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Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Welcome to the November 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!
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Wealth Management
AUGUST 31, 2023
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Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 20, 2025
There is no shortage of written content available for financial advisors to enhance their technical skills, grow in their careers, and run more successful planning practices, from books to research studies to long-form written content.
Wealth Management
JANUARY 8, 2024
Is ESG investing sustainable? Speakers at Heckerling discuss ESG investing within the lens of estate planning.
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Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
morningstar.com) Barry Ritholtz talks shareholder yield with Meb Faber of Cambria Investments. podcasts.apple.com) Taxes A year-end tax planning checklist. marknewfield.substack.com) How to look for holes in your financial plan. contessacapitaladvisors.com) Four steps to an estate plan.
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Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 3, 2025
This month's edition kicks off with the news that Morningstar Office will be shutting down in early 2026 as a part of Morningstar's ongoing effort to refocus on its core investment data and analytics business – forcing advisors currently using the tool to switch (which might be a net positive for many of those advisors who have long complained (..)
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Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 18, 2025
Which, according to Kitces Research on Advisor Productivity, can lead to higher productivity for advisor teams (but can require an investment in staffing and higher-end planning services to meet their complex planning needs).
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 15, 2023
Recently launched Alpaca Real Estate plans to take advantage of the dislocation in capital markets to invest in sectors with strong operating fundamentals and drive alpha through “innovative operating platforms.”
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Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
A common service model for many financial advisory firms is to schedule annual client meetings throughout the year where the advisor meets with each client in the month they started working with the firm, and conducts a comprehensive review of all planning topics for the client. Read More.
Carson Wealth
MAY 23, 2024
One of the most important decisions you’ll make when designing your estate plan is who to name in the various fiduciary roles: trustee, personal representative, executor and agent. The post Choosing the Right Trustee for Your Estate Plan appeared first on Carson Wealth.
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Integrity Financial Planning
AUGUST 28, 2022
Understand the basics first, and then create an estate plan. Wills and trusts are both important estate planning tools with important differences. Communication is crucial when preparing heirs to inherit wealth, and this includes discussing what they plan to do with the money. A Will vs. a Trust.
Wealth Management
JANUARY 8, 2025
The roughly 25 specialists will help Merrill financial advisors and their clients navigate financial needs including loans, estate planning and investment management.
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Abnormal Returns
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
(morningstar.com) Early in retirement is the time to do some tax planning. nextavenue.org) Estate planning Mistakes to avoid in your estate planning. theretirementmanifesto.com) If you have a valuable collection you need a plan for its eventual disposition.
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Abnormal Returns
JUNE 5, 2024
(ritholtz.com) Dan Haylett talks with Stephanie McCullough, founder of Sophia Financial, about the challenges facing women planning for retirement. creativeplanning.com) Investing Why index fund investing is so counterintuitive. beyond-wealth.com) How estate planning for blended families can go wrong.
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Abnormal Returns
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Zack is the Director of Financial Planning and Participant Engagement of Greenspring Advisors. kitces.com) Advisortech Is Vanguard really going to invest enough in technology to level up? wealthmanagement.com) The most recent news in the advisortech space including 'Blackrock's investment in GeoWealth.'
Wealth Management
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Private Client Solutions will help advisors access areas of expertise beyond investment management, including tax and estate planning and acquisition strategies.
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Dear Mr. Market
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Because when it comes to financial planning, you’re ready to write it downand studies show that writing down your goals makes you 42% more likely to achieve them. Heres your top 10 financial planning checklist for the new year. Review Investment Allocations Markets evolve, and so should your portfolio. But not this year.
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Abnormal Returns
JULY 5, 2023
open.spotify.com) Estate planning How to create a digital estate plan in three steps. noahpinion.blog) Investing Conor, "Employing a boring strategy is easier said than done." (noahpinion.blog) Investing Conor, "Employing a boring strategy is easier said than done." kindnessfp.com) Trusts, 101.
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Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Taxes are a central component of financial planning. Almost every financial planning issue – whether it is retirement, investments, cash flow, insurance, or estate planning – has tax considerations, and advisors provide a great deal of value in helping clients minimize their overall tax burden.
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Abnormal Returns
DECEMBER 4, 2024
docs.google.com) Peter Lazaroff talks retirement investing with PIMCO’s David Braun. thecollegefinanciallady.com) Personal finance Six questions to ask about foreign investing. humbledollar.com) Lessons learned from Warren Buffett's approach to estate planning. tonyisola.com) How to get more money into a 529 account.
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Abnormal Returns
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Podcasts Josh and Michael talk with Peter Mallouk, founder and CEO of Creative Planning. podcasts.apple.com) Thomas Kopelman and Jacob Turner talks estate planning for business owners. wealthmanagement.com) Why GV invested in Wealth.com. riabiz.com) Advisortech How eMoney and Flourish are working together.
Abnormal Returns
MARCH 4, 2024
investmentnews.com) Investing Buffer ETFs are not a set-it-and-forget-it strategy. riabiz.com) Estate planning is growing in importance for advisers. kitces.com) People undergoing divorce need a range of financial planning services. (advisorperspectives.com) Practice management Why RIAs need to focus on organic growth.
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Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 7, 2023
This month's edition kicks off with the news that estate planning platform Wealth.com has launched Ester, an AI-driven 'legal assistant' that uses machine learning to help advisors quickly review and extract the key information from clients' estate planning documents, as it joins FP Alpha in the competition to become 'Holistiplan for estate planning (..)
