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Financial Planning June 1, 2011 Donald B. Trone |
Code of Conduct As the SEC engages in the rule-making associated with its proposed uniform fiduciary standard of conduct under the Dodd-Frank Act, it likely will focus its attention on an advisor or broker's duty of loyalty and duty of care. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
Step Three: Formalize When upholding a fiduciary standard, ensuring your investment strategy is prudently planned and well-documented is vital. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
Step One: Analyze Regardless of when a fiduciary standard is implemented and whichever group is assigned to monitor it, one thing is certain: You will need to build an investment management process that meets a higher standard of care. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
The Practical Fiduciary The steps required to create a fiduciary practice are similar to those of the financial planning process. Here's how to get started. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Donald B. Trone |
Born to Lead What are leadership chracteristics unique to the role of financial advisor? |
Financial Advisor March 2008 David Lawrence |
A Higher Standard It is incumbent on all financial advisors to acknowledge their potential role as a fiduciary and act accordingly where and when applicable. So, that leads to a question of just what a fiduciary does during a typical day. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Andrew Rudd |
First and Goal Financial advisors who want to thrive going forward should consider building client retirement portfolios capable of funding each investor's essential retirement goals, regardless of how the markets behave at any given time. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Donald B. Trone |
Code of Conduct The SEC has done little to define the baseline professional conduct associated with the proposed standard-an advisor's duty of care. |
Financial Advisor July 2004 Tracey Longo |
Can Prudent Practices Save Your Business? A new booklet outlines the steps fiduciaries should follow. Ignore the book at your own peril: It's already been used decisively in two lawsuits against advisors. |
Investment Advisor June 2006 Ken Ziesenheim |
Expert's Corner: Playing Offense with an IPS A written Investment Policy Statement (IPS) can help build your financial advisory practice in surprising ways. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
Step Four: Implement In this segment in our series, we are examining the steps of a traditional investment management process and demonstrating how a principles-based fiduciary standard can be incorporated into the process. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Jim McCarthy |
Managing Retirement Risk: It's All About Attitude Managing retirement risk for clients with less than $5 million in assets is quite possibly the most difficult job faced by a financial advisor. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Donald B. Trone |
Defining 'Fiduciary' In Three Dimensions It means different things to different advisors, depending on their registered status, experience and background. What is clear is the need to continue to build consensus around what the term means to the industry. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Donald B. Trone |
Standing on Principle Broker-dealer senior management must move their organizations from a rules-based framework, which requires little standard of care, to a principles-based framework, which requires a high standard of care. |
Investment Advisor March 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Figuring Out Fiduciary What, exactly, does fiduciary advisor mean? How can an advisor know for sure if he's fulfilling his fiduciary obligations? Are there any real guidelines? |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Grove & Prince |
Tune In To America's Core Wealthy Small business owners represent that greatest potential for growth and wealth in America. Historically, they have been a lucrative and complex client for financial advisors and will remain so. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Huxley & Burns |
The Match Makers Advisors can use asset dedication to match client's cash flows to their liabilities. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Michael J. Reed |
Risk Management For Individuals How to match investors' risk appetite with their assets. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 Donald B. Trone |
12 Steps to the Future If you have never prepared a checklist to evaluate your practice, 2011 is the time to start. You'll need to know your strengths and weaknesses as advisors in what promises to be an interesting year. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Thomas D. Giachetti |
Defining Fiduciary What is a financial advisor's true fiduciary duty? |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Trone & Harvey |
Sweet Harmony Industry and regulators can feel comfortable that a fiduciary standard need not be cumbersome, but should, when properly crafted, significantly improve how investment decisions are prudently managed. |
Investment Advisor March 1, 2011 Jim Komoszewski |
Creating a Business Plan (You Will Actually Use) The trick is to think small -- about 3x5 to be exact. A one-page plan that is implemented and executed is better than a 20-page plan that is being used to stabilize a wobbly desk. |
Investment Advisor September 2010 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: The Dodd-Frank Reform Bill Afterlife A fiduciary standard for all may crimp RIAs' competitive edge. |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Kurt J. Rossi |
Great Expectations Advisors must be cognizant of the fact that tuning into the emotional needs of clients is the key to helping them remain on the track to realizing their goals and dreams. |
