Integrated Recruits $1B Retirement Plan-Focused Firm
Wealth Management
JANUARY 15, 2025
RetirementDNA, a San Diego-headquartered advisory team with over $1 billion in assets under management, has joined Integrated Partners.
#FASuccess Ep 425: Implementing A Financial Planning Quality Control System To Improve Both Client Outcomes And Referrals, With Sebastian Guerra
Nerd's Eye View
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Sebastian is the President of Guerra Wealth Advisors, a hybrid advisory firm based in Miami, Florida, with nearly $15M of revenue and almost 60 team members, supporting over 1,700 client households.
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Compound Planning Adds 15 Advisors in First Weeks of 2024
Wealth Management
MARCH 7, 2024
Created last year, the self-described digital family office has dramatically overshot recruitment goals with spate of Empower expats.
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Citi Targets $1M-Plus Producers with New Recruiting Offer
Wealth Management
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Citigold plans to hire 150 advisors over the next two years to fill out bank branches in six affluent markets.
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How to Make the Hybrid Model Work for Your Team
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Research has shown that when executed correctly, hybrid working models can allow companies to recruit better talent, achieve innovation, and build a flexible, productive future. How Globalization Partners’ technology can enable a hybrid game plan. Download the eBook to learn more about: What the hybrid model of work is.
Outsourcing (Parts Of) The Financial Plan Preparation Process To Boost Solo Advisor Capacity
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
annual plan reviews) to their current clients, they will continue to prospect and onboard new clients as well. a client service associate to handle various administrative and client communication tasks, or a paraplanner or associate advisor to work on more planning-centric issues such as building out drafts of financial plans).
Compound Planning Reels in Four Advisors, Bringing AUM to Over $2.5B
Wealth Management
JANUARY 23, 2025
The self-described digital family office has also beefed up its leadership team with new roles in engineering, trading, product and finance, after recruiting 30 advisors in 2024.
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#FASuccess Ep 427: Finding The Director Of Operations That Can Rebuild Your Team To Get To The Next Level, With Sten Morgan
Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 4, 2025
Sten is the owner of Legacy Investment Planning, a hybrid advisory firm based in Franklin, Tennessee, that oversees $220 million in assets under management for 90 client households. Welcome everyone! Welcome to the 427th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Sten Morgan.
#FASuccess Ep 430: Navigating The Fast-Growth Hiring Challenges Of Scaling From Scratch To $5M Of Revenue In Just 7 Years, With AJ Ayers
Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 25, 2025
In this episode, we talk in-depth about how AJ and her firm have navigated periods of rapid client headcount growth (with the firm averaging 14 new clients per month in 2021 while having just three planners on staff at the time), how AJ decided to hire rapidly to meet this brisk new client demand (by leveraging LinkedIn's Recruiter platform to actively (..)
CFP Board’s Fee Increase For Workforce Development: More Advisors Or Just More Sales Churn?
Nerd's Eye View
JULY 18, 2022
To meet this challenge, CFP Board’s Center For Financial Planning has engaged in fundraising for several years to fuel campaigns that have focused on building the advisor workforce of the future.
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Adviser links: a reliable support system
Abnormal Returns
MARCH 4, 2024
fa-mag.com) Headcount RIAs need to do a better job of recruitment AND retention. riabiz.com) Estate planning is growing in importance for advisers. kitces.com) People undergoing divorce need a range of financial planning services. (am.jpmorgan.com) How longevity literacy affect financial wellness in retirement.
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Adviser links: humble projections
Abnormal Returns
JULY 10, 2023
mebfaber.com) Ashby Daniels talks with Hannah Moore about "doing" financial planning. wiredplanning.com) Laurence Kotklikoff talks with David Blanchett about problems with conventional financial planning tools. investmentnews.com) Recruiting Why aren't more women becoming advisers?
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Adviser links: referral-worthy advice
Abnormal Returns
JULY 3, 2023
kitces.com) Estate planning Four things to consider in anticipation of 2026. financial-planning.com) Wealth.com's Ester will help you read estate planning documents. riabiz.com) Why advisers need to step up their recruitment game. riaintel.com) Why you should flip your plan presentation meetings on their head.
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Hiring Next-Gen Associate Advisors: A Guide To Recruiting, Training, And Retaining For Your RIA
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
And as the associate gains experience and trust among existing clients, they can gradually take over some of the lead roles themselves, to be supported by new associate advisors of their own – thus allowing the firm to transition its clients from the founder to the next generation of advisors.
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 10-11)
Nerd's Eye View
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that retirement plan sponsors currently using financial advisors to support their plan are overwhelmingly satisfied with the service they receive, which also leads to improved retirement savings for their employees.
#FA Success Ep 298: Navigating The Evolution From Broker-Dealer To RIA Platform Leadership, With Carolyn Armitage
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Vest and Financial Network to improve upon or outright establish new advisory platforms within their existing brokerage businesses, and how in three short years, Carolyn built a new training and development platform for LPL’s largest advisors – helping them recruit and retain advisors, create better compensation packages, and even build (..)
