Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the latest Fidelity RIA Benchmarking Study shows that while RIAs saw gains in AUM and revenue last year, their operating margins tightened, suggesting that rising expenses are cutting into firm profits.

Benchmarking 98

Benchmarking Tax Planning Investments Planning 98

CFO Plans

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Optimize Your Hiring Strategy with CFO Plans Business Tax Planning as a Route to Savings In financial management, business tax planning is often an overlooked yet vital component. Meticulous planning can lead to substantial savings, freeing up resources for employee benefits.

Tax Planning 52

Tax Planning Benchmarking Risk Management Compliance 52

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

10 Key Performance Indicators For Financial Advisory Firms To Compare With Industry Benchmarking Studies – Industry benchmarking studies can be a valuable tool for advisory firm owners to make better business decisions. The key point is that firm owners can use benchmarking data to better understand how they can improve their business.

Planning 130

Planning Benchmarking Profit and Loss Communication 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Tax Planning. In addition to managing investments, tax planning is another area where advisors can demonstrate their value in dollar terms. This often starts with reviewing the client’s tax return to ensure they received the credits and deductions for which they were eligible.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

VCFO

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Tax Planning is Beneficial and Essential A wise person once said that failing to plan is planning to fail. This is certainly true in the area of taxation, where there are often opportunities to legally minimize or defer the timing of tax payments and to claim income tax credits.

Finance 88

Finance Strategic Planning Auditing CFO 88

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

To help determine an appropriate fee, advisors can then look to various benchmarking studies , which can provide industry-wide fee data , as well as information on specific fee structures and geographic areas that can help a firm owner tailor their fee. But many firms will find that their client referral rates are flat.

Planning 130

Planning Education Investments Benchmarking 130

Planful

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

You need to consider all of the potential outcomes of scenarios, incorporate tax planning and capital expenditures, plan for potential alterations to the budget plan that could skew financial allocation, etc. Rely on benchmarks and external indicators to improve accuracy.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Strategic Planning Forecasting 40