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Financial Planning August 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Daunted by Designations? As the number of expert designations heads toward triple digits, financial planners must decide which -- if any -- they really need.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Pamela Black |
Bookshelf How to Be a Chief Retirement Officer (CRO), by Thomas Rowley advises planners on how to get their clients to take action, defining the role of a CRO and how to find the ideal clients.  |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Kara P. Stapleton |
Conversation Obligation Involving the client in retirement planning helps grow advisors' business.  |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Financial Planning Ethics With the increasing complexity of the financial world, it's increasingly important to find professionals you can trust. By choosing a financial planner who is governed by strict ethical principles and guidelines, you can feel more confident that you will get the advice and assistance you deserve.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2006 Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper: Consumers are increasingly anxious about their financial futures. Even so, many overestimate how long they can keep working and how much money they'll need in retirement. Financial services firms haven't adeqately addressed the challenges facing baby boomers.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Kathy Gevlin |
See Dick and Jane Retire...Without the Right Plan As baby boomers approach retirement, studies show a large majority of them are inadequately prepared for the financial planning challenges. Now's the time for planners to retool their retirement offerings to better meet consumers' needs.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin |
How Is Your Business? Having survived bubbles, busts and bouts of irrational market behavior, the best financial planners are now feeling very rationally exuberant.  |
Investment Advisor September 2006 |
Retirement Planning: Behind the Numbers Retirement planning is slowly evolving into a multidisciplinary field that includes not only accumulating assets for retirement and managing/protecting them within retirement, but also integrating retirement as a key transition in life.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy |
Sorting Through Certifications Continuing education designations for financial planners are proliferating at a dizzying pace. The specific designations matter less than the content of the courses. Here's a sampler.  |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Noteworthy Notebook The program PFP Notebook can be a good planning solution for new and low-volume financial planning practices.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Rick Kahler |
Practice What You Preach Financial planners who want to enhance their financial lives and improve their professional skills could benefit greatly from hiring their own planner. So why don't they?  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
Planning for Lawyers Lawyers make great referral sources for planners. But dealing with them as clients is anything but simple.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
The Magic Number Determining how much wealth is enough to support retirement combines the art of managing expectations with the science of crunching numbers.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Joel P. Bruckenstein |
Move on Down the Road Retirement Road Map, one of the first asset distribution programs, takes a simple approach to a complex subject. With a few tweaks, it could become a truly useful tool for financial planners as well.  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Later-Life Planning As clients live longer, they will have different needs at different stages of their retirement.  |
Investment Advisor March 2008 Maya Ivanova |
The Right Match To meet the needs of aging clients, advisors need to be educated and responsive.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 David A. Twibell |
For Sale Signs Savvy financial advisers can benefit from the coming avalanche of baby boomers ready to sell their financial businesses and retire.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 Dave Grant |
Recruiting & Hiring Gen Y Advisors Younger planners have their own priorities. If you re investing in their professional development, consider these ideas to ensure they will stick around.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Paul J. Mauro |
New Directions When hiring financial planners, don't overlook older professionals who are looking to change careers.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
2010: The Skills You'll Need How you communicate will matter more than what you know in the future for financial planners.  |
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 David E. Adler |
Quest for Knowledge Continuing education is a must for financial planners trying to stay ahead of the client curve. A look at CE trends and current requirements will help you chart your course.  |
Investment Advisor September 2007 James E. Kearney |
No Rest for the Planning Industry It's important for the profession to take a three-pronged approach to financial literacy: advancing the profession; educating the public; and growing planners for the future.  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2005 Kathy Gevlin |
White Paper As workers delay retirement, advisers respond. The vast majority of financial advisers expect retirement income planning services to become a significant source of growth for their businesses over the next five years.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Marc Freedman |
Word Games The public wants to hire financial planners who can visibly showcase an ongoing commitment to their words and promises.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Marshall Eckblad |
Bookshelf Your Client's Story: Know Your Clients and the Rest Will Follow by Scott West and Mitch Anthony shows how financial planners who take the time to learn prospects' life stories will make clients for life.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 Stacy Schultz |