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Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Welcome to the October 2024 issue of the Latest News in Financial #AdvisorTech – where we look at the big news, announcements, and underlying trends and developments that are emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisors!
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Abnormal Returns
JUNE 12, 2024
humbledollar.com) Private equity investments is gaining traction with the HNW crowd. Why you need to plan for it. theretirementmanifesto.com) A problem with Medicare Advantage plans. substack.com) Estate planning for blended families is tricky. awealthofcommonsense.com) Why asset allocation matters. moneytalks101.substack.com)
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Abnormal Returns
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
humbledollar.com) Investing How the introduction of the IRA changed how Americans invest. awealthofcommonsense.com) What you need to understand about employee stock purchase plans. marketwatch.com) Why your estate plan should include this letter. thomaskopelman.com) Five risks from a concentrated stock position.
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Abnormal Returns
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Podcasts Rick Ferri talks estate planning with Ryan Barrett and Mike Piper. investmentnews.com) 401(k) plans Auto-enrollment helps boost 401(k) participation rates, the most for men. wsj.com) Planning The ways that a financial planner can add value for a client are nearly limitless. Here are 101 action items.
Abnormal Returns
JULY 31, 2023
riaintel.com) Creative Planning has inked a custody deal with Goldman Sachs ($GS). investmentnews.com) Portfolio management How to evaluate a client's investment portfolio. morningstar.com) QLACs are coming to the 401(k) plan. theatlantic.com) 2022 saw a jump in investment fraud. financial-planning.com)
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 8, 2024
These changes all have the potential to change the industry by shifting the current focus on selling financial products (including financial plans themselves) to providing a more in-depth and personalized experience that helps anticipate future issues in a client's life and better help them identify the goals that will help them thrive.
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The Big Picture
MAY 29, 2024
In today’s ATM, we discuss the advantages of having a financial captain in charge of all of your financial affairs Full transcript below. ~~~ About this week’s guest: Peter Mallouk is CEO of Creative Planning, with over $300 billion in client assets. He’s the CEO of Creative Planning.
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Abnormal Returns
MAY 8, 2023
kitces.com) David Armstrong talks with Larry Swedroe of Buckingham Strategic Wealth about how he talks with advisers about investing topics. citywire.com) Dynasty Financial Partners has formed Dynasty Investment Bank to provide services related to mergers and acquisitions in wealth management. about building 'financial empathy.'
Harness Wealth
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Proactive year-end tax planning can lead to significant savings and set you up for financial success in the new year. Checklist: Year-end Tax Planning Strategies Review the following tax strategies with your tax advisor and/or financial advisor before the end of the year.
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Wealth Management
MARCH 15, 2023
The properties would be “strictly investment assets, acquired at market rates” and managed by an in-house team, according to a summary prepared for Thursday’s meeting of the university’s Board of Regents.
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Abnormal Returns
JULY 13, 2022
Everything You Should Have Been Taught About Investing In School, But Weren’t." peterlazaroff.com) Estate planning Why you need an estate plan. (standarddeviationspod.com) Peter Lazaroff talks with Brian Feroldi author of "Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?:
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Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 22, 2024
For example, an advisor may think of "risk management" in terms of life and property insurance coverage, whereas HNW clients may instead think of tax and estate-planning strategies as asset protection measures – particularly for the future wealth of their heirs.
Nerd's Eye View
JULY 3, 2023
This month's edition kicks off with the news that Pershing X has announced the launch of its long-awaited (and newly renamed) “Wove” advisor technology platform – which despite purporting to be an open-architecture, multi-custodian solution allowing advisors to smoothly integrate all the technology they choose to bring onto it, in (..)
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Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 31, 2023
In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Jon evolved his "high tech and high touch" mindset to serving clients by regularly iterating upon and updating his advisor tech stack while also elevating his long-time client service administrator into a more holistic client concierge (because the future isn't about tech or human service, it's tech and human (..)
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
What's unique about Anh, though, is how, as a solo advisor, she differentiates her firm by leveraging the combination of a high-touch concierge approach to client service with a unique investment management approach through the use of very carefully chosen structured notes to differentiate her portfolio design from other advisors.
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eMoney Advisor
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
And if they’re unprepared—or worse, if the family estate planning strategies are less than buttoned up—how will that affect your practice down the line? Your in-depth knowledge of family dynamics and the overall financial plan puts you in a unique position to help facilitate a family meeting.
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 21, 2024
million in assets to both retire and pass on a legacy interest (though many have yet to establish an estate plan), according to a recent survey. Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that affluent Americans believe they need an average of $5.5
Nerd's Eye View
OCTOBER 18, 2022
What's unique about Louis, though, is how he and his partner (in anticipation of a shift in the financial advisory industry to more automated client services nearly 10 years ago) developed a robo-advice technology prototype to help clients have their investments managed at a very low cost… which then struggled to gain traction with consumers, (..)
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Orion (re-)partners with Apex Clearing with an integrated financial-planning-and-digital-account-opening experience for younger clients with smaller accounts.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
2022 marks the 50 th anniversary of the enrollment of students into the first Certified Financial Planner (CFP) course, and in the years since then, financial planning (and the process of creating a financial plan) has changed extensively. What’s notable, however, is that the most ‘productive’ (i.e.,
Carson Wealth
JANUARY 8, 2025
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