Nerd's Eye View

MAY 12, 2023

The study also highlighted the importance of advisors taking the time to build trust with clients and to understand a client’s goals and needs, as this can not only differentiate an advisor from those providing purely transactional investment advice, but also could promote client retention, even in years of poor market performance.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We start with several articles on retirement planning: Data showing where American retirees currently stand, from their average net worth to how they spend each hour of the day How, according to a recent study, delaying Social Security benefits typically leads to greater lifetime wealth than claiming benefits early in order to reduce portfolio withdrawals (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 2, 2023

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: Holistiplan, after achieving success with its tax planning and analysis software, has announced an investment from Lead Edge Capital, signaling that it may be ready to expand into other financial planning areas beyond tax – (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 8, 2023

investment reviews in the summer, retirement projection updates in the fall, and year-end tax planning in the winter) created enough efficiency through systematizing the ongoing financial planning process that allowed him to fit in tax preparation without reducing any of his other service offerings! Read More.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 14, 2022

While this will help seniors keep pace with rising prices, it also creates tax planning opportunities for advisors and raises the possibility that the Social Security Trust Fund could be depleted sooner than expected. for 2023, the largest COLA since 1981.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 31, 2023

However, even though the PTET can result in higher state taxes, the savings in Federal taxes that can result from being able to deduct the PTET as a business expense (including not just income tax but potentially self-employment taxes, net investment income tax, and additional Medicare taxes as well) might still make the election worth it overall.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 12, 2022

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, after years of working in an environment where she saw first-hand how ultra-high-net-worth clients keep and grow their wealth (and the lack of diversity among those clients), Kamila decided to build a practice that focused on providing holistic financial planning to communities of color with emerging wealth, (..)

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Future CFO

JANUARY 15, 2024

This requires a fundamental pivot from tax planning to building as much certainty as possible into transfer pricing positions, which means being as proactive as possible in dealing with anticipated and current controversies.”

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Spreadym

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Saving and Investing: Develop a savings plan and investment strategy to build wealth over time. 401(k), IRA), investing in stocks, bonds, real estate, or other assets, and establishing an emergency fund. Tax Planning: Optimize your tax strategy to minimize your tax liabilities and maximize your after-tax income.

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CFO Share

JULY 13, 2023

Growth planning should include your executive team and a CPA for tax planning purposes. Pause or cancel capital investments like new equipment purchases. Shifting investment focus from growth to efficiency. Determine KPIs and financial reporting to measure progress. Defer long-term maintenance.

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Future CFO

MAY 24, 2020

Beyond that, CFOs are expected to optimise every investment dollar for maximum returns on investments and be involved in all discussions and matters that have a financial impact on the company. According to the survey, businesses are seeking a model that balances different priorities that transcend routine compliance tasks.

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Michigan CFO

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

With additional finances at your disposal, you can invest more in your growth. The SaaS CFO can help plan and strategize for growth with actionable goals and key performance indicators. Tax Planning With Your SaaS CFO. You might be wondering, “Okay, but can my SaaS CFO handle taxes?” Interested in learning more?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients. But, with the rise of index funds and the commoditization of investment advice, generating sufficient investment ‘alpha’ to justify a fee has become more challenging for advisors.

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The CFO College

APRIL 8, 2021

Investing time and money every month into expanding your “VIP” could increase your revenue, especially if you commit to doing something to work on these three areas for one hour a day. Invest a little time every day and eventually you’ll start to see peers and clients looking to you as a viable leader.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Financial Planning. 101 Things That Advisors Actually DO To Add Value (Beyond Just Allocating A Portfolio) – Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Tax-loss harvesting – i.e., selling investments at a loss to capture a tax deduction while re-investing the proceeds to maintain market exposure – is a popular strategy for financial advisors to increase their clients’ after-tax investment returns. With these three tools (i.e.,

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 10, 2023

While the budget almost certainly will face stiff resistance in a divided Congress, proposals that could affect financial advisors and their clients include increasing the top income and capital gains tax rates, raising the Net Investment Income Tax rate and applying it to pass-through income, and increasing the amount of the child tax credit.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 30, 2022

We also have a number of articles on investments: Fixed-income ETFs saw inflows this year, while their mutual fund counterparts experienced significant outflows, suggesting that the dominance of bond mutual funds could be eroding. Why a higher interest rate environment could represent a ‘sea change’ for investors in the years ahead.

