Private Wealth Center

ADJUSTING TO A CHANGING ECONOMY: WEALTH MANAGEMENT FIRMS EXPAND TECHNOLOGY FRONTIERS TO CAPTURE NEW-GENERATION INVESTORS          

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

Geopolitical and macroenvironmental forces are driving changes in high-net-worth-individual status and behavior and shaking up wealth management industry dynamics.

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FINANCIAL PREFERENCES AND PRIORITIES BY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP     

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

An analysis of demographic groups and how they differ regarding financial well-being, attitudes, and life circumstances can open new opportunities for advisors.

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WEALTH IN THE TIME OF COVID: CONTEXT AND CONVERSATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS         

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

Emotions can be heightened during a crisis like the pandemic, so advisors need to be ready to help founders, families, and newly wealthy individuals focus on their relationships with people, planet, and community.

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WHY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHOULD REGULATE CRYPTOCURRENCY

From Knoweldge at Wharton

IWI Executive Education Partner 

Wharton’s Kevin Werbach explains why the Biden administration’s executive order to develop a national policy on cryptocurrency is an important step forward.

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FIXED INDEXED ANNUITIES: DISSECTING PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS         

From the Retirement Management Journal

As structured solutions to the principal protection problem, fixed indexed annuities (FIA) can be effective bond replacements in a retirement portfolio through an efficient risk transfer.

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WISHFUL THINKING ABOUT THE RISK OF STOCKS IN THE LONG RUN: CONSEQUENCES FOR DEFINED CONTRIBUTION AND DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLANS        

From the Retirement Management Journal

It is widely believed that although stocks are risky in the short run, in the long run they are far less risky and will outperform risk-free investments. This belief is a dangerous fallacy.

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Online Education and Podcasts

THE TRUST MANDATE      

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Herman Brodie, the founding director of Prospecta Limited and author of The Trust Mandate, discusses how investment advisors can build trust with their clients and how investment advisors can address two key behavioral issues of great concern to their retired and soon-to-be-retired clients. 

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DON’T FIGHT THE FED    

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Liz Ann Sonders, managing director, chief investment strategist, Charles Schwab & Co., discusses the most important takeaways for advisors and investors in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Fed increasing its benchmark federal-funds rate by a quarter percentage point to a range between 0.25 percent and 0.5 percent.

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INTENTIONAL WEALTH: HOW FAMILIES BUILD LEGACIES OF STEWARDSHIP AND FINANCIAL HEALTH    

On-Demand Recording

COVID-19 has brought its share of pain, loss, and heartache along with a new awareness of health, well-being, and the necessity for long term planning for families. This awareness has the potential to create opportunities and a demand for advisors who have the skills to manage such transitions and complexities. In this workshop, we will discuss how to meet families where they are and ultimately what they are looking for.

1 Hour of CE Credit.

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Blogs

REGULATION BEST INTEREST: IS IT WORKING? 

From Washington Insights, May 2022

This month’s Washington Insights column examines the question of whether Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) is working as intended. Reg BI went into effect nearly two years ago and was designed to enhance investor protection and, to an extent, level the playing field between brokerage firms and investment advisors providing investment advice to retail investors.

Read at Washington Insights