CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

How firms can best leverage their internal data to improve the number of client referrals they receive. We also have a number of articles on retirement planning: While weak stock and bond market performance has challenged advisors and their clients this year, these trends have likely increased the ‘safe’ withdrawal rate for new retirees.

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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.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 23, 2022

But among the other changes in the economic environment this year (from inflation to weak market performance), rising interest rates (and their impact on firms’ willingness and ability to borrow funds for their acquisitions) have the potential to cool the market for RIA M&A. charitable giving ), and fulfilling RMD requirements.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A new study shows that there is a wide gap between firms leveraging technology to enhance the client experience and those that do not treat their tech stack as a priority. While all financial planning firms use technology in one way or another, the breadth and depth of their tech stacks can vary significantly.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 19, 2022

That group provides investment services, education and research to more than a thousand financial advisory firms, representing more than $3 trillion in assets. And you know, we have a team that serves those advisors in the home offices of those advisors, talking about Vanguard’s product and educating about product.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

I think the industry likes to tell a story that one of the big drivers from insurance and brokerage firms to RIAs is essentially the economics of it. But I’m struck as you were framing this that this basically had nothing to do with the economics of it. And the economics, they ultimately worked out long term.

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