Benefit from the present installment of “Weekend Studying For Monetary Planners” – this week’s version kicks off with the information that CFP Board introduced that it has crossed the milestone of 100,000 CFP professionals within the United States, and regardless of having simply celebrated its fiftieth anniversary final yr, simply set a file excessive within the variety of advisors sitting for the CFP examination this March, reflecting the worth many monetary advisors and customers place on the model, together with the necessities to acquire it in addition to the requirements CFP professionals should comply with (although, as CFP Board has acknowledged, there’s potential room for it to enhance in each of those areas!).
Additionally in business information this week:
- The Workplace of Administration and Funds (OMB) has accomplished its evaluation of the Division of Labor’s new “fiduciary rule“, indicating that it might be launched within the coming days or even weeks (although, like its predecessors, its final disposition is more likely to be decided within the courts)
- The IRS introduced this week that it’s excusing Non-Eligible Designated Beneficiaries who inherited IRAs and are topic to the “10-year rule” to distribute these accounts from having to take RMDs once more in 2024 (simply because it did for 2021, 2022, and 2023) and indicated that Closing Laws concerning RMDs for these on this place might be coming this yr
From there, we’ve a number of articles on retirement planning:
- 4 distinctive dangers retirees face when drawing down their belongings, from sequence of returns danger to tax danger, and the way monetary advisors will help shoppers mitigate them
- How the differential results of the “Nice Recession” have led to youthful Child Boomers having fewer belongings than their older Boomer counterparts
- How monetary advisors will help their shoppers establish and keep away from a possible retirement revenue “dying spiral“, whereby a shopper’s belongings are depleted over the course of only some years
We even have numerous articles on monetary advisor advertising and marketing:
- 5 comparatively low-cost advertising and marketing techniques for monetary advisors, from increasing the forms of Facilities Of Affect they method to leveraging “social proof” to draw shoppers
- How advisors can increase the relevancy and effectiveness of the “Calls To Motion” (CTAs) on their web site
- Methods advisors can use to construct urgency and assist reluctant prospects overcome their hesitance to signal on to turn into shoppers
We wrap up with 3 closing articles, all about on-line safety:
- A not too long ago launched characteristic will help shield iPhone proprietor’s personal knowledge from thieves who are capable of entry their telephone and passcode
- How activating 2-factor authentication and different safety measures will help shield customers’ social media accounts
- Why the “personal looking” characteristic of web browsers doesn’t present the extent of anonymity customers would possibly assume
Benefit from the ‘mild’ studying!