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Financial Planning April 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 John J. Bowen |
The Right Ally Forming strategic alliances with the right professional advisors -- such as CPAs and attorneys -- is one of the best avenues for advisors to acquire additional high-net-worth investors. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 Ray Sclafani |
Demystifying Referrals To build a client acquisition system, break the process down into nuggets. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
What CPAs Want Almost 82% of wealth managers have told CEG Worldwide that referrals from other professionals, such as CPAs, are a very important source of new clients. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
Client Loyalty The most common reason affluent investors leave their financial advisors is because their advisor does not answer their calls, according to a new report. |
Registered Rep. October 29, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
Financial Advisors Rock This doesn't diminish a CPA's or estate attorney's expertise, but it does provide a clear signal that the affluent perceive today's financial advisor as the quarterback out of all of these financial experts. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Ray Sclafani |
What's an Advocate? Advisors gain leverage by using professional advocates to get client introductions. |
Financial Advisor July 2012 |
It's A Trust Thing People trust their financial advisor more than their primary doctor, according to a recent survey of investors by John Hancock Financial. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Borrow From the Best One of the best ways to learn what it takes to succeed in our business is to look at the best practices of elite financial advisors who are enjoying tremendous success in the marketplace. |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Grove & Prince |
The Financial Life Of Senior Executives Who do America's top executives favor as their primary financial advisor and how did they find that advisor? |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Grove & Prince |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The top 1,200 U.S. financial advisors, who regularly earn more than $1 million on an annual basis, rely on characteristics and techniques that can be adopted and refined by a great number of advisors. |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
For Advisors, a Client-Centered Shift More advisors are shifting toward a broader approach and away from investment management. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 John J Bowen Jr |
Interesting Times This interesting financial environment offers unparalleled opportunities for advisors to grow their businesses and come out of the current mess stronger than ever. |
Financial Advisor October 2010 Michael Patrick Jacobs |
Investors Demand More This advisor provides highlights of what he's found clients today are looking for when they seek advice. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr |
Wealth Transfer It's important for financial advisors to understand the profound effects that inherited money has on inheritors when developing a strategy to work with them. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 Grove & Prince |
Staying Connected If financial advisors need yet another reminder about the importance of contacting clients, here it is: In our study of affluent investors conducted in late October, almost half of the respondents said they had changed primary advisors in the last year, often citing lack of contact. |
Financial Advisor July 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Defining Wealth Management The term "wealth manager" has provided more sizzle than clarity in recent years, as more and more advisors have adopted the name as they transition to more comprehensive practices geared toward affluent clients. |
Investment Advisor April 2008 Susan Bradley |
E Pluribus Unum When clients have a sudden change in their money situation, collaboration among their advisors is crucial. |
Investment Advisor April 2009 Lewis Schiff |
Danger & Opportunity: Seling Wisdom Advisors with a wealth-management practice orientation can provide the kind of services affluent families need during difficult market times. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Team Player Many advisors have asked me for more specifics about expert teams-what they should look like and how best to build them. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Advisor Pulse Advisor, advise thyself! A recent survey finds that most advisors did not understand the market value of their business or have a succession plan. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success. |
Trusts & Estates January 22, 2002 |
Face-to-face beats online for money advice to wealthy The affluent trust investment professionals, but still research their advice online. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Success on Purpose The right practice framework is essential to reaching success in the financial advisory industry, and the most important aspects of this framework fit into seven categories. |
Investment Advisor August 2006 Susan L. Hirshman |
The Wealth Advisor: Lessons From the Best With a targeted client plan consisting of an integrated approach for client segmentation, actively pursuing referrals, and furthering meaningful client contact, financial advisors will be on their way to meeting their clients' financial needs. |
Registered Rep. October 14, 2013 Matt Oechsli |
Mastering the Personal Introduction An important point to remember is that by asking for an introduction, you are helping your client help you by identifying a specific person you'd like to meet. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2013 Matt Oechsli |
Are You an Elite Advisor? The Oechsli Institute recently conducted its annual advisor survey to discover just that. The research shows what today's affluent clients expect from a financial advisor and what advisors are doing to meet these expectations. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Donald Jay Korn |
Ultra-Wealthy Wary of Trusting a Single Advisor While ultra-wealthy individuals tend to put their trust in wealth managers, the bad news is most tend to use multiple advisors. |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Hannah Shaw Grove |
Life Insurance And Wealth Management Helping client with life insurance is an important service of effective wealth managers. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Getting the Right Help Financial services firms aren't doing enough to support the transition to wealth management. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Ray Sclafani |
Building Loyal Client Advocates Not every client is a good source of referrals |
On Wall Street July 1, 2013 Todd Colbeck |
Mining Your Professional Network Customize your approach to other types of professionals to increase your chances of getting referrals. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Strategies for 2012 and Beyond In these volatile times, you have an excellent opportunity to build relationships with high-net-worth investors who are actively looking for advisor alternatives. With that firmly in mind, here are some key strategies and tactics that will make a big difference over the next year and beyond. |
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. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Wow Right Now Starting now, you need to delight your clients if you want to keep their business and maintain their loyalty going forward. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Joni Youngwirth |
When To Prune One can find good reasons to cut clients and good reasons not to. Advisors who do are typically happy they took action. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
In Name Only Financial advisors who fancy themselves "wealth managers" are having trouble walking the talk. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Ray Sclafani |
The High Performance Coach: Building, and Restoring, Trust A coaching session on how the best advisors build trust with new -- and existing -- clients. |
Registered Rep. January 29, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
The Elite Financial Advisor of 2015 Most advisors would love to call themselves "elite," placing them in the small cadre of advisors that do the right activities the right way and are seeing phenomenal results. What exactly does this exclusive group look like? |
Registered Rep. May 6, 2007 Christina Mucciolo |
More Millionaires Investing on Their Own, Study Says There are a lot of millionaires in the United States. More than ever, in fact, according to recent research. But are they turning to financial advisors for help? Well, yes, and no. |
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. |
Registered Rep. May 24, 2013 Sallie Krawcheck |
Don't Fence Me In Women start businesses at twice the rate of men and predict a bright future for the wealth management industry. |
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 Advisor February 2005 Grove & Prince |
Why This Business Is So Tough The first in a series of articles about the risks, rewards and challenges of being a wealth manager, as well as the ever-changing tools of the trade. |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Grove & Prince |
Know Thy Clients This is the second in a series of articles about the risks, rewards and challenges of wealth management, as well as the ever-changing tools of the trade. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them. |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2005 Shaw Grove & Alan Prince |
Does Branding Still Matter? Are today's high-net-worth clients attracted or, at best, ambivalent, to big name financial services firms? |
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
Upping the Referral Game How do elite financial advisors develop effective referral alliances? |
Financial Advisor November 2005 David J. Drucker |
Chasing The Wrong Clients? Some think that financial advisors are after the wrong group of wealthy clients. |