Practice

Advisor's Edge

Helping clients sort out a holiday inheritance fight

In the first 10 minutes of a meeting, your client says: “My kids had a horrible fight over the holidays."

By Gil Martinez |January 25, 2018

2 min read

Advisor's Edge

What are your advisor’s credentials, and how do you know?

We ask three clients

By Michelle Schriver |January 25, 2018

1 min read

Advisor's Edge

What happens when advice breaks up with investments

Advisors get proactive and creative

By Michelle Schriver |January 25, 2018

9 min read

Advisor's Edge

Client confidential: Celine Hui

A 25-year-old with a savings plan

By Susan Goldberg |January 25, 2018

3 min read

Estate Planning

How to educate clients about prenups

Practical tips for advisors to implement

By Nathalie Boutet |January 23, 2018

3 min read

Industry

Dealers still doing inadequate KYC, finds IIROC

IIROC’s priorities for the year ahead include compliance around CRM2, pre-trade risk controls, cybersecurity and online advice. The self-regulatory organization (SRO) released its annual Compliance Priorities Report Thursday outlining its focus for the year ahead. The report identified compliance concerns around CRM2 related to KYC information. IIROC reported that it continued to find dealers who […]

By Staff |January 18, 2018

2 min read

Planning and Advice

New Year’s resolutions for retirement planning

The dawn of the new year offers clients an opportunity to rethink and regroup, and to deal with some of those life and financial matters they’ve been avoiding.

By Camilla Cornell |January 18, 2018

2 min read

Planning and Advice

The high costs of falling

Prevention and education can significantly reduce the risk of falls. A single fall can derail a carefully planned retirement. Advisors can learn the facts about seniors and falling, and how to make their offices — and their clients’ retirement plans — more resistant to falls.

By Susan Goldberg |December 22, 2017

5 min read