This is a terrific educational article that will help you in advising your small business clients. You can also share the article with them. Much of the information provided will apply to your business as well. Poor mana[...]

A client came to our consulting firm with a desire to evaluate broker-dealers. As is typical with many advisor transitions, the impetus for change was created when the advisors’ broker-dealer was making a significant s[...]

Let’s face it, as an independent financial advisor or RIA, your clients could easily replace you without changing their lifestyle one iota. From an asset allocation and portfolio management standpoint, they believe the[...]

This article is written for independent advisors whose goal it is to profitably and prudently manage several hundred million dollars for their clients with a minimal number of employees. This deceptively simple goal is a[...]

During an on-site consultation with a 20-year highly credentialed financial advisor, I noticed he was personally entering his client data into his financial planning software. We talked about it, and he believed that he [...]

At a recent investment CEO roundtable meeting in San Francisco, we used an audience response system to ask some delicate questions that most leaders might be reluctant to answer publicly. The system’s anonymity gave th[...]

Russell Achzet realized a goal many advisors dream of: The fee-based firm he founded in 1977, AM&M Financial Services, was acquired by Tompkins Financial. While the transition involved some apprehension on the part of cl[...]

Coach Joe has spent more than 18,000 hours personally coaching more than 500 financial advisors. In writing Practice Power, Coach Joe provides his time-proven coaching techniques to anyone who reads it, and is willing to[...]

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