Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 10, 2025

Financial advicers often market their comprehensive financial services as a way to differentiate themselves from other advisory firms and to stand out in the broader landscape of financial advice. These services may range from 'standard' offerings like retirement planning to less traditional areas like credit card consulting.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Which, in turn, is spawning even more hunger for specialized practice management conferences in 2023. Leading to an expansion in various ‘niche’ conferences that specialize in particular challenges that advisors face as they follow the growth journey.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

rent, marketing, and training). These clients require higher-paying clients to 'subsidize' their services and can negatively impact profitability – particularly during market downturns when AUM-based revenues decline. staff time, technology, and custodial fees) and indirect costs (e.g.,

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Also in industry news this week: A court ruling this week vacated Department of Labor guidance that a one-time rollover recommendation from a company plan to an IRA would trigger fiduciary duty requirements under ERISA Vanguard’s CEO this week indicated the firm plans to invest heavily in direct indexing amid the growing use cases for the strategy (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Each week in Weekend Reading For Financial Planners, we seek to bring you synopses and commentaries on 12 articles covering news for financial advisors including topics covering technical planning, practice management, advisor marketing, career development, and more.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that amid the current bear market, usage of robo-advisors and other digital advice tools has plummeted, according to a recent study.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with a research study suggesting that the market volatility experienced in 2022 could increase demand for financial planning services.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Some of these vendor conferences are built to bring out their existing advisor users to get feedback about and share the latest regarding their software, but a growing number of specialized conferences unto themselves have industry-leading content in the particular domain of the vendor's expertise, from Snappy Kraken and Nitrogen's advisor marketing (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the SEC this week fined 4 RIAs for violations of its marketing rule related to their claims that they offered 'conflict-free' financial advice.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 3, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that amid economic and market headwinds, the pace of RIA M&A activity was slower in January and February compared to the same period last year.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 23, 2023

Also in industry news this week: A recent study found that financial advisors get significantly more social media engagement from posts on LinkedIn and Facebook compared to Twitter and highlighted the importance of posting original content for engagement Why RIAs have struggled to find a solid footing in the IPO market From there, we have several articles (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 15, 2022

From there, we have several articles on practice management: How the use of a tiered fee structure or a retainer model can help insulate advisory firm revenue from the effects of a bear market. Why investors prefer advisor marketing that asks questions about prospects and avoids industry jargon.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

In order to deliver the best service to their clients, financial advisors often take on responsibilities beyond giving financial advice, including compliance, marketing, team management, and other operational duties.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Also in industry news this week: The SEC agreed to a series of settlements with 9 RIAs resulting from charges of improper use of hypothetical returns in advertising under the regulator's marketing rule How several CEOs of large RIAs and AdvisorTech companies have found that receiving funding from private equity firms and taking the responsibility for (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 27, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Why cash management strategies could become increasingly important parts of an advisor’s value proposition in a higher-interest-rate environment Why improved returns on cash products could be a double-edged sword for some advisory clients following last year’s market volatility From there, we have several (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Among others, one notable item that could be reviewed is the current certification requirement that a candidate must have attained at least a bachelor’s degree, which some observers have suggested limits the pool of potential CFP professionals at a time of high demand for advisor talent.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

From there, we have several articles on practice management: A new company aims to train the next generation of planners and provide a valuable outsourced service to advisory firms. Why creating internal career paths and considering fully remote workers could help firms thrive in the current tight labor market for advisor talent.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 14, 2024

Nevertheless, these findings could reflect self-selection amongst advisors, with those who don't want to grow past a certain satisfying income (happily and profitably) remaining as solos, and those seeking greater growth upside joining teams.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 6, 2023

We also have a number of articles on practice management: Why the most successful firms in the coming years might be those who dominate individual market segments rather than those that are ‘overdiversified’ Four ways firms can attract next-generation advisor talent.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 28, 2022

From there, we have several articles on practice management: A new report shows that RIA profitability and AUM soared in 2021, buoyed by a strong stock market and new client growth. Fidelity has introduced a direct indexing platform for advisors, joining an increasingly competitive space.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Also in industry news this week: A probe by the Government Accountability Office found that the conflict-of-interest disclosures offered by many firms offering financial advice are often inadequate or confusing, making it hard for consumers to understand whether and when a financial professional is operating in their best interest A recent study has (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 16, 2022

From there, we have several articles on practice management: Why it is important for advisors charging on a fee-for-service basis to regularly reassess their pricing, and best practices for letting current clients know about a fee increase.

