Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Consumers have a wide range of options when it comes to choosing a provider of financial advice, from larger wirehouses and asset managers to smaller Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs). This lets prospective clients know what to expect (and helps them understand the value they will be receiving in exchange for their fees!).

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MainStreet Financial Planning

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

During recent conversations, I’ve come across several people unfamiliar with the concept of fee-only financial planning, let alone considering it as a feasible choice. To shed light on this, I want to articulate the distinctive approach we use at MainStreet Financial Planning.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Here are five ways you can find a full-time fiduciary financial advisor. A fiduciary advisor is a financial professional who is legally obligated to act in the best interest of their clients. Benefits of working with an independent fiduciary advisor Independence is important when seeking financial advice.

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XY Planning Network

JULY 25, 2022

As the business of financial advice continues to evolve, so too do the service models and compensation structures that advisors offer. We’ve also witnessed over the years the evolution of fee structures, with “advice-only” now emerging as an increasingly viable advisor offering. 4 MIN READ.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Zack is the Director of Financial Planning and Participant Engagement of Greenspring Advisors, an RIA based in Towson, Maryland, that manages $2 billion of private wealth assets under management for 1,300 client households and advises on an additional $5 billion in retirement plan assets. Read More.

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XY Planning Network

JULY 15, 2024

Today’s financial advisor doesn’t have the time to independently vet each new technology that comes onto the scene. XYPN LIVE is the conference for fee-only financial advisors where finding your people, learning from the experts, and staying ahead of the advice tech solutions game is the agenda.

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 21, 2022

An RIA firm’s financial advisors must follow the fiduciary standard which is believed to be the highest standard of care in the industry. Fee-only advisor – This is an advisor that does not charge commissions and hence is believed to be more aligned with the client’s best interests.

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XY Planning Network

JULY 8, 2024

The rise of new tools, such as the Elements Financial Vitals System and AssetMap, aims to move from complex, comprehensive projections to more digestible summaries that facilitate great client conversations. Which financial planning software best meets your needs and resonates with your clients? Let's take a look!

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XY Planning Network

JULY 15, 2024

Today’s financial advisor doesn’t have the time to independently vet each new technology that comes onto the scene. XYPN LIVE is the conference for fee-only financial advisors where finding your people, learning from the experts, and staying ahead of the advice tech solutions game is the agenda.

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eMoney Advisor

MARCH 16, 2023

When I started Vincere Wealth as a fee-only practice, the vision was to become the go-to place for Millennials who need help with their money. I knew these clients were being overlooked. Tax and insurance advice was also somewhat constrained. However, sometimes it gets to be too much when it comes to financial topics.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Darrow Wealth Management is a financial fiduciary and fee-only registered investment advisor in Boston and Needham, MA. We specialize in financial planning for an IPO, acquisition, or sale of a private business.

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WiserAdvisor

AUGUST 18, 2023

Below are the different types of financial advisors you can choose from based on their fee model: 1. Fee-only financial advisors Average cost: $200 to $400 an hour/ $1,000 to $3,000 per plan/ 1.18% to 0.59% of AUM Fee-only financial advisors are professionals who do not receive commissions from selling financial products.

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Sara Grillo

JANUARY 8, 2024

While financial planning has become more popular, it’s still not center stage for most advisors. I’ve got Zack Hubbard , the director of financial planning and participant engagement at Greenspring Advisors, a fee only RIA. Serving 401(k) plans on a flat fee financial basis Sounds great – but is this scalable?

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Your Richest Life

JULY 17, 2024

Here are the top ten money lessons that I have learned after working with more than 150 clients over the past decade: Money lesson #1: You have more power than you think. When I meet with a new client, sometimes they think their goals are unreachable, or they feel stuck in a rut and can’t see a way out.

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Sara Grillo

JULY 10, 2023

He asked for help and found a support community Right now Thomas is a fee-only fiduciary financial advisor. He stumbled across a man named Russ Ford who was a fee-only flat fee advisor, and he liked the message. A lot of financial advisors are bent on doing it alone and you don’t have to.

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We talk about what the value of a financial advisor is going to be in the future, what the current sources of confusion to the public are, and what that all means for how financial advisors are going to be able to charge their clients for service. I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor.

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International College of Financial Planning

AUGUST 2, 2021

The primary role of a financial advisor is to help clients with their financial goals based on their unique requirements and challenges. The ultimate desire for most Financial Advisors in India is to chalk out their path and work with their own set of clients. Three Must-Have Traits for Financial Advisor.

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WiserAdvisor

AUGUST 3, 2023

The 1 percent fee structure refers to the annual advisory fee charged by a financial advisor, typically calculated as a percentage of the Assets Under Advisory (AUA). This fee structure is common in the financial advisory industry and varies based on the size of the client’s portfolio.

