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    Pro bono planning can bring big wins for clients and advisor careers

    Essential free services play a critical role for clients, financial advisors' careers and industry recruiting. But only if practitioners avoid some pitfalls, experts say.

    By Tobias Salinger
    August 14
    A group of women with grey t-shirts that read "volunteer" stand above a camera with their heads touching and their arms interlocked in a circle
  • Practice and client management
    Planning for clients' collectibles — if they're actually valuable

    Baseball cards, sneakers, cars, antiques and stuffed animals could sell for a lot of money, or such collections could be a time suck and an emotional drain.

    By Tobias Salinger
    August 8
    The famous "T-206" Honus Wagner baseball card is displayed in a glass case
  • Practice and client management
    More RIA buyers are offering equity. Here's what sellers should know

    With shares in the acquirer growing as a percentage of the consideration, the rollovers pose important practice management, tax and business implications.

    By Tobias Salinger
    August 1
    A chess board has white and black pieces with three wooden blocks in the middle reading "M&A"
  • Tax
    20 states with the highest tax burdens in 2024

    The top state has a total tax burden of 12.02%.

    By Editorial Staff
    July 31
  • Practice and client management
    A brand-new client is onboarding — what should you tell them to bring?

    After prospects become customers, planners have many questions. Here's a look at a somewhat painful yet pivotal phase of the relationship.

    By Tobias Salinger
    July 23
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    Planners often feel like therapists. When should they refer clients to one?

    Experts say it's important to examine clients' relationships with money but there is an ethical line when such conversations should be led by licensed professionals.

    By Tobias Salinger
    July 18
    A maze sits inside the silhouette of a head on a crumbling stone wall in an illustration of psychological dilemmas
  • Tax
    Trusts are useful but complicated. Here are some basics

    For financial advisors, tax professionals and their clients, the opportunities and acronyms look endless. Three experts explain the key questions to consider.

    By Tobias Salinger
    July 11
    A document titled the 'trustee's certification of trust' sits between envelopes and a notepad on a desk
  • Practice and client management
    6 ways to implement psychology in advisory practices

    More than a half dozen experts explain the key practice management and professional development implications of behavioral finance and financial therapy.

    By Tobias Salinger
    June 28
    Wooden blocks with successively hire piles of coins on them spell out 'health' rather than 'wealth' after one with a "w" is flipped over by a hand
  • Practice and client management
    LGBTQ estates — when planning is a civil right

    These issues loom especially large for the LGBTQ client base, which is the focus of a new national initiative launched by financial advisors, lawyers and other professionals.

    By Tobias Salinger
    June 13
    Wooden blocks with black letters painted on them spell 'estate planning' in a stack on a wooden dock
  • Professional development
    More isn't better: How advisors' videos can draw attention in a crowded market

    The regulatory consultant Hearsay Systems found that financial professionals have increased their production of online videos by nearly threefold. That doesn't mean the message is getting through to the intended audience.

    By Dan Shaw
    May 29
    Advisors and other financial professionals are posting more videos than ever. But they could still be doing more to win clients' attention.
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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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