Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Each week in Weekend Reading For Financial Planners, we seek to bring you synopses and commentaries on 12 articles covering news for financial advisors including topics covering technical planning, practice management, advisor marketing, career development, and more.

Practice Management 80

Practice Management Tax Planning Planning Securities 80

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries will be 8.7% Why accounting firms have become hot acquisition targets for RIAs. for 2023, the largest COLA since 1981.

Tax Planning 80

Tax Planning Practice Management Accounting Firms Securities 80

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Along with designing a client’s asset allocation , optimizing asset location is another way advisors can add value as putting different investments in taxable versus tax-deferred accounts can have a significant impact on after-tax returns. Tax Planning. Retirement Planning.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

From there, we have several articles on practice management: Why it is important for advisors charging on a fee-for-service basis to regularly reassess their pricing, and best practices for letting current clients know about a fee increase. But many firms will find that their client referral rates are flat.

Education 130

Education Planning Benchmarking Investments 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For the most part, we also have, out of those 195, a lot of those are also some legacy clients that have been around for a very long time, that maybe have brokerage accounts that are no longer advisory, right, so, but I am including that in there. So, we do look at clients from the complexity of what type of planning they have.

Leverage 130

Leverage Planning Concentration Tax Planning 130

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And one of the flyers that came out said that I did estate planning, and tax planning, and business succession planning, and all these things I didn’t know anything about. And so, ultimately, I… Michael: Not actually that deep on your business succession planning experience as a 20-year-old.

Education 130

Education Planning Numbers Securities 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

A potential compromise during the lame-duck Congressional session could see a boost to the child tax credit and extended tax breaks for businesses. From there, we have several articles on tax planning: How advisors can add value for their clients by managing their exposure to mutual fund capital gains distributions.

Planning 130

Planning Leadership Healthcare Accounting 130