#FA Success Ep 333: Scaling A Small-Business-Owner Boutique To A $31M Retainer-Based Valuation, With Jim Dew
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 16, 2023
Jim is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dew Wealth Management, an independent RIA based in Scottsdale, AZ, that provides virtual-family-office-style financial planning on a monthly retainer basis for 150 small-business owner entrepreneurs. My guest on today's podcast is Jim Dew.
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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (July 1-2)
Nerd's Eye View
JUNE 30, 2023
Also in industry news this week: Concerned about the (insufficient) frequency of its examinations of RIAs, an SEC committee has recommended that the regulator allow third parties to conduct these examinations and to request Congressional authorization to charge investment advisers under its purview a ‘user fee’ that would provide steady (..)
Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (April 13-14)
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 12, 2024
Also in industry news this week: A recent study indicates that advisors charging clients on a monthly subscription basis hiked their fees by an average of 6% in 2023, raising the salience of how advisors can most effectively communicate fee increases to clients A survey suggests that while financial advisors are increasingly aware of Artificial Intelligence (..)
Of Myths and Moving 2024
Diamond Consultants
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Whats the reality when it comes to recruiting and transitions? One factor working in favor of higher deals: For the first time in recent memory, all four wirehouses are back in the competitive recruiting battle. Competitive recruiting is coming to an end at the big firms. An annual perspective for advisors. Its simply outdated.
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#FA Success Ep 318: From So Many Clients To So Few: Transitioning From Retail Brokerage To The Multi-Family Office, With Ali Swart
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 31, 2023
In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Ali and her firm serve their ultra-high-net-worth families with client relationship teams of wealth planning, investing, and client service, to delve into the full depth of their financial complexities while delivering a ‘white glove’ service, how Waldron instituted an in-depth upfront financial (..)
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Adviser links: setting expectations
Abnormal Returns
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Podcasts Jeff Ptak and Christine Benz talk with Feraud Calixte who is the founder and lead financial planner of Vantage Pointe Planning. riabiz.com) CI Financial ($CIXX) is planning to spin-off its U.S. wsj.com) Advisers How to recruit, train and retain next generation advisers. unit debt-free in 2023.
Why should you stay where you are?
Diamond Consultants
JANUARY 21, 2025
Advisors regularly get calls from recruiters, consultants, branch managers, complex directors, business development officersthe list goes on and on. Yet there are certain realities that every advisor needs to be aware of (and as a recruiter, I know them very well!): Stay because you have the ability to serve clients without limitation.
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The Reboot and Rebrand of Advisor Today
NAIFA Advisor Today
JANUARY 28, 2025
As a Retirement Income Certified Professional and a Life and Annuities Certified Professional, John advises clients on retirement planning, investment planning, and risk management. He is an experienced association professional with a demonstrated history of working in the staffing and recruiting industry.
#FASuccess Ep 403: Carving Your Path As An Investment Nerd By Building A Fractional CIO Solution For Other Advisory Firms, With Eric Stein
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
We also talk about Eric's own unique career journey, which started in commercial banking with stops along the way that included a variety of roles at Goldman Sachs Asset Management and working as an internal full-time Chief Investment Officer for a large national RIA before starting his current fractional CIO role, how Eric has leveraged recruiters (..)
FCOO – Managing Hiring/Recruiting
Leading Advisor
AUGUST 26, 2024
My Role as an FCOO (Fractional Chief Operating Officer) is to listen to my clients, work with them to create a vision and plan, and… The post FCOO – Managing Hiring/Recruiting appeared first on Leading Advisor - Simon Reilly.
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The Succession Conundrum: How Advisors Can Balance Legacy and Liquidity
Diamond Consultants
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Examples include Creative Planning, Mariner Wealth Advisors, and Beacon Pointe. The Pros: The combination of the recruiting deal (offered as an incentive to change firms) and the new firms retire-in-place deal is highly lucrative.
#FASuccess Ep 397: Powering Growth To $1.2B Of AUM With An Intentional Focus On (Local) Acquisitions Of Retiring Advisors, With Jaime Benedetti
Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 6, 2024
What's unique about Jaime, though, is how his firm has grown to more than $1 billion in AUM over the past 20 years in part by making a series of 6 acquisitions, typically buying mixed fee-and-commission practices from retiring advisors in his local area and converting them into ongoing recurring revenue financial planning clientele.
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: Recruit Holding’s Indeed to cut 15% of workforce
MarketWatch
MARCH 22, 2023
Japan-based Recruit Holdings Inc.’s s JP:6098 Indeed job-search site plans to lay off 15% of its workforce for total of 2,200 positions, according to a company blog post Wednesday. American depositary receipts of Recruit RCRUY were down 0.2% in recent activity. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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: Meta to cut 10,000 more jobs in latest bout of layoffs for Facebook parent
MarketWatch
MARCH 14, 2023
META plans to lay off 10,000 more employees as it focuses on “efficiency” and cost cutting. With less hiring, I’ve made the difficult decision to further reduce the size of our recruiting team,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday. After restructuring, we plan to lift hiring and transfer freezes in each group,” he noted.
