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AI-Generated Financial Advice And The Fiduciary Catch-22

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Financial advisors have a fiduciary obligation to act in their clients' best interests, and at the same time are prohibited by state and SEC rules from making misleading statements or omissions about their advisory business.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 152: Advisory Fee Confidence And Building The Happy-Client Stoke File

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How much to charge for financial advice is rarely a decision made lightly. This fee confidence gap has large ramifications in the long term, as firms with higher revenues can reinvest in growth – with hiring, marketing, and process improvements – that enhance their value proposition and attracts more prospective clients.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 143: Taking Over Clients From An Advisor With A Different Personality And Communication Style

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About a decade or so ago, one of the most pressing issues facing the financial advice industry was the threat of an imminent deluge of advisor retirements coupled with a paucity of succession plans to transition clients to the next generation.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 154: The Limits Where Technology Can’t Scale Financial Planning Advice

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Just a few decades ago, giving financial advice was largely a manual process – printing lengthy financial plans, processing physical checks, and managing paper files. Many client concerns are deeply personal, requiring empathy, trust, and a nuanced understanding of complex emotional and financial situations.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 134: Helping Clients Who Can’t Ever Get To ‘Enough’ (And When They Don’t Really Want To)

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For many financial advicers, helping long-time clients identify and progress toward their goals eventually transitions into conversations around the best ways to enjoy the fruits of their labor once they reach them. And by ensuring that their clients are equipped with (and know how to follow!) Read More.

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Serving Pro Bono Clients As A Busy Advisor: How Advisers Give Back Makes Volunteering Easy

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Working as a financial advisor can be both financially rewarding and emotionally satisfying. By helping clients develop financial goals, creating a financial plan, and supporting the implementation and monitoring of the plan, advisors help clients live their best lives.

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The 5 Dysfunctions Of Client/Advisor Relationships: How Advisors Can (Re-)Build Trust And Spur Clients Into Action

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In the modern era of financial advice, the advicer/client relationship is tightly centered on trust. Then, because the client isn't "bought in" to the recommendations, they simply don't act on what the advisor recommends.

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