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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 17-18) 2022

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tax planning or deeper retirement planning ) can be a way to increase client satisfaction and encourage them to be vocal advocates for the firm. And while Buffett was naturally gifted in math, he was initially scared of public speaking. But many firms will find that their client referral rates are flat.

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Dropping A B/D License Without Dropping Current B/D Platform

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I mean, did you have a lot of business or existing clients on the BD side or paying BD trails, where there were a bunch of economic ramifications of doing this decision? I mean, I can do sort of the math overall, 200 million under management, and 206 clients. The math is probably the easiest part of it.

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Using Detailed Meeting Checklists to Drive Referral Growth

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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. And you start doing the math of the staff, and you’re like, “I can hire people for less than this.” And the economics, they ultimately worked out long term.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

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SEIDES: Yeah, I wouldn’t measure it in terms of economic returns. It’s part of their own tax planning. 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. So, it cost the firm $320,000, well worth every penny?

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Resetting Work/Life Balance By Getting Paid For Expertise

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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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Restructuring Compensation And Roles To Align For Growth

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Because the economics of profitability start showing up particularly when you’re starting to hire other advisors and staff and team. And the four pillars are the financial plan, risk management, so just checking all their what-if scenarios that something…a husband dies, wife dies, long-term care, disability.

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Transcript: Gary Cohn

Barry Ritholtz

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council, President of Goldman Sachs , is below. We dive deep into all sorts of things about running businesses, managing risk, and then when we began talking about his public sector service, we went deep into the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017.

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