Behavioral Finance
Read about the behavioral finance factors that affect clients and that help advisors tailor the best financial plans and portfolio strategies for investors.
Advisor Software Launches New Behavioral Risk Tool
By Danielle AndrusA new wealth management tech provider aims to improve the suggestions advisors make to their clients by with more robust behavioral finance profiling tools.
June 28, 2017
New CFP Board Standards Are a Good Step, but What’s Next?Make no mistake CFP Boards proposal is a good first step; the big question, perhaps the only question, is what step comes next.
June 27, 2017
FSI Taps New Board Members, Leadership for 2018Dean Harman, CEO of Harman Wealth Management, will be the second financial advisor to chair the group of indie reps and broker-dealers.
June 26, 2017
3 Big DOL Fiduciary Pain Points for AdvisorsAn Aite Group survey of advisors asks how difficult they think various tasks will be under the fiduciary rule.
June 22, 2017
FSI Shares Views, Case Studies on Outside Business ActivitiesMore input from independent advisors and brokers-dealers is also sought by the Financial Services Institute.
June 21, 2017
Board to Death: Is the CFP Board’s New Fiduciary Standard Really Better Than No Standard at All?Back in 2008, the CFP Board announced that it was revising its professional standards to include a requirement that CFPs act as fiduciaries for their clients.
June 20, 2017
CFP Board Seeks to Impose 'Strengthened' Fiduciary Standard on All AdviceProposal out for a 60-day comment period; Kitces wonders if board is prepared to enforce and discipline those not in compliance.
June 13, 2017
Crunch Time Part II: CFP Board’s ‘D-Day’If the CFP Board doesnt get planners on the right side of the fiduciary issue right quick, it risks marginalizing the entire profession.