Financial Advisor October 2009 Kristina Fausti |
A Higher Standard It appears that the SEC will remain the primary federal regulator of investment advisors, at least for now. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Donald B. Trone |
Stepping Up There's something vital to financial planning that regulators can't regulate, legislators can't legislate and lobbyists can't influence. It's called leadership. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2012 Denise Federer |
Managing Organizational Change The ultimate test of leadership is the way you handle employees reactions to innovation. |
Investment Advisor October 2006 Black & Bakker |
Life Support A reader survey suggests how asset managers can be true partners with investment advisors. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Julie Littlechild |
Is Loyalty Enough? When it comes to client relationships, though, client loyalty should not be the primary objective. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Michael Dubis |
The Fiduciary Test As a financial planner, are you really on your clients' side? Ask yourself some of these tough questions. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Jeff Joseph |
Venture Populist: Private Practice Advisors could improve their value proposition and their clients' portfolios by developing private venture investing competency. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Marie Swift |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? Do your clients understand the true value of what you do? Your best defense may be to make sure that you're articulating the value of the various services you perform. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 Chris Radford |
Choices in Bad Times While a recessionary market is a trying time for any advisor, it's also a great opportunity to preserve your current clients and grow your business. |
Financial Advisor September 2012 Donald B. Trone |
The Point Of Triangulation The coordinates of a higher professional standard of care include the point where leadership, stewardship and fiduciary governance intersect. |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Donald B. Trone |
The Fiduciary-Steward If federal efforts to subject more people to the fiduciary standard lower the bar, advisors who offer a higher level of care may call themselves fiduciary-stewards. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald B. Trone |
All for One... A uniform fiduciary standard of conduct, coupled with harmonized regulations, should dramatically improve the process for investors. |
Financial Planning January 5, 2008 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Better Than Average Making a New Year's resolution to improve your practice? A new survey lets you benchmark your performance against the broader advisory community. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Howard Sontag |
How Are We Doing? With constant communication about goals and portfolio construction, financial advisors can remind clients that investing is a long-term process that may require patience in the short term when there are bumps in the road. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Kristina Fausti |
Fiduciary Q and A Most advisors are still not clear on the issues regarding a fiduciary standard. Here are some Qs and As on the subject. |
Investment Advisor September 2009 Neal Ringquist |
Soapbox: Forget the Benchmarks If you'd rather talk to clients than pick investments, then it's time to start looking into goal-based investing. |
Financial Advisor June 2004 Sydney LeBlanc |
SMAs and Due Diligence: Streamlining The Process Software tools and common sense can help advisors enter the separately managed accounts (SMA) business. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2013 Keith Johnson |
How Advisors Can Rebuild Trust Five years after the meltdown, advisors still face a crisis of confidence. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Donald B. Trone |
Last Step: Monitor A closer look at the final step in the investment management process: Monitor. Plus, clues about when it might be time to fire your money manager. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Grove & Prince |
More Secrets Of The Elite 1200 In this third part in a series examining the characteristics of financial advisors who earned a minimum of $1 million per year in each of the past three years, these advisors show how using a basic process helps to capture additional assets from clients. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Grove & Prince |
The Secrets Of Million-Dollar Producers Here is how the role client loyalty plays in both the sustainability of the client/advisor relationship through difficult market conditions and poor performance and the client's willingness to provide more assets and referrals to the advisor. |
On Wall Street May 1, 2010 Gerald Buetow |
In Defense Of Modern Portfolio Theory As stock markets plunged worldwide and investment portfolios took it on the chin, revisionists sought to expound on what they deemed were the inherent flaws of the deeply entrenched MPT. In short, the theory became the scapegoat for the failure of diversification. |
Investment Advisor March 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Focus! There's plenty to think about when doing retirement planning for clients; read on for the priorities that you should be doing something about, right now. |
Financial Advisor June 2010 Earl E. Watson |
Careful Consideration Before discussing investments, an advisor should talk with clients about their goals and concentrate on how to build long-term relationships with them. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2010 Marion Asnes |
Envestnet's Fiduciary Opportunity Bill Crager, president of Envestnet, is not going to wait for Washington to figure out the fate of the fiduciary standard. The way he sees it, the market has already spoken. |