Financial Planning - May 2021

What is a financial planner?

Anyone can call themselves a wealth advisor these days. Here are credentials that count.

With clients showing signs of anxiety during the pandemic, Kimberly Foss writes, now is the time to remind them why they came to us in the first place.

As more people pile into the markets, it's crucial to foster financial literacy, write Christine Lazaro and Teresa Verges.

Three recent criminal cases raise concerns that wealth managers and regulators aren’t detecting alleged fraud quickly enough or disclosing basic information about crimes and disciplinary problems.

The police, FBI, SEC and IRS, among other agencies, have been trying to track ex-advisor Chris Burns for months, to no avail.

With a new brand and new leadership, the firm hopes to tap into a burgeoning wealth management sector.

“When I left, I told Morgan Stanley [Ron] was the best person I've ever worked for in my career,” says advisor Jason Fertitta, who is hiring his old boss.

Four months after shutting down, the fintech and some of its employees are joining SEI.

Keith Beverly, one of a handful of Black CFP-CFA holders, is pushing to mint more.

“The rollout of this plan has acted as a tipping point,” says Nick Pennino, an Edward Jones advisor.

Experts say financial advisors can stay compliant with their BD while tapping into the leads and new clients attracted by quality web pages.

As a decades-long loyalist of Bogle’s ground-breaking firm for decades, Allan S. Roth worries it’s losing its edge in client support.

A fever-pitch argument over whether prices and wages will rise after the giant pandemic relief packages has split financial advisors into two camps.

It's typical for wealthier customers to have the wrong level of coverage.