Mondays are all about financial adviser-related links here at Abnormal Returns. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why succession failures often end in M&A.
Podcasts
- Anthony Pompliano talks with Tyrone Ross about the importance of financial education. (podcasts.apple.com)
- Christine Benz and Jeff Ptak talks retirement planning with Jonathan Guyton, principal at Cornerstone Wealth Advisors, a fee-only advisory firm in Minneapolis. (morningstar.com)
- Carl Richards and Michael Kitces talk about the importance of protecting energy levels to in order to better help clients. (kitces.com)
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Workplace financial planning
- Startup Brightside wants to improve financial wellness and literacy for employees by helping route funds to their best use. (a16z.com)
- Startup Origin wants to bring automated financial planning tools to the workplace. (wealthmanagement.com)
Alternatives
- iCapital keeps growing including picking up Wells Fargo's alternative platform. (citywireusa.com)
- Addepar has built a marketplace for alternative investments. (riabiz.com)
Custodians
- The pandemic may have slowed the breakaway movement, but it is likely to re-accelerate going forward. (riabiz.com)
- Sanctuary Wealth has a new twist in financing partner firm acquisitions. (wealthmanagement.com)
- "TD Ameritrade Institutional has launched its own RIA matching service for mergers and acquisitions, succession planning and next generation talent." (wealthmanagement.com)
- The Fisher Investments machine keeps humming with a big jump in AUM and expansion to Florida. (riabiz.com)
States
- Only two states, Rhode Island and Oklahoma, require advisers to send out Form CRS. (investmentnews.com)
- Colorado is set to become the latest state with a public retirement savings program for private-sector workers. (investmentnews.com)
Practice management
- Clients have increasing expectations about technology. The question is can smaller firms keep up? (investmentnews.com)
- It's hard to generate referrals if your firm doesn't have a coherent brand message. (kitces.com)
- What you can do to support under-represented people in finance. (morningstar.com)
Advisers
- Why talking to clients about where they want to be is so important. (advisorchecklist.com)
- There are a number of reasons why 2020 is an important year to manage capital gains exposure. (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- A look at the new CFP Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct. (kitces.com)
- It's hard to estate planning if you don't confront the possibility of your own death. (advisorperspectives.com)
- Some of our money instincts are pretty deeply rooted in childhood. (investmentnews.com)