Financial Planning - April 2020

Best Fintechs to work for

Here’s what these companies are doing to attract and retain employees.

Metrics and strategy are key at YCharts. So are mystery-flavored Oreos.

Wealth management firms will retain employees when they offer flexibility, not just one-off perks.

This three-tiered model may help.

Firms must collaborate, rather than compete, to bring in more women and non-white advisors, says Cerulli Associates.

Communities of color still don’t see enough advisors “who look like them.”

For many, the document is a significant source of confusion. Fortunately, one of the most persistent errors is easily correctable.

When financial advisors consider both the hard-dollar and time investments required to land quality leads, everyone benefits.

“Mandatory arbitration could be masking toxic cultures that are tolerating sexual harassment,” says a shareholder activist whose firm prompted Wells’ move

Best-in-class IT management and cybersecurity protection means RIAs must also focus on their base layer — the tech stack.

Five years of alleged promises, checks that never arrived, and a mysterious employee named “Tryg Nederloe” add up to a bizarre saga with wide ramifications.

A watchful planner might have saved a matriarch’s IRA from being allegedly pillaged by her son.

That would be a big “no,” in most cases, according to FINRA, but gives rise to another question…

Interestingly, the measure often used by analysts and planners just happens to be the one that doesn’t reflect how most clients actually invest or withdraw money.

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