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Summary: The Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, released in April, highlights what our affluent research has been telling us for the past decade: The affluent want a professional to oversee the multi-dimensional aspects of their family’s financial affairs and have their best interests in mind.
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Summary: Financial advisory firms are starting to embrace the trend of using job titles that reflect the spirit of the position.
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Summary: The words we use to describe ourselves can give us a wind at our backs, or they can generate a wind in our faces. This especially applies to the financial planning sector, in part because the profession has yet to define itself in the public mind with crystal clarity.
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Summary: American consumers are increasingly using financial advisors but many traditional wealth management businesses leave out the less affluent at their own peril, according to a recent report.
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Summary: Like most advisory firm owners and business consultants today, when I started my consulting business 15 years ago I thought business consulting was an ongoing process: with the consultant serving as an “off the books” member of the executive team, working to grow a successful advisory business. I even described my services as a “virtual CEO or COO,” or some fancy name that I care not to remember.