny is no crime, especially in light of the problems financial advisors face today. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2005 |
Movers & Shakers 2005 Who is showing the way in the financial planning profession? Here are nine leaders, as determined by votes from readers, judges, and editors of Financial Planning. Guy Cumbie... Roy Diliberto... Elizabeth Jetton... etc. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 David Drucker |
Why Aren't We There Yet? When asked about financial planning as a profession, most advisors get introspective with observations like, "I don't know if our industry is a profession yet, but I know I'm a professional." When will financial become a true profession? |
Financial Planning June 1, 2012 Bob Veres |
Stop Imaginary Planning Our profession's history is a story of mass migration away from, and then back to, what we might call real planning. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2012 Bob Veres |
Defining 'Real' Planning: Who Are The Real Financial Planners? If you re not doing the hard work of developing detailed plans for your clients, maybe you need a new job description. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 Bob Veres |
Origin of Our Species Financial planning has gone through some powerful evolutionary stages, but in some respects, the past is still with us. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Churchill |
60 Seconds with...Nick Nicolette (FPA President, 2007) An interview with the Sterling Financial Planning principal and new president of the Financial Planning Association. |
Financial Advisor March 2004 Gregory Bresiger |
One Financial Advisor's Journey The kaleidoscopic career of Charles Hughes |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
The Fiduciary Fracas Debate and controversy over the elusive standard could be just what the industry needs. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2013 Charles R. Chaffin |
Making the Case for CFP Standards While the planning profession has evolved considerably, there is still work to be done. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2007 |
Movers & Shakers 2007 These eight leaders are shaping the future of the financial planning industry. Ben Coombs, industry founder and founder of Petra Financial Advisors... Aaron Coates, partner, CIO, CCO, Compass Wealth Advisors... etc. |
Investment Advisor May 2006 |
Making the Future Happen The 25 most influential people in and around the investment advisory profession: Ron Roge... Dick Averitt... Tony Batman... Ben Bernanke... etc. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Bob Veres |
The Ownership Profession The world that gave birth to financial planning has changed. A lot. Here's an industry timeline from 1969 to the present. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Bob Veres |
Death by Regulation The financial planning profession is about to fight for its survival against well-funded opponents. Here are some possible outcomes. |
Investment Advisor December 2005 Kathleen M. McBride |
The History of Financial Planning It's been a rocky ride for planners over 25 years. Financial planning today has become less associated with any product or investment type at all and far more associated -- as it should be -- with individual investor planning and investor needs. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Of Two Minds An internecine argument at the FPA gets to the heart of one of the industry's more vexing problems: Should brokers be able to position themselves as financial planners? |
Investment Advisor December 2006 Dan Moisand |
Accentuate the Positive The president of the Financial Planning Association points out some positive things done by the CFP Board. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Declaration of Independence Starting with fiduciary duty, I propose standards for a new profession. |
Financial Advisor February 2005 Richard B. Wagner |
Enigmatic Expectations Financial planners are unique in their work with individuals in attempting to reconcile personal, here-and-now choices with uncertain futures. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Marc Freedman |
Word Games The public wants to hire financial planners who can visibly showcase an ongoing commitment to their words and promises. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Galvan et al. |
Heart of the Matter When you begin with what matters most to your client-whether the "client" is you, another person, peers or the public -- you are the client -- centered advisor. |