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#FA Success Ep 300: The Evolution Of The Advice Business At Scale And The True Power Of Brand, With Joe Duran
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Joe has witnessed firsthand as an advisory firm owner, and now a partner at a leading global investment management firm, how the financial services industry is evolving in real time as more banks and brokerage firms are truly adopting financial planning and implementing advisory services at national scale (..)
How to start the year off right
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
JANUARY 14, 2024
Each of those salespeople has one-on-one meetings with me to set up their own planning for the year with my observations and maybe some best practices they can focus on. I’m incorporating my trips, my planning and all my continuing education as well as client reviews. I have a team of 15 people, including 10 salespeople.
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10 Thursday AM Reads
The Big Picture
JUNE 29, 2023
( Musings on Markets ) • For Trend-Setting Family Offices—and Those Following Their Lead—Timing Is Key : Investors are sensing a regime shift in the market but capturing it will take careful planning. Chief Investment Officer ) • Carry That Weight : There’s a problem with transporting new vehicles across the country: They’re too heavy.
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3 simple tips for compelling marketing on social media
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
OCTOBER 9, 2022
These have helped me gain the trust of new clients and new recruits for my team. My posts here are more related to my financial planning work to gain greater traction. Yet, I’ve made great strides in this area. I don’t produce YouTube videos or TikTok content, but I do a few key things that anyone can do. Authenticity is key.
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#FA Success Ep 327: Growing To $1B By Standing Out With Marketing The Competition Can’t Mimic, With Marc Horner
Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 4, 2023
In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Marc developed and implemented his unique marketing strategy of writing parody commercials that feature a satirical sales-centric advisory firm, Bear Brothers Financial, and how he got mentally comfortable taking such a non-traditional approach to trying to stand out in his marketing, how Marc has sought (..)
Hiring 101: Everything You Need to Know
XY Planning Network
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
While there is no bulletproof solution to the new area of recruitment, there are key tips and best practices that can help you make a new hire. New expectations regarding the workplace and its benefits make finding and retaining talent a full-time job in and of itself. Let this blog serve as your guide.
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#FA Success Ep 323: Sustaining A $5B Advisory Firm To The Third Generation Of Leaders, With Yonhee Choi Gordon
Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 7, 2023
What's unique about Yonhee, though, is how, through her nearly 4 decades with JMG Financial Group, Yonhee has been a part of not only the firm’s succession plan to its second generation of owners but now to its third generation of leaders… and along the way, has personally recruited, trained, and retained the majority of the firm’s (..)
Blog #219: Exceptional Split-Dollar™ (Part 1 of 2) (Including a “Jim Harbaugh” Variation to Recruit a President for a Tax Exempt University)
Robert B. Ritter Jr.
MARCH 28, 2022
(Click here for Blog Archive)(Click here for Blog Index) (Presentations in this Blog were created using the InsMark Loan-Based Split Dollar System) Editor’s Note: This blog presents a sizzling loan-based split-dollar plan. This executive benefit will be difficult to justify if interest rates increase considerably.
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Get a job as a Financial Paraplanner at an RIA firm and ignore the schmucky wirehouse and insurance jobs!
Sara Grillo
OCTOBER 21, 2022
For Jonathan Grannick, his first job as a financial paraplanner he found on the University of Georgia student Financial Planning Association listserv. He cold called over 500 financial planning companies over a year or so to get to a full book of clients. What designations does a paraplanner usually have?
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: Atlassian plans to lay off 5% of workers
MarketWatch
MARCH 6, 2023
In a blog post, co-founders and co-Chief Executives Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar said that the cuts will be focused on recruiting, program management and research, and that savings will be reinvested in other areas of the company.
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Boosting Employees’ Savings and Keeping Talent
James Hendries
JUNE 18, 2023
Richer matching contributions can help employers gain a competitive edge Employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k) or 403(b) plans, have become an essential part of the benefits package offered by companies to attract and retain employees. Offering a generous employer match for retirement savings plans is one such strategy.
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Succeeding in Financial Services: Expert Insights With John Wheeler
NAIFA Advisor Today
OCTOBER 6, 2023
He has earned several impressive designations, including Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC), Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF), LACP, and CLTC.
Transcript: Melissa Smith, co-Head of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan
The Big Picture
MARCH 4, 2025
What was the original plan? Melissa Smith : So I definitely thought that I was gonna work in the public sector when, when I’m recruiting at JP Morgan I always, you know, get the question sort of how did, how did you get into investment banking? And I, and I would love to tell people I had a grand plan.
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18 Of The Best Online Part-Time Jobs From Home
Clever Girl Finance
JUNE 27, 2023
Online recruiter 16. Digital editors also plan, coordinate, review, and edit content. Travel consultant Do you enjoy planning out great trips? In this role, you’ll be working closely with clients to plan their trips. Online recruiter Are you a matchmaker? Well, then, you could be a superb online recruiter.
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