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Harness Wealth

MAY 25, 2023

The primary fee structures are: Fee-only : Advisors only receive payment from their clients for the services they provide, not receiving any commissions or other incentives from product providers. Fee-based : This structure is a blend of fees and commissions. Financial Advisor FAQs 1.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 14, 2023

I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Why is the fiduciary standard important in financial advice? The fiduciary standard is important because it defined parameters for behaviors impacting the way that financial advisors treat their clients. Commissions are opaque.

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International College of Financial Planning

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

When choosing this, look for a planner with an active license, one who is accredited by a board or association, and one who has experience of working with clients of your profile. After all, if a client feels that a financial planner understands him, then he remains loyal to him.

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Inside Information

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The leading tip of the spear was the first fee-only financial planners, who publicly and even defiantly sat on the same side of the table with their clients. The whole idea of turning financial customers into clients was invented in the fee-only financial planning world.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It is not personal legal/tax/financial advice or an exhaustive discussion of the exclusion. In more than one instance, we flagged shares for a clients. Darrow Wealth Management is a financial fiduciary and fee-only registered investment advisor. It’s not always too good to be true!

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Sara Grillo

MAY 24, 2024

But before we get to the blog… Look, there are alot of schmucks out there hawking crap products disguised as financial advice. Please subscribe to my newsletter to receive updates that raise awareness of consumer financial issues. Get a total picture of all the fees involved, not just the advisor’s fee itself. #2

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Sara Grillo

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the move to transparency in financial planning takes hold, regulations are changing in Colorado and other states. Here’s the triumph of virtue that financial planning transparency will (FINALLY) bring to planners across the country and the benefits to clients that come along with it. Client advocacy.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 25, 2022

Guess what – you only need 50-70 good clients to make a business out of. It sounds kind of absurd but he’s now like 38 years old, he manages $120MM and 90% of his clients are bass fishermen. What research did you do, and what were the signs that it would be a good target market for a financial advisor? He’s “the person.”

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Inside Information

OCTOBER 29, 2023

I said that brokers and sales agents are essentially predators, wolves in sheep’s clothing, where the sheep are fiduciary advisors, and the clothing is, well, you know what it is: ‘fee-based’ and ‘best interest’ (instead of fee-only and fiduciary). If we can’t, we’ll tell you, and help you find someone who can.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 25, 2023

My first job out of law school was at a mid-sized law firm out of Princeton, New Jersey, and I would have clients who wouldn’t call when an issue arose. For most of the clients that come to us for startup work, right? They’re not losing clients. RITHOLTZ: They’re afraid of getting billed. RITHOLTZ: Right?

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Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. Grillo jumps in, hypothesizing that there is not enough of a match between the skills required to sell an annuity and what it takes in reality in terms of understanding if the product truly matches up with what the client needs.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

This interview with Cody Garrett, CFP, of Measure Twice Financial was mind-blowing. It’s so clear to me what the future of financial advice is – what it should be – and what it will be. Financial planning is offered as a stand-alone product; it is the only thing that an advice-only financial planner does.

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 16, 2023

Do you need a financial advisor if you don’t have a lot of money? What types of financial advisors should you avoid? Article related to financial advice Do you need a financial advisor? So, financial advisors do help un-muddy the waters for you. When should you get a financial advisor?

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Clever Girl Finance

JULY 16, 2023

Do you need a financial advisor if you don’t have a lot of money? What types of financial advisors should you avoid? Article related to financial advice Do you need a financial advisor? So, financial advisors do help un-muddy the waters for you. When should you get a financial advisor?

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Sara Grillo

MAY 8, 2023

Listen to this if you are a financial advisors or consumer who wants to see through the crap and make better decisions about whether IUL is good for you (or your client) or NOT. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. The issues lie in how IUL policies are shown to clients, in the illustrations.

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Inside Information

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This first petition also touches on dually-registered individuals, recommending that, if they hold themselves out as advisors, they be required to disclose precisely when their work as an advisor ends and their efforts to effect a sale begins—something that is far from clear in current client engagements.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 11, 2022

We’re going to talk about how he provides high value as an hourly financial advisor by saving investors from the “Humpty Dumpty portfolio” and the lessons other advisors can learn about serving clients with simplicity, transparency, and integrity, whether they choose to adopt the hourly fee model or not.

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Walkner Condon Financial Advisors

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

There are really only two key ingredients for this: Diversification across asset classes AND geographies Time in the market, NOT timing the market There are special tools at the disposal of your investment advisor, such as direct indexing strategies that utilize tax loss harvesting to defray some tax costs of gaining more geographic diversification.

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Inside Information

OCTOBER 30, 2021

As I look across the investment advisory world, I don’t see much evidence of individuals remembering that fiduciary is a core differentiator in financial advice. If you don’t want to engage in this fight for yourselves,” Rostad adds, “then do it for your clients and consumers.

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