Serving Their Own Financial planners spend much of their time preparing members of the 78 million-strong baby boom generation to retire in the coming decade or two. But many of them overlook the fact that the majority of planners are boomers themselves and are seeking to exit the business.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Chris Blunt |
Happy Endings? The new retirement story seems fraught with peril. Here's how financial planners can reassure clients -- and bring more of their assets under management.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
2015: What Will It Take To Survive? Four one-on-one interviews answer the most pressing question regarding a successful future in the financial planning business.  |
Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Maria Santos |
Baby Boomers Provide Retirement Planning Advice For Themselves A recent survey by Chicago-based financial services firm Northern Trust reveals that, while baby boomers are planning for retirement, many are doing the planning without the assistance of professional advisers.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
The Evolving Practice Financial planning covers so many different strokes these days, for so many different types of folks, that it's difficult to generalize about the evolution of practice management.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Marshall Eckblad |
Bookshelf: The Number For planners, the magic of The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think About the Rest of Your Life, by Lee Eisenberg, is its refusal to become a self-help book about retirement and financial planning.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Ed McCarthy |
The Next Generation of Advisers (and the Problem with Uncovering Them) There's still no tried-and-true path for those entering the financial planning profession.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2007 David Macchia |
Protect Retirement Financial advisors should pay attention to ROI -- not return on investment, but reliability of income. Planners must help clients assess the real capacity of their portfolios to generate long-term retirement income.  |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 |
2006 Movers & Shakers These eight professionals are shaping the future of the financial planning industry: Jim Barnash... Michael Kitces... Richard Lee Jr... Kyra Morris... Lou Stanasolovich... etc.  |
Wall Street & Technology November 18, 2005 |
Impact's Retirement Road Map Impact Technologies Group launched its Retirement Road Map sales system, which assists financial advisers in retirement planning for baby boomers.  |
Financial Planning February 1, 2006 Ed McCarthy |
Adding On Clients are clamoring for additional services, and some financial advisers are eager to please. But look before you leap into new lines of business.  |
On Wall Street March 1, 2012 John Diehl |
The Financial Calculus of Aging While surveys continue to show that procrastination is alive and well when it comes to retirement planning, there is no doubt that boomers are actively seeking solutions to real life issues associated with aging.  |
Registered Rep. January 1, 2007 John Churchill |
60 Seconds with...Nick Nicolette (FPA President, 2007) An interview with the Sterling Financial Planning principal and new president of the Financial Planning Association.  |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 John Parise |
Meet the Family Using a family meeting approach can help your financial advisory clients avoid financial conflicts between the generations and can also help maximize the growth potential of your advisory business.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2005 Paramjit Mahli |
Adviser Pulse With 76 million baby boomers facing retirement, the future for independent financial planners has never looked better. Here are some secrets of independent planners' success.  |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Melanie Waddell |
The Playing Field: Extending the Definition Some financial planners embrace a new asset class: a client's career.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Tom Foster |
Small Plans, Big Gains Becoming an expert in small-business retirement plans could create a big future for your financial advisory clients.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2006 Ryan Duey |
The CPA Connection Financial planners and CPAs should work as a team of trustworthy and knowledgeable professionals who genuinely care about serving the best interest of their clients.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Glen Kenney |
Teaching Yourself to Retire Here are lessons on planning for retirement, like contacting your human resources department and local Social Security Administration office and perhaps even a certified financial planner.  |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Marion Asnes |
Medical Miracles The editor of this publication discusses the importance of preparing your clients healthcare needs.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Martin Shenkman |
The Human Factor Estate planning tends to focus on minimizing taxes, especially for high-net-worth individuals, but personal problems may be more pressing for some clients.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Len Reinhart |
Making Changes To implement a living investment plan for retiring clients, you'll need to broaden your focus and rethink your technology.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
Bookshelf The Wall Street Journal Complete Retirement Guidebook by Glenn Ruffenach and Kelly Greene provides priceless help in explaining the more complex facets of retirement planning to clients.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
You Gotta Have a Plan By itself, a retirement plan sponsored by a small business or a professional practice might be modest, with $1 million or less in assets. By pursuing several plans, though, advisors may discover that "real money" is attainable.  |
Investment Advisor September 2005 Joni Youngwirth |
Draw Up a Plan Financial planners work with retirees every day. But, due to the changing face of retirement, when it comes to planning their own retirements, they may be as befuddled as their clients.  |