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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. People may not even really understood that they own the company, you know, by investing in the funds in the company. They’ll do tax planning, right?

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 17, 2022

But in the world of financial advice, there so far has been little regulation on advisor titles ( unless someone tries to call themselves an “investment counselor”, which ironically is still regulated under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ). But many firms will find that their client referral rates are flat. Darius Foroux).

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

So for advisors who feel overwhelmed with the range of responsibilities they have in a given week, implementing a systematic annual planning process based on seasons can not only provide more structure to their processes, but also provide a better experience – not only for their clients, but also for their work teams – in the process!

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What’s unique about Anh, though, is how, as a solo advisor, she differentiates her firm by leveraging the combination of a high-touch concierge approach to client service with a unique investment management approach through the use of very carefully chosen structured notes to differentiate her portfolio design from other advisors.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

He has had a passion for finance and planning since high school, when he first started investing and doing his own taxes. Assuming a 6% return on her invested principal, Dawn can expect to have a total balance of about $61,275 by age 25. Jack is a teacher at a local high school, and Morgan is an investment analyst.

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Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 15, 2023

Let’s talk a little bit about your alternative investments career. And so alongside of Wall Street recruiting in my senior year, I interviewed at the Yale Investments Office and was fortunate to get that job and violated the two principles I had at the time, which was I wanted to be in a training program and I wanted to leave New Haven.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

But alongside those advantages, there are some specific rules and regulations that are unique to solo 401(k) plans, which can add to the complexity of setting up and maintaining a plan. And for advisors who serve self-employed clients, managing a solo 401(k) plan is often a different process than managing other types of investments.

Planning 130

Planning Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Accounting 130

CSC Advisors

MAY 30, 2022

This is an advisor that can help with general financial planning, not just corporate. They help with investment management and are a more niche category of advisors. Whether you need help with budgeting, investing, tax planning, or even paying off your outstanding debts, you can find a financial advisor to help!

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And that takes you down a road of increasingly complex or sophisticated investment vehicles, the move towards alternatives, the move towards private equity and hedge funds and a lot of different things that get done with the portfolios of high-net-worth clients. Estate planning is commonly a big point of discussion, as well.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And then in July 1 of this year, we launched our own registered investment advisor. So, Envision Financial Planning is a registered investment advisor, we’re SEC registered, but we stayed within the Commonwealth ecosystem. So, we made the transition to give up our FINRA licenses in September 30th of 2020.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The digital tax is part of a broader five-year, $3.4 Canadians want a tax system that is fair, where everyone pays their fair share, so the government has the resources it needs to invest in people and keep our economy strong,” said Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. A Global Fight.

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Musings on Markets

MAY 11, 2021

While one part of the proposal, reversing the 2017 tax cuts for those in the highest tax brackets from 39.6% to 37%, was anticipated, the other one, almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for those making more than a million dollars in investment income, was a surprise.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The compensation, ultimately, was dependent on a mix of products, and then the investment revenue coming in. And most people have very underserved in a risk management perspective, so you can place the right insurance products along with investments and get a whole financial plan going. The culture was very product driven.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Dan is a Partner and the Chief Investment Officer at Capasso Planning Partners, a rapidly growing independent RIA based in Charleston, South Carolina that oversees about $250 million of assets under management for 300 client households across the country that are all served virtually. Executive Summary. Dan: It’s interesting.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Emily is the Senior Financial Planner for Archer Investment Management, a virtual Independent RIA based in Austin, Texas, that oversees $170 million of assets under management for nearly 170 families. 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 28, 2022

Jeffrey Levine, CPA/PFS, CFP, AIF, CWS, MSA is the Lead Financial Planning Nerd for Kitces.com , a leading online resource for financial planning professionals, and also serves as the Chief Planning Officer for Buckingham Strategic Wealth. Notably, the language of SECURE Act 2.0

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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. And then we look at estate planning. And then in the fall, we look at tax planning. The other one, he’d been there maybe four years.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Separately, the DoL this week finalized a rule to explicitly permit retirement plan fiduciaries to consider Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors when selecting investments and exercising shareholder rights (e.g., Meb Faber Research).

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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.

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