The subtle yet important differences
A significant part of financial literacy is knowing which professional to call in various situations. On the surface, many financial professionals seem to have similar duties. The fiduciary, the broker, and the dual registered advisor serve vastly different purposes, but they are seen as overlapping disciplines to many people outside of the industry. Advisors Magazine asked advisors across the industry in different disciplines for their reasoning – why don’t prospective investors know the subtle yet important differences between different types of financial professionals, especially with $74.3 trillion under

Don’t let common advisor Facebook marketing mistakes burn through your budget!

Every year, the world seems to get ever more anchored in technology and social media. The pressure is ramping up, and advisors are making an effort to become more “digitally available” to their prospects and clients. And yes, that includes trying to crack the code on “Facebook for financial advisors”.

This has created an interesting shift in our industry. Online marketing topics have become the mainstays of advisor conferences. Many compliance departments have no idea what to do with this trend.

Financial services industry insiders often throw jargon around in client meetings, newsletters, and even marketing materials – but when an advisor uses jargon, what does the client actually hear? Advisors Magazine asked advisors across the industry and across the country for their thoughts on how to relate to clients and why clear, jargon-lite communication matters, even to investors who know their way around financial concepts.

Few Americans receive unbiased, third-party help with their 401(k) plans, and some even mistakenly believe that their employer actively manages the plan for them. A new tool, however, could help 401(k) holders maneuver toward the retirement they have always dreamed of.

Most people still manage their 401(k) plans through the decades-old “buy and hold” strategy, leaving them exposed to today’s faster-paced financial world.

Frank G. Wisner, Sr. did not dabble in small matters.

Wisner, one of the early members of the Central Intelligence Agency, helped build, and was the original “orchestrator” of, the first state-sponsored propaganda network in the United States—nicknamed the “Mighty Wurlitzer Organ." Wisner ran that operation through a vast array of contacts in order to sway public opinion against communist encroachment world-wide, and later that campaign would be folded into the new CIA.