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    How can new RIAs grow — organically?

    Finding new customers and expanding existing client relationships is key for recently launched firms. Here's how marketing experts say to go about it.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    July 21
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  • Fintech
    How should new RIAs choose a tech stack?

    Financial advisors have any number of good reasons to seek the best technology and countless firms trying to provide it. Here's how experts say they should start.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    July 15
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  • Tax
    4 tax-saving real estate strategies — and how to avoid their pitfalls

    The Trump megalaw's expansion of opportunity zone credits and other investment approaches comes with caveats based on timing and taxes.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    July 14
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  • Practice and client management
    Are psychedelics the next frontier in financial therapy?

    Some planners and therapists are calling for more research into potential applications for methods already being used to treat the symptoms of PTSD.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    July 10
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  • Practice and client management
    How should an RIA pick a custodian?

    Schwab, Fidelity and Pershing are facing growing competition, as the industry strives to do business with financial advisors in as many ways as possible.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    July 8
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  • Professional development
    Should financial advisors be dually registered or RIA-only?

    The momentum is clearly accelerating behind registered investment advisory firms, but every individual team's choice requires careful consideration.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    July 1
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  • Practice and client management
    Should RIA offices be remote or in-person?

    Financial advisors report a variety of pros and cons with either setup, and experts say the decision comes down to highly particular factors at each advisory practice.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 24
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  • Practice and client management
    What's wrong with the big RIA model, straight from advisors' mouths

    A consulting firm's report on the future of the channel reveals the ambivalence and frustration many feel about the impact of M&A consolidation.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 18
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  • Professional development
    How should financial advisors pick a fee model?

    Other than satisfying important regulatory requirements, RIAs and their clients can exercise a lot of choice on costs. Here's how experts view the process.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 17
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  • Tax
    The tax benefits — and complexities — for business owners hiring kids

    While the advantages to the parents often receive the most attention, a summer job could pay literal dividends to the children, experts say.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 16
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  • Regulation and compliance
    How advisors should register an RIA with the SEC or states

    They must file the lengthy and highly specific Form ADV document with the SEC and state-level agencies. And that's just one aspect of the many strategic decisions.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    June 10
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  • Professional development
    When is the right time to leave a wirehouse?

    The flow of financial advisors to the independent channels is certainly accelerating. But the traditional brokerage giants still offer advantages for some teams.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    May 27
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  • Professional development
    When should a financial advisor launch an RIA?

    That giant question could bring any number of different answers based on a variety of factors. Here's how four experts break it down.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    May 21
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  • Professional development
    Private equity deals are hot; here's how to avoid getting burned

    Despite the notable flows and valuations, some sellers get locked into an ill-fitting parent firm without many options for getting away.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    May 15
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  • Practice and client management
    How to plan ahead for diminished capacity and prevent elder abuse

    The numbers on fraud, long-term care costs and aging in America are daunting. Here's how financial planners can help clients prepare.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    May 13
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  • Professional development
    How this RIA jumped two succession hurdles at once

    For many firms, looming advisor retirements and the need to retain client households through the next generations will create difficult problems.

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    By Tobias Salinger
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    May 9
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    The lure of private equity investing comes with these risks

    PE funds have outperformed stocks over the past five, 10 and 25 years. But not in three of the past four. Here are some of the key caveats to the appeal of PE.

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    By Tobias Salinger
    Chief Correspondent
    May 8
    A man points to a tablet displaying investment charts with a title reading, "Private equity," symbolizing private equity investments
  • Tax
    Avoid 'Jordan's revenge' and find slam-dunk savings for athletes

    The headache of filing dozens of state or international returns due to the so-called jock tax comes with opportunities to tap into savings, experts say.

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    By Tobias Salinger
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    The basics of S corporations — and the pitfalls for small businesses

    The structure has been delivering tax savings to advisory practices and other professional services firms for decades. But experts say sometimes it's not the best fit.

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    By Tobias Salinger
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    April 16
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    How financial advisors can help close the racial wealth gap

    An investor who began his career at Ameriprise collected profiles of professionals from an array of fields whose achievements point the way forward.

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    By Tobias Salinger
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CAN RIA GROWTH AND TRUE FIDUCIARY DUTY REALLY COEXIST?

Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

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