The Center for RIA Excellence

SOLUTIONS TO EMERGING TAX PROBLEMS IN RETIREMENT W/WALDEAN WALL  

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Waldean Wall, Vice President, Advanced Markets and Solutions, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, discusses three emerging tax problems in retirement and possible solutions, including Roth conversions, life insurance, split beneficiaries, charitable giving, and charitable trusts.

THE ROLE AND USE OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS: A DISCUSSION WITH STEPHEN HORAN, PHD, CFA^®, CIPM^®, CAIA^®, BRIAN ULLSPERGER, CIMA^®, AND ANTHONY B. DAVIDOW, CIMA^® 

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

Member experts respond to questions about the challenges and opportunities that alternatives present to advisors and their clients.

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2022 CLIENT RESEARCH: THE EVOLUTION CONTINUES—GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY AND DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS ARE CHANGING CLIENT EXPERIENCE    

From Investments & Wealth Research

Each year Investments & Wealth Institute and Absolute Engagement survey clients to gather insights that support exceptional advisors. This article reports on findings of the 2022 survey.

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THREE P’S FOR A SUCCESSFUL ADVISOR TRANSITION      

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

Successful advisor transition requires the right people, detailed strategic planning, practical execution on an appropriate timeline, as well as proactive communication and accountability.

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CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND DIGITAL ASSETS: VALUATION MODELS AND DUE DILIGENCE       

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

The challenge for investors is to pick the relatively small number of today’s cryptoassets that will be among the next decade’s largest winners.

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ESG AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTING: A DISCUSSION WITH DAVID CALLAWAY AND ROBERT POWELL, CFP^®         

From the Investments & Wealth Monitor

Two industry leaders discuss investors’ understanding of ESG and sustainable investing, how to accelerate advisor and client education in this area, and how advisors can differentiate themselves through ESG.

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2022 T3/INSIDE INFORMATION SOFTWARE SURVEY  

Research of Interest

The newly released 2022 T3/Inside Information Software Survey ranks, by market share, the leading software solutions in advisory-firm tech stacks in 35 different categories.

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ASK: HOW TO RELATE TO ANYONE W/DAN SOLIN   

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Daniel R. Solin, the New York Times bestselling author of the Smartest series of investing books and The Smartest Sales Book You’ll Ever Read, provides advice for advisors when talking to prospects and/or clients.

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PRINCIPLES, MYTHS, AND METHODS FOR THE HOURLY FINANCIAL ADVISOR W/MARK BERG, CFP^®  

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Hourly counsel has the potential to be the fastest-growing segment in the delivery of financial advice, according to Mark Berg, the founding principal of Timothy Financial Counsel. In this podcast, Berg discusses how to price, position and deliver hourly advice; how to segment your client base and prospect for an entirely new clientele; how to develop a relationship-based approach and avoid a "transactional" mindset; and how to harness the potential of time-tracking to create a stable foundation for growth.

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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ASKING QUESTIONS W/WARREN BERGER  

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Warren Berger, the author of A More Beautiful Question and several other books, discusses the art and science of asking “beautiful” questions and how advisors can develop richer relationships with their clients and prospects by asking the right questions.

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THE FUTURE OF MONEY W/LILAH RAYNOR 

Exceptional Advisor Podcast

Lilah Raynor, the founder and CEO of Logica Research, describes the key findings from Logica's most recent Future of Money Study on the way Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and Boomers make, spend, and manage money. Plus, Raynor provides actionable advice to financial advisors based on the results of Logica's research.

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A GUIDE TO INCLUSIVE WORK CULTURES 

On-Demand Recording

Any firm can ‘do’ diversity; it is the inclusion that is the difficult part. For an organization to be genuinely inclusive, it must change in the presence of diversity. And this change is painfully slow. 

Premier CE: 1 credit for CIMA^®, CPWA^®, and RMA^® certifications.

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RIGOROUS EMPATHY: HOW THE ADAPTIVE ADVISOR WILL SUCCEED 

On-Demand Recording

The ongoing health and financial crisis will accelerate the ongoing disruption of the financial planning industry. Advisors are grappling with how to define their value proposition, moving beyond commoditized products and portfolios. To remain both impactful and profitable, some advisors have embraced the new normal in which holistic decision-making and behavioral coaching is paramount. 

1 Hour of CE Credit.

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Blogs

TARGET-DATE FUNDS: ERISA COURTS MAY SOON ADDRESS APPROPRIATE MEASURE FOR PERFORMANCE        

From Washington Insights, September 2022

Washington Insights reviews a series of class-action lawsuits filed against plan sponsors claiming breach of fiduciary duty by selecting and retaining a BlackRock suite of allegedly underperforming target-date funds for their 401(k) plan menus.

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