Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Apollo, like its peers, continues to target high earners for higher-fee-paying assets and has set a goal of raising at least $150 billion for its global wealth business by 2029.

Assets 275

Assets Clients 275

Wealth Management

JUNE 28, 2024

Asset managers continue to launch investment products that resonate with advisors. But what assets work best in the space, and how to deploy them into client portfolios, remains up for debate.

Assets 299

Assets Investing Investments Portfolio 299

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

This week, we speak with Elizabeth Burton , managing director and client investment strategist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She advises institutional clients on investment strategies and portfolio objectives, working alongside global client advisers and product strategists across public and private markets.

Assets 307

Assets Management Asset Allocation Risk Management 307

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 11, 2024

is perhaps the most fundamental question a client brings to their advisor. Answering it well requires a range of assumptions – from estimating average investment returns to understanding correlations across asset classes. Beyond market variables, clients bring their own behaviors and preferences into play.

Retirement Planning 245

Retirement Planning Retirement Planning Marketing 245

Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Apollo, like its peers, continues to target high earners for higher-fee-paying assets and has set a goal of raising at least $150 billion for its global wealth business by 2029.

Assets 257

Assets Clients 257

Wealth Management

JULY 30, 2024

The milestone validates Captrust’s business model and growth of the registered investment advisor space.

Assets 273

Assets Clients Investment Advisor Investments 273

Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Apollo, like its peers, continues to target high earners for higher-fee-paying assets and has set a goal of raising at least $150 billion for its global wealth business by 2029.

Assets 245

Assets Clients 245

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This lack of specificity can result in regulatory deficiencies or scrutiny, even for firms providing substantial financial planning value to clients, if records fail to consistently demonstrate that fees are 'reasonable' in relation to the services provided. A client service calendar can be an excellent tool to illustrate these services.

Financial Planning 246

Financial Planning Planning Compliance Advertising 246

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 9, 2025

While financial advisors offer valuable services for their clients, it can sometimes be challenging to gauge how much clients actually value those services. On one hand, a client's willingness to pay an ongoing fee for financial advice suggests that they find the advisor's services worthwhile.

Financial Advice 228

Financial Advice Asset Allocation Clients Wealth Management 228

Wealth Management

MARCH 12, 2025

Edward Jones Generations will focus on clients with a minimum of $10 million in investable assets who require help with cash flow analysis, trust and estate demands and business owner planning, among other needs.

Clients 270

Clients Assets Planning Investments 270

Wealth Management

MAY 17, 2024

TD Bank is suing Raymond James and two former employees, claiming they broke non-solicitation vows when they left TD, attracting $22 million in assets.

Banking 279

Banking Assets Clients 279

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 21, 2025

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that a report from Cerulli Associates found that, amidst an industry-wide trend towards comprehensive financial planning and away from pure transaction-based investment management, asset-based fees currently represent 72.4%

Financial Planner 228

Financial Planner Commission Communication Clients 228

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Also in industry news this week: NASAA has proposed an amendment to its broker-dealer conduct model rule that would restrict the use of the terms “advisor” and “adviser” for broker-dealers and their registered representatives who are not also investment advisers or investment adviser representatives A recent study suggests that (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Asset Allocation Taxes Tax Planning 246

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 24, 2025

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that while overall financial advisor headcount remains relatively flat, the RIA channel continues to gain share in terms of both headcount (as brokers break away to start their own independent firms and aspiring advisors seek (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Asset Allocation Clients Commission 246

Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 2, 2024

podcasts.apple.com) The biz Fidelity's move to sweep client cash into FCASH, making more work for RIAs. riabiz.com) Morgan Stanley's ($MS) wealth management division apparently prioritized assets over vetting clients. riabiz.com) Why wealth managers need to do more to support client charitable giving. thinkadvisor.com)

Clients 124

Clients Wealth Management Financial Planner Financial Planning 124

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Sebastian is the President of Guerra Wealth Advisors, a hybrid advisory firm based in Miami, Florida, with nearly $15M of revenue and almost 60 team members, supporting over 1,700 client households.

Financial Planning 147

Financial Planning Clients Planning Wealth Advisor 147

Wealth Management

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the third quarter, the wirehouse doubled the number of net new clients with $10 million or more in assets from a year ago.

Clients 277

Clients Numbers Assets 277

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 30, 2024

We start with several articles on retirement planning: Why considering a client's retirement time horizon and spending flexibility could lead to more accurate (and often higher) safe withdrawal rates than the simpler "4% rule" Four unique risks retirees face when drawing down their assets, from sequence of returns risk to tax risk, and how financial (..)

Financial Advisor 240

Financial Advisor Insurance Tax Planning Taxes 240

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 21, 2025

Daniel is the CEO of WMGNA, a hybrid advisory firm based in Farmington, Connecticut, that oversees approximately $270 million in assets under management for 200 client households.

Taxes 208

Taxes Tax Planning Financial Advisor Compensation Planning 208

Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Also, GMO’s Nebo passes $1B in platform assets a year after launching, Finology Software’s website is now live and Focus Financial Partners is UPTIQ’s newest client.

