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#FASuccess Ep 416: Avoiding The Compliance Headaches When Going RIA By Choosing A ‘Supported Independence’ Corporate RIA Platform, With Fran Toler

Nerd's Eye View

Fran is the CEO of Toler Financial Group, an RIA based in Silver Spring, Maryland, that oversees nearly $200 million in assets under management for 280 client households.

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Five Tips to Speed Up Compliance

Wealth Management

Somethings got to give for compliance teams to effectively manage their snowballing workload and spiraling costs.

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A Recordkeeping Checklist For Financial Planning Services: Proactive Documentation Of Service Delivery To Reduce Regulatory Scrutiny

Nerd's Eye View

Maintaining adequate books and records is a cornerstone of compliance for all investment advisers. For financial planning services, a similar approach to documentation can be applied to support regulatory compliance from the start of client engagement through all the steps that follow.

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Financial Services Needs Compliance Aggregators

Wealth Management

Compliance has not kept up with the current the dynamic regulatory environment and its multitude of requirements.

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The CPA Firm Growth Strategy: From Compliance to Consulting

Speaker: Rita Keller - President of Keller Advisors, LLC

Profession leaders are urging you to diversify your financial skills and distance yourself from compliance work. You're known as the “go-to” person when a client is faced with tax and financial decisions. You have a very successful firm -- but that’s not enough. For some, the transition will be easy.

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Compliance Calendar For A Solo RIA: Staying On Top Of Compliance Tasks While Serving Clients

Nerd's Eye View

One of the most intimidating aspects of launching a solo advisory firm is the question of how to manage compliance. Creating a compliance calendar for a solo RIA can help to systematize and manage compliance tasks, requirements and deadlines. Read More.

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Smarsh Building AI Intelligent Agent for Compliance

Wealth Management

Once complete and available, the Intelligent Agent should help relieve the burden of manual communications review on compliance officers.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Is The Key To Better Spend Management

Speaker: Claire Grosjean

. 🤖 Automation vs. Human Oversight: Why people remain a key part of spend management, and how to strike the right balance between AI-driven analytics and human financial expertise. ✅ Compliance and Risk Considerations: Navigating data-driven finance while staying audit-ready.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets.

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How to Evaluate Business Lending Software for Your Bank

Learn the seven must-have features that you can press vendors to showcase, and discover the secrets to accelerate your time to market while maintaining compliance controls and risk management standards.