Practice Management 98

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 9, 2022

From there, we have several articles on practice management: Why creating a defined employee value proposition could be the key for RIAs to attract and retain talent in the current tight labor market.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 20, 2023

Also in industry news this week: While the number of RIA M&A deals increased in 2022, the size of these deals declined, perhaps reflecting challenging market and economic headwinds A recent survey suggests that nearly half of financial advisory clients have changed advisors or have considered doing so since the start of the pandemic and that portfolio (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Also in industry news this week: A recent study from advisor digital marketing firm Snappy Kraken suggests firms that invest in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), have a regular cadence of emails to their subscriber list, and include video content in these messages tend to get greater returns from their marketing efforts CFP Board has created a guide (..)

Practice Management 98

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 3, 2024

At the same time, the study found that potential breakaway brokers view the operational and compliance requirements of transitioning to and doing business as an RIA as a major concern, which could lead some of them to either leverage the growing number of service providers available to RIAs, or perhaps join an existing corporate RIA platform to take (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 19, 2024

Also in industry news this week: While the total number of RIA M&A deals in 2023 fell short of a record-setting 2022 amidst an elevated interest rate environment, continued interest from private equity firms and creative deal structures could boost deal flow in 2024 While the SEC authorized 11 "Spot" Bitcoin ETFs last week, comments from chair (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 12, 2023

The study also highlighted the importance of advisors taking the time to build trust with clients and to understand a client’s goals and needs, as this can not only differentiate an advisor from those providing purely transactional investment advice, but also could promote client retention, even in years of poor market performance.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 8, 2024

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Lightyear intends to work toward acquiring software and payments companies, which the release calls “a highly fragmented market” that has a large number of smaller providers. According to the press release, the addressable market for payments solutions is around $1.4 billion for the legal vertical alone.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Much of the marketing and practice management advice in the financial advisory space comes back to 1 recommendation: Specialize in a niche.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 8, 2022

Also in industry news this week: How advisors are planning to grow despite the current bear market’s negative impact on assets under management. From there, we have several articles on practice management: How setting Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can help ensure all employees are working toward common firm goals.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

She is the co-founder and President of Journey Strategic Wealth, a Registered Investment Adviser built for advisors seeking independence and full-fledged practice management support. She currently runs a weekly YouTube series called “Practice Management with Penny.”. birthdays, anniversaries, and achievements).

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This month's edition kicks off with the news that Practice Intel has launched a new "growth platform" centered around quantifying the quality of an advisor's client relationships with an all-in "Relationship Quality Index" (RQI) – which while potentially valuable in helping advisors understand and improve their client experience (and subsequently (..)

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VCFO

JANUARY 11, 2024

Compensation Strategy and Philosophy Best Practices Authored by Jeanine Pollard , Senior People Operations / HR Consultant – vcfo A sound compensation strategy , aligned with a company’s values and market position, is essential for business success. Is your business ready for it?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Founded in 2000, Lightyear is a financial services-focused private-equity firm based in New York, which focuses on middle-market companies in North America associated with financial services. The software market is a fragmented one, he said. There is also growing demand for better accounts receivable (AR) management, he added.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Rarely do they enter the field to be in a sales or marketing role. Which means that to ensure sustained organic growth, it's important for the next generation of advisors within a firm to develop proactive sales and marketing skills to sustain ongoing growth.

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