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'This is not going to work': Screening out problematic clients

From OnWallStreet
Added on July 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: When a client proves to be a poor fit for a planning practice, a smart planner lets that client go. An even smarter planner screens potential clients before committing.

Why Advisors Need Financial Advisors

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on July 2017 in Other Ideas
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Summary: I got a call the other day from an owner-advisor who wanted me to work with him. He told me a story about his mother (now deceased) who was a doctor and had selflessly helped many people during her life, including taking in foster children over the years. She’d had little concern for her own happiness, with one exception: She’d bought a beach house where she’d spend time whenever she could. But she’d had to sell it to make ends meet after her retirement.

Hardest thing RIA founders do? Name their practice

From OnWallStreet
Added on July 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Selecting a custodian, finding office real estate in three cities, choosing new reporting software ― those were easy tasks compared to the struggle of picking a name.

6 Cyber-Threats for Financial Firms in 2017: Cisco

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on July 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Financial services firms in particular are “lucrative targets for online criminals,” according to Cisco’s 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report. Malware authors are specifically targeting financial firms with malware like Dridex and the Zeus Trojan, according to the report.

7 Ways Business Owners Can Secure Their Exit Strategy

From FA Magazine
Added on July 2017 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Nothing raises anxiety more than uncertainty, and business owners are constantly up against the unknown. Market changes, comprehensive tax reform, personal developments—any number of events could dramatically change the way business owners operate their business and their decision-making, particularly when it comes to their exit strategy.

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