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The 2024 Kenneth Black Jr. Leadership Award Winner Is Mike McGlothlin

NAIFA Advisor Today

McGlothlin served on the Society of FSP National Executive Committee from 2018 to 2021 and was National President in 2020-2021. Under his leadership, more than 25 employees have bolstered their professional skills and received in-house promotions. The team has achieved a remarkable 300% growth over six years.

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Adviser links: zero engagement

Abnormal Returns

investmentnews.com) Advisers The American College of Financial Services notes the coming shortage of advisers. advisorperspectives.com) A look at the donor advised fund industry including 'Nearly half of all DAFs (49%) had total assets at the end of 2021 of less than $50,000.' johnsoncenter.org)

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A Dozen Questions for Jerome Powell, Fed Chair

The Big Picture

This week, we get to hear from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell twice – tomorrow in the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress before the Senate Banking Committee and the next day in the House Financial Services Committee. The Fed set a 2% inflation target, and CPI rose through that in March 2021.

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Announcing IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

In the early days when financial advisors were first and foremost salespeople for insurance and investments products, the reality is that "advisor training and education" wasn't really about finance or advice… it was mostly just about learning how the company's products worked and how to effectively sell them to consumers.

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Schedule for Week of March 3, 2024

Calculated Risk

House Financial Services Committee 2:00 PM: the Federal Reserve Beige Book , an informal review by the Federal Reserve Banks of current economic conditions in their Districts. -- Thursday, March 7th -- 8:30 AM: The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. Jobs openings increased in December to 9.03 million from 8.93

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FARE helps Black financial professionals thrive

Nationwide Financial

To advance actionable solutions and contribute to lasting change, Nationwide partnered in September 2020 with leading financial services organizations, associations and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs ) to form The Financial Alliance for Racial Equity℠, or FARE.

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Blog #213: Missed ourMay 2021 Virtual Symposium?

Robert B. Ritter Jr.

Did you miss our May 2021 Virtual Symposium? The post Blog #213: Missed our May 2021 Virtual Symposium? The post Blog #213: Missed our May 2021 Virtual Symposium? first appeared on Bob Ritter's Blog, ideas for financial service professionals. Don’t worry.

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