Client Outreach
The latest news and advice about successful client communications, including the best methods and strategies for financial advisors.
Top Portfolio Products: New Tools to Compare Funds and ETFs
By Marlene Y. SatterThese new products can help advisors and investors choose among the myriad funds and ETFs on the market.
March 31, 2016
Advisors Should Be Required to Put Clients’ Interests First, Most Americans SayBut most investors think advisors are already required to be fiduciaries, according to a Financial Engines poll.
March 30, 2016
NASAA to Launch Senior$afe Program to Fight Elder FraudThe program will help advisors and brokers identify and report potential elder financial fraud.
March 30, 2016
CFP Board’s Mandatory Arb Plan: Significantly Better Than FINRA’sThe Board's timing and use of mandatory arbitration as the solution virtually cry out for comparisons to FINRAs controversial arbitration program.
March 29, 2016
More Workers Prefer Higher Wages Over Better Health Benefits: EBRITheres a trend growing of workers preferring fewer health care benefits in return for higher wages, according to a March paper from EBRI.
March 29, 2016
Betterment Snags Another $100 Million in FinancingThe latest round of financing is Betterment's fifth and largest to date, almost as large as all its other rounds of financing combined.
March 28, 2016
The Mysterious Case of the Unpaid Arbitration AwardsToo many investors win securities arbitration awards and never see a penny, Bob Clark writes.
March 28, 2016
How Parenting Trends Shape Your ClientsYou've probably heard of "helicopter parents" and dealt with "trailing boomer" parents who can't stop supporting their kids. But have you heard of "drone parents"?