Client Outreach
The latest news and advice about successful client communications, including the best methods and strategies for financial advisors.
Private Ocean’s 4-Step Plan to Serving the Next Generation of Clients
By Greg FriedmanIf youre interested in growing your firm, you should identify and understand the next generation of clients, and build your firm accordingly.
July 19, 2013
TrimTabs Reports Record Flows Into Equity FundsThe strong enthusiasm for equities should give contrarians pause, TrimTabs CEO David Santschi said. Four of the 10 largest inflows into U.S. equity funds occurred at the peak of the technology bubble in early 2000.
July 19, 2013
GAO Suggests Requiring RIA Advice for Accredited InvestorsA GAO study recommends that the SEC require more liquid investments in private offerings or the use of an RIA for guidance as preferred means of protecting accredited investors.
July 18, 2013
BDCs, Maligned by Regulators, Find a ChampionDespite recent warnings, Michael Forman of Franklin Square makes a strong argument for including business development companies in a portfolio.
July 18, 2013
Rulebreaking Runs Rampant on Wall Street, Survey FindsA quarter of financial services professionals would engage in insider trading to make $10 million if they could get away with it, and nearly 40% of younger Wall Streeters would do so, a new survey reveals.
July 18, 2013
The Modern Family Advisor: What the Repeal of DOMA Could Mean for Clients and Your PracticeThe legal and financial world has been changed for same-sex couples, and the implications for advisors in guiding those couples are nearly as dramatic.
July 17, 2013
Expat Americans, Foreign Banks Heave Under IRS PressureFATCA, newly delayed until July 2014, will require foreign financial institutions to report on U.S. citizens holdings or pay a steep withholding tax.
July 17, 2013
Debunking Time: Fiduciary Duty Would be Good for (a Broker's) BusinessThe Financial Planning Coalitions letter to the SEC debunks the securities industrys current main objection that a fiduciary standard would cost too much for brokers.