Case Study: Shining a Light on Revenue Sharing
The Ask It’s practically the norm for the fees on many 401(k) plans to be anything but straightforward. Indirect compensation and revenue sharing are some of the biggest culprits in...Read More
Case Study: Compare an Annuity to an Alternative Investment Portfolio
The Ask: One of our adviser clients asked if he can compare an annuity to an alternative investment portfolio? An annuity is an investment vehicle for retirement that has guaranteed...Read More
Case Study: Diversifying 401(k) Plans as a Great Prospecting Opportunity
The Ask: Creating a great proposal that will increase interest from your prospects should be ideal not only in terms of cost-efficiency but also in terms of diversification. While cost-efficiency...Read More
Case Study: What will Happen to my Client’s Portfolio if the Chinese Credit Market were to Explode?
The Ask: It is a fiduciary duty of each advisor to protect investments of a client. How can it be done effectively before a disaster strikes? It is customary to...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.
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.
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...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.
Case Study: Identifying Fiduciary Risks with the Right Tools
Our client is able to review and analyze virtually every defined contribution plan in the country using the Larkspur Executive. They specialize in acting as a fiduciary to the plan and helping plan sponsors to avoid fiduciary liability themselves. When hunting for new prospects they need a variety of specialized indicators can tell them if a plan may be at fiduciary risk so they can market their services to these prospects.
Case Study: How to Find Retirement Plans with Specific Investment Names
By showing the sponsor better performing, more efficient lineups, he has won a lot of business. But many of his wins have come from clients that were with a particular provider. So he asked us how he could target sponsors that invest through that provider with high cost?