0 visitor like this article | Viewed 2644 times | 0 comment
Summary: Greg has been a financial adviser for 22 years, and he’s a good one. He has an established, but still growing, book of business. He appreciates automation — his clients love the new client portal his firm rolled out a few years ago, his portfolio rebalancing workflow is mostly automated, and fully paperless account opening and asset transfers are right around the corner.
0 visitor like this article | Viewed 2623 times | 0 comment
Summary: How and when advisors communicate with clients is constantly changing. The days of traditional emails and memos are numbered. Gone are the days when face-to-face meetings were the best way to stay in touch. Today, people require instant communication and texting has found its way to the forefront of human interaction—particularly in business. Now, we’re all digital all the time.
0 visitor like this article | Viewed 2473 times | 0 comment
Summary: In the past year, cybersecurity has truly broken through and become not just a boardroom issue but also a dinner table topic. From ransomware attacks to election tampering, we have been fed a steady diet of explosive front page stories that have shaken the public's sense of online security.
0 visitor like this article | Viewed 2545 times | 0 comment
Summary: These days, with the stock market rising to record levels while advisors face margin compression and increased competition from robo-advisors and breakaway brokers, more firm owners than ever are reaching out to business consultants for help. Yet in my experience, many of those firms won't get the help they need — or maximize the help they get — for one simple reason: Their owners aren't ready to work with a consultant.
0 visitor like this article | Viewed 2447 times | 0 comment
Summary: Advisers need to be proactive about making technology changes if they want to keep up with the competition and take advantages of opportunities to improve the client experience.