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#FASuccess Ep 419: Attracting Clients Who Want To Align Their Investments With Their Values With A Sustainable Investing Approach, With Peter Krull

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We also talk about why Pete views his investing style as a core holding in client portfolios (rather than a thematic addition) in part because he still seeks to at least roughly track the sector composition of broader market indices with investments that meet his sustainability criteria, why Pete uses a combination of individual stocks, ETFs, and mutual (..)

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Inspired Discovery: Asking Vision Questions To Focus On Clients’ “Ideal Self”

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It's natural for advisors to begin discovery meetings by asking questions about a client's current financial situation – understanding cash flow, debt, investments, risk tolerance, or even the burning tax concern that brought them to the advisor's door in the first place is crucial for financial planning.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (June 2023)

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This month's edition kicks off with the news that Riskalyze has completed its previously-announced rebranding, and will now be known as “Nitrogen”, a ”growth platform” for advisory firms – which represents less of a shift in the platform’s core function (given that Riskalyze’s risk tolerance tool was always (..)

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5 Questions Using Risk Assessment Data That Help Advisors Understand Clients’ True Concerns About Risk

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Over the years, 2 types of measurement tools have emerged as the standards for assessing risk tolerance: 1) psychometric tests, which feature a series of questions (such as, "What amount of risk do you feel you have taken with past financial decisions?")

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When Are Advisors (Financially) Liable For Negligent Investment Advice? (And Who Pays For It)

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Which means that when an advisor recommends a certain investment strategy for a client, their standards of care should dictate that they first make sure that the strategy is within the client's tolerance for risk.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (June 2024)

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This month's edition kicks off with the news that 'startup' custodian Altruist has completed a $169 million fundraising round as it continues to rebuild the RIA custodial tech stack layer-by-layer while positioning itself as the biggest RIA custodian built from scratch and solely for advisors – which, while making it the clear #3 custodian behind (..)

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Accelerating Firm Growth With A Niche: How I Built A $48M AUM Advisory Firm In 3 Years

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He also built redundancies into his planning process (e.g., using two different risk tolerance assessments), which resonated with his target clients accustomed to built-in redundancies as a key part of operating nuclear power plants.