Insurance Coverage 317

Insurance Coverage Clients Insurance Assets 317

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Which could prove to be a boon for the financial advice industry as more consumers are willing to entrust their assets to an advisor (while at the same time possibly making it tougher for some advisors to differentiate themselves primarily by how they put their clients' interests first?). Read More.

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Financial Advice Retirement Financial Advisor 246

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fran is the CEO of Toler Financial Group, an RIA based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that oversees nearly $200 million in assets under management for 280 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Fran Toler.

Compliance 245

Compliance Financial Advisor Financial Advice Clients 245

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Cristina is the CEO of Mana Financial Life Design, an RIA based in Los Angeles, California (but works virtually with clients nationwide), that oversees approximately $70 million in assets under management for 119 client households. Read More.

Financial Advisor 228

Financial Advisor Clients Financial Planning Planning 228

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 7, 2024

Traditionally, people tend to think of their estate as comprising one big 'pot' of assets, focusing on the sum of all the assets rather than on each individual asset itself.

Estate Planning 246

Estate Planning Taxes Assets Planning 246

Wealth Management

JUNE 27, 2024

Mariner is suing three advisors who recently left to join Savvy Wealth's RIA affiliate. In the suit, Mariner argues Savvy poaches books of business without “regard to contractual obligations.”

Assets 261

Assets Clients 261

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 28, 2024

Historically, advisors haven't had many avenues to manage clients' 401(k) plan accounts, since unlike traditional custodial investment accounts, advisors generally lack discretionary trading authority in employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Assets 245

Assets Management Compliance Retirement Planning 245

Wealth Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sitarski, alleging he accessed client information, violated contractual agreements and lured away clients with nearly $4 million in assets. The bank is seeking a temporary restraining order against Matthew D.

Clients 276

Clients Banking Assets 276

Wealth Management

MARCH 5, 2025

billion in client assets. Choreos lawsuit comes a day after Compound announced it had brought on members of the Des Moines, Iowa-based team that had overseen $1.2

Fiduciary Duty 230

Fiduciary Duty Clients Assets 230

Wealth Management

AUGUST 16, 2024

Neil Gilfedder, the firm’s CIO, talks about how the RIA has incorporated its co-founder’s risk-adjusted investment analysis and how it stays transparent with clients.

Engineering 290

Engineering Assets Clients Investments 290

Abnormal Returns

MARCH 10, 2025

kindnessfp.com) Why clients need to organize their digital assets for estate planning purposes. riabiz.com) This money manager's ETF business was built on entertaining clients. thinkadvisor.com) Why clients may feel like they can't have enough assets in retirement. abnormalreturns.com)

Estate Planning 162

Estate Planning Retirement Planning CFP Portfolio Management 162

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 12, 2025

Because when it comes time to rebalance the portfolio to its asset allocation targets – or to reallocate the portfolio to a new strategy – any trades made to implement those changes can generate capital gains, resulting in tax consequences for the investor.

Taxes 147

Taxes Portfolio Asset Allocation Assets 147

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Jennifer is the CEO of The Mather Group, an RIA based in Chicago, Illinois, that oversees $15 billion in combined assets under management and advisement for approximately 4,400 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Jennifer des Groseilliers. Read More.

Compensation Planning 147

Compensation Planning Clients Planning Wealth Advisor 147

Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The report suggests this might be due in part to increased RIA valuations and the assumption of some firm founders that next-generation employees won't be financially able to buy out the firm from them, though additional data indicates that many firms don't have career paths in place that could help next-generation advisors envision their path to firm (..)

Financial Planner 246

Financial Planner Insurance Coverage Insurance Valuation 246

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 18, 2024

Soliciting prospect referrals can often be an effective way for financial advisors to grow their firms with clients who are ready to act and who will benefit from the firm since many referrals come from sources that are familiar not just with the advisor and the services they offer, but also with the prospect being referred and the needs they seek.

Assets 246

Assets Media Professional Services Financial Advisor 246

Abnormal Returns

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

morningstar.com) The biz Creative Planning was able to retain some 60% of the United Capital assets. wealthmanagement.com) Do your clients have a digital estate plan? (downtownjoshbrown.com) How indexing has made for a better financial advice industry. riabiz.com) XY Planning Network is launching a new in-house RIA, XYPN Sapphire.

Clients 279

Clients Estate Planning Wealth Management Financial Advice 279

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 26, 2025

Recent swings have been driven by economic policy shifts, persistent inflation concerns, and geopolitical uncertainty – all of which may unnerve even the steadiest of clients. During turbulent periods like these, advisors play a critical role in helping clients maintain perspective and stay grounded.

Clients 219

Clients Marketing Marketing Economics 219

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For instance, after a lifetime of 'maximizing' their finances (likely seeing their net worth increase steadily over time), some clients might find it difficult to see their portfolio balances decline in retirement as they draw down their assets to support their lifestyles. market conditions or their own longevity). Read More.

Retirement 246

Retirement Clients Planning Food 246