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Get More Out Of Time-Tracking Software With Useful Data And Regain Control Of Your Time

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Comparing activities against benchmarking studies (such as the Kitces Research on Advisor Productivity) can reveal additional areas for improvement. For example, they might discover they are spending significantly more time on administrative tasks than expected, suggesting a need for support staff or automation.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (July 29-30)

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Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that RIAs appear to be building more comprehensive and more integrated tech stacks, and are benefiting from greater operational efficiencies, according to the latest Schwab RIA Benchmarking Study, with larger firms (..)

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From New-Hire To Confident Advisor: Structuring A First-Year Associate Advisor Onboarding Plan To Develop Technical And Client Skills

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First, clarity: both the advisor and manager should be able to clearly define the core financial planning skills that a new hire is expected to develop in their first year. Second, measurable progress: the plan needs objective standards and measurable benchmarks so that everyone can track development and stay accountable.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (December 2-3)

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Jarkesy, which in a narrow sense focuses on the SEC's use of in-house Administrative Law Judges to hear securities law cases rather than traditional Federal jury trials, but in a broader sense could call into question the SEC's (and other government agencies') authority to make rules and enforce laws in the absence of specific guidance from Congress (..)

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A Roadmap For Solo RIAs Making Their First Hire

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In this post, Kitces Senior Financial Planning Nerd Ben Henry-Moreland offers a framework that solo advisory firm owners can use to decide when their firm will be ready to make an initial hire, based on data from Kitces Research on Advisor Productivity and Advisor Wellbeing as well as industry benchmarking studies on advisor capacity.

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How To Hire And Train An Associate Advisor For Your RIA

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She is the co-founder and President of Journey Strategic Wealth, a Registered Investment Adviser built for advisors seeking independence and full-fledged practice management support. She currently runs a weekly YouTube series called “Practice Management with Penny.”.

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#FA Success Ep 320: Navigating Hyper-Growth To Achieve Platform Scale For Independent Advisors, With Jim Dickson

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In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Jim built Sanctuary’s “Partnered Independence” platform for advisors who want to run their own practices serving HNW clients while leveraging Sanctuary Wealth’s support system that offers technology, compliance, practice management and training groups, digital marketing, and even ultra-HNW (..)