Practice and Client Management News
Financial Planning's Practice and Client Management coverage includes essential advisor-level strategy and operational insight for firms and solo practitioners. Read how elite advisors build retention-driven practices, manage high net worth relationships and operationalize growth frameworks that go beyond rudimentary 101 topics. Learn the latest financial planning news from expert reporting and analysis that matters to industry leaders.
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Internal succession planning is messier but aligns with a true fiduciary firm's core values, argues Neela Hummel of Abacus Wealth.
February 3
Abacus Wealth Partners -
The language that financial advisors use in their first interactions with prospective customers could make or break the relationship, according to an expert.
February 3 -
Relationship management systems are the traditional hub of financial advisors' technology stacks, but new AI tools may supplant them. Here's how advisors on the ground see it.
February 2 -
As more financial advisors near retirement without clear succession plans, some RIAs are turning to ESOPs and Section 1042 rollovers to exit on their own terms.
January 30 -
Red flags may abound, but so do arguments for an extended equities streak. Keeping clients on an even keel is crucial.
January 29
Wealth Teams Alliance -
Social media platforms can change quickly (case in point: X). In response, advisors who may instead choose to rely on their own communication channels.
January 28 -
As valuations continue to rise across the industry, more firms are using compensation to invest in their top talent and future growth, Succession Resource Group says.
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