5 Ways to Explain Fiduciary Duty to Your Prospects and Clients
There’s a lot of talk out there on what it means to be a fiduciary and how it is beneficial to the clients to understand the difference between who is and who isn’t. But how can you actually explain this to a potential prospect of even your current clients? We’ve thought up of a few...Read More
Case Study: Growing Your 401k Business with the Right Prospecting Strategy
Every advisor is constantly thinking about ways to grow their business. There are many options available to achieve this goal. However, there is no cookie-cutter formula on how to make prospecting a successful endeavor.
New Fiduciary Rule Introduced in Maryland
Lawmakers in Maryland have recently introduced a new bill (Senate Bill 786) called the Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2019. Within the bill is a provision which would require broker-dealers, investment advisors and insurance agents to act in the best interest of their clients. This is similar to the Nevada bill that was recently introduced...Read More
Case Study: Create the Ultimate Optimization Report for a Plan Sponsor
In order to create a winning proposal for a prospect, you need to make sure it includes all the best investment options. On the one hand, they should be optimized in terms of fees and performance, which might interest a plan sponsor, and finally they should correspond your provider platform requirements.
Proof-of-Work vs Proof-of-Stake: Theory & Practice Part 1
Blockhain is obviously a chain of linked blocks with transaction data in them, so that each block references all previous blocks before it and the chain is unbroken.
Capital Expenditures vs Share Buybacks: How Do Investors Want Companies to Spend?
I recently published an article discussing an op-ed written by Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders where one of the ideas they put forth was to create a (undefined) mechanism to discourage corporate buybacks. Recently Marco Rubio joined in with his own version of the same theme (still scant on details, but at least he...Read More
15 Weekly Stats for Financial Advisors: Week of March 4, 2019
Matt Meyer and Michael Robinson are founders of The BluePrint Insurance Services. Their mission is to be the premier insurance partner for RIAs and comprehensive financial advisors. The BluePrint provides an operational insurance platform that allows our partners to provide the highest level of insurance access and support. We feature this weekly update with permission:...Read More
Up Next: NJ Secure Choice Savings Program
New Jersey is the latest state, along with Maryland, Connecticut, New York, Washington state, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon, California, and Illinois, to establish a state-run retirement savings plan for private-sector employees whose employers do not offer a retirement plan. Though there are various concerns about the states running the retirement plans such as administrative capabilities, management...Read More
Case Study: Setting up Account Settings for More Accurate Proposal in 401kFiduciaryOptimizer
The Ask: In order to create a nice proposal for a prospect, you need to make sure it includes all the best investment options. On the one hand, they should be good in terms of fees and performance, which might interest a plan sponsor, and they should correspond to your provider platform requirements, on the...Read More
Case Study: How to Identify High Net Worth Leads in Your Area
Our client has a broad list of potential prospects available to search from through our Prospects of Wealth 2.0 database, but they want to be able to narrow down this massive list into a more refined list. For example, they specifically may want to offer their services to prospects with a large amount of savings that are approaching retirement soon.