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A 3-Step Sales Process To Clearly Demonstrate Financial Planning Value To Prospects

Nerd's Eye View

Over the past decade, a growing number of advisors have expanded into offering comprehensive financial planning services, reflecting a shift that not only helps them stand out from (increasingly commoditized) portfolio management offerings but also supports clients' broader financial goals.

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Morningstar Office To Shut Down And Push Advisors To Black Diamond (And More Of The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech – March 2025)

Nerd's Eye View

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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Adviser links: estate uncertainty

Abnormal Returns

citywire.com) The latest in advisor fintech news including saturation in the portfolio management tech space. riabiz.com) This money manager's ETF business was built on entertaining clients. wealthmanagement.com) The number of cash balance plans are on the rise. wsj.com) How to protect your parents from scammers.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 29–30)

Nerd's Eye View

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that younger "DIY" investors are more likely to be interested in working with a human advisor than their older counterparts, suggesting an opportunity for advisors to tap into this demographic (perhaps by setting minimum planning fees that ensure these clients can be served profitably today (..)

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Orion Acquires Summit Wealth Systems To Become Its Next-Generation All-In-One Portal (And More Of The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech – January 2025)

Nerd's Eye View

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Orion, the "all-in-one" advisor technology platform, has acquired Summit Wealth Systems (and its founder Reed Colley, who previously built performance reporting platform Black Diamond), a client portal and data hub for unifying key client information from multiple sources into a single client-friendly (..)

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MiB: Aswath Damodaran: Valuations, Narratives & Academia

The Big Picture

He tells his classes “ What makes for a good valuation is you’re either a disciplined storyteller or an imaginative number cruncher.” ” Damodaran wants the verbal half of the class to use the numbers intelligently, while the more mathematically inclined need to put those numbers into a narrative that is understandable.

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The Most Important Part of Portfolio Management

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The numbers are real but I don't know how realistic it is to think we can pick the best performing fund in a theme. The better takeaway is more along the lines of how risk is managed, maybe allocating a little to asymmetry to maybe dial down the volatility elsewhere in the portfolio or using alternatives to manage volatility and risk.