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.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 12, 2024

Financial advisors, as professionals whose clients rely on their advice to make financial decisions, are legally and financially responsible for the advice that they give. Because ultimately, it's better to be surrounded by others who take care in advising their clients than to be the only one doing so! Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 3, 2024

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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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 5, 2023

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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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 2, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that a recent study found that advisory forms working with a younger client base tend to have relatively stronger growth in assets under management and revenue over time.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 3, 2024

As a result, advicers have more options than ever to add value for their clients by tailoring investment portfolios that are specific to their unique needs, goals, and risk tolerance. size, industry, location) of early mutual funds.

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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.

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Advisor Perspectives

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Determining your client’s risk tolerance is a critical first step in constructing a tailored investment portfolio.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But despite recognizing the impact of investment variability and sequence of return risk on a financial plan, advisors have generally ignored the same historical trends for inflation in their clients' financial plans. Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But despite recognizing the impact of investment variability and sequence of return risk on a financial plan, advisors have generally ignored the same historical trends for inflation in their clients' financial plans. Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 29, 2023

One of the key decisions is determining the type of clients they want to serve. Some advisors may choose to take a generalist approach that leaves the door open to working with the broadest possible pool of prospective clients. When a financial advisor starts their own firm, they face many important choices.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 26, 2022

thinkadvisor.com) Why the hard sell will ultimately backfire when it comes to client acquisition. mikemelissinos.substack.com) On the difference between risk tolerance and risk perception. (investmentnews.com) Why you need to look at your own data to find growth.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Riskalyze signals an intent to rebrand itself away from ‘just’ risk tolerance assessments to a broader focus on helping advisors grow clients and assets. Hearsay Systems rolls out a new small-to-mid-sized RIA platform for social media compliance and website design.

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BlueMind

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Category: Clients Risk. When it comes to their investment portfolios many tend to have a low-risk tolerance and with the unsettling economic situation with the ongoing pandemic, the word “risk” has become even more of a fearsome word for clients. Make further inquiries by proposing various scenarios.

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Advisor Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A client recently refused to complete my risk tolerance questionnaire. After looking through our instrument, with its fairly standard hypotheticals about market movements and portfolio returns, they said, “That’s not how I think about risk.”

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Steve Sanduski

DECEMBER 11, 2024

01 What Triggers the Need to Transition Clients to a New Advisor? Transitioning clients between advisors within a financial firm can be a challenging and emotionally charged process. Eventually, Erin realized that in order to grow further and ensure the highest quality of service, he needed to transition his clients to other advisors.

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Inside Information

JUNE 25, 2024

For more years than I’d care to name, I’ve been trying to put my finger on exactly why I have a such a huge problem with the traditional (Think: Riskalyze, now Nitrogen) risk tolerance assessments in the financial planning profession. But in the preamble to the white paper, nebo’s authors directly address the thing I had been missing.

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Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When advisors address risk head-on with real world scenarios, it highlights the value of the relationship, encourages conversations that support long-term investing and helps align client goals with their risk tolerances.

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BlueMind

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Category: Clients Risk. Determining the risk profile is essential so that you may construct a feasible financial strategy for your client’s goals. However, it should be well understood that a client’s financial profile includes their risk tolerance and their risk capacity.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

While effective in some scenarios, such as when the client is ready to purchase or is a close relative or a friend, it may not be suited for more complex financial advising. They involve complicated products, long-term implications and a deep understanding of individual risk tolerance.

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Nationwide Financial

JANUARY 25, 2023

The start of a new year presents opportunities for clients to make positive changes for their financial futures. Clients should not get discouraged by their portfolio’s past performance. Here are some key points to use with clients as you help them assess their retirement plans.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

APRIL 25, 2024

Many people — especially those who are quality clients — are willing to pay more for a trusted financial advisor they can build an enduring relationship with. Why should clients feel comfortable paying for financial advice? The advisor and client work together to identify goals and work toward them.

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Tobias Financial

MARCH 16, 2025

This is a representation of a general case scenario, however individual client timeline and experience may vary due to ones unique circumstances. All expressions of opinion reflect the judgment of the authors as of the date of publication and are subject to change.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 19, 2024

Founding owners of financial advisory firms often spend much of their time focusing on the short-term aspects of running their business, from providing high-quality client service to pursuing client growth. metrics like revenue, profit, impact, clients, or team size), and a timeline for when the goals should be achieved.

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XY Planning Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

October ended with the S&P 500, Russell 3000, MSCI World Ex USA, MSCI Emerging Markets, and DJ Global Select REIT in the negative for 1-month and 3-month periods, so some clients will certainly be ready for us to answer the question, “What is it this time?”

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

SALISBURY: At the simplest level we manage money for our clients. Three main client segments. Institutional clients, our own private wealth clients, and then third-party wealth clients where we manage money on behalf of other wealth managers distribution partners. SALISBURY: Look, every client is different.

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Carson Wealth

MARCH 7, 2024

By Jake Anderson, CFP ® , Wealth Planner When helping clients begin retirement planning, the same questions often arise: What should my retirement plan look like? Your lifestyle, goals, family situation, and risk tolerance will give a unique signature to your retirement plan. How much should I be saving?

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Yet, is the best way to close sales to overexplain or list details clients are not interested in or don’t understand? Instead, try these strategies to help you turn prospects into clients: Strategy 1: Walk them through the process. The prospect needs to know how the features of the product (the benefits) will make their life better.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Brian Portnoy is founder and CEO of Shaping Wealth , which helps advisors and their clients to achieve “funded contentment,” and operates as an outsourced Chief Behavioral Officer. In this edition of At the Money, I sit down with Brian Portnoy to explore these questions.

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Nationwide Financial

MARCH 1, 2023

As a financial professional, keeping your clients on track toward their goals is a key mandate, especially in times of recession or market upheaval. When a rough economic patch appears on the horizon, your clients seek your guidance to help them check their emotions and stick to a strategy to help them manage market risk.

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Brown Advisory

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Given an institution’s long-term return objectives and risk tolerance, the Investment Committee (IC) should partner with its investment advisor to define an asset allocation approach that creates the greatest likelihood of achieving its financial goals. A MULTISTEP CLIENT-CENTRIC PROCESS. RISK AND RETURN.

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Nationwide Financial

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this article, we’ll explore what constitutes a bear market (as well as its counterpoint, the bull market), review the history of bear markets, and discuss how you can help your clients navigate a bear market, so they make informed financial decisions. What do “bear” and “bull” mean in the stock market? Conclusion.

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SEI

MARCH 19, 2025

A sophisticated OCIO can adapt their approach to reflect each clients unique risk tolerance and long-term objectives. Read more about selecting on OCIO.

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Don Connelly & Associates

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

A critical aspect of advising clients is to ascertain their financial goals correctly. If you or your clients don't genuinely understand the goal, your advice could be dangerously off base, and you could lose your client's confidence.

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Advisor Perspectives

JANUARY 27, 2024

While it’s not perfect, it has served clients well, broadly speaking. Registered investment advisors have long leaned on the 60% equities/40% fixed income portfolio structure.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 26, 2024

Why don’t clients listen? Clients can be so stubborn! From a subscriber : “I have this one stubborn client who never does anything I say. You say: “I would only be comfortable with you getting double digit returns if you had a risk tolerance that equated to a standard deviation of 10% or higher.”

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MainStreet Financial Planning

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Here is what makes us different: Hourly, Fee-Only Service: We operate on an hourly or, flat, fee-only basis, ensuring transparency and alignment of interests with our clients. Importantly, we do not accept sales commissions or any compensation beyond what is directly agreed upon with our clients.

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