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How Advisors Can Best Engage the Entire Family

TLDR:Engaging the entire family is crucial for advisors to build trust, retain accounts, and create long-term value. To achieve this, advisors should develop a comprehensive family engagement plan that goes beyond traditional KYC questions. Understanding financial...

How RIAs Can Free Up Time to Evaluate Operational Upgrades

One of the toughest parts of running a financial advisory practice is time management. Managing a book of business requires many moving parts.  According to a research study conducted by the Kitces team, financial advisors work an average of 43 hours per week,...

Tips for Financial Advisors to Get More Client Referrals

Human relationships are the heartbeat of every successful business. There’s a powerful quote about this topic from Hubert Joly, a Harvard Business School faculty member, who was the former CEO of Best Buy. “The heart of business is the idea of pursuing a noble...

Financial Advisor Reading List: May 2023

Another tax season has come and gone. That means RIAs (and other financial professionals) have a bit more headspace to decompress. With the summer around the corner, now is a good time to focus on business fundamentals that matter. Here are some important topics to...

5 Questions Your RIA Clients May Not Know They Should Be Asking

Are your clients happy with your services as an RIA? What’s making them nervous? Are you in alignment regarding the goals you’re setting or the progress you’re making? Or is there something missing? As a financial advisor, it’s critical to be astute to the answers to...