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

Nerd's Eye View

has increasingly made financial services products available directly to consumers, financial advisors have focused more and more on the business of financial advice itself.

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Announcing Expanded IAR CE And Price Updates And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

Combined with the continued availability of CE credit for CFP certification, CPA and EA licenses, and various Investment & Wealth Institute (IWI) and American College designations, Kitces Premier Members have a wide variety of opportunities to fulfill their CE requirements.

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Rebuilding The Kitces Members Section And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

Nerd's Eye View

Building on the back of our popular Advisor Technology Map and Directory, in 2025, we'll also be developing a new Advisor Services Map to make it easier to find whatever consultants, coaches, outsourcing partners, or other solutions advicers may be seeking (and like our AdvisorTech Map, will be openly available to the entire advicer community).

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Announcing IAR CE From Kitces And The Mid-Year State Of The Blog

Nerd's Eye View

Along with, in partnership with our Consulting Consortium partner Craig Iskowitz of the Ezra Group, a new “Integration Score” to make it easier for advisors to understand how well various AdvisorTech tools actually integrate with other software solutions!

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#FA Success Ep 309: Leveraging Structured Notes To Differentiate A Highly-Leveraged $300M Solo Practice, With Anh Tran

Nerd's Eye View

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, even though it is admittedly more time consuming for her firm, Anh conducts extensive due diligence and analysis to integrate structured notes into her client portfolios and ladders them on a rolling quarterly basis so that clients can continuously reinvest at then-current rates and features, why Anh decided (..)

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CFP Board’s Crypto Guidelines Offer a Word of Caution

eMoney Advisor

A recent announcement regarding cryptocurrency from the CFP Board provided advice on crypto-related investments stating CFPs® are neither required nor prohibited from providing advice related to cryptocurrency, but “should do so with caution.” The CFP Board stated the risks as follows in its communication.

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How to Find a Fiduciary Financial Advisor

Darrow Wealth Management

In 2019, the CFP board announced CFP® professionals must adhere to a fiduciary duty when providing investment advice. It’s important to note that the CFP Board’s fiduciary standard is business-model neutral as described below. You can search for CFP® professionals here.