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James Owen, Global Chief Financial Officer, Profiles Division, Kantar

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I can’t stand little empires, people holding money back and playing a negotiation game with budgets,” he explains. However, when he didn’t secure a senior contract at Bradford City, he left that path behind and went on to study maths at University. Total transparency. “I

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Tune In To Payments Reality Check!

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He’d teach them about a variety of things going on in the world – science, math, archaeology, literature. Cash is also how many people budget, since what they see is, literally, what they can spend. Samantha and Nick would boot up “Jack” every couple of days. It hasn’t happened and it isn’t going to happen, so stick a fork in it.

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Filtering Down To The Most Impact-Weighted Work To Add Value

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I’m just thinking practical, do I need every single line item of their budget, or do I just need to be able to get to a quick slice that says, “Your outflows are more than your inflows, we probably need to have a conversation about that?” So budgeting and net worth, absolutely. ” Natalie: Yes, exactly.

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Using Detailed Meeting Checklists to Drive Referral Growth

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And you start doing the math of the staff, and you’re like, “I can hire people for less than this.” ” I’ve seen a lot of industry discussion that’s essentially, the math of it can be better on the RIA side because you just don’t have to pay for the things that you don’t need in your platform.

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (December 2022)

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After all, in a world where prospecting was almost entirely a function of networking and establishing relationships with Centers Of Influence who could refer the advisor, almost by definition the advisor’s marketing efforts would concentrate on the local market where they could engage in such in-person relationship-building.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

And what’s their budget like a fraction of it, right? RITHOLTZ: So hold the duration risk aside with those two, but just for an investor in treasuries, I know you’ve done the math before. RITHOLTZ: Right. It just overwhelmed them. I’m sure. That’s great. How would you have done? RITHOLTZ: Really interesting.