Opening new accounts while managing existing accounts can often feel like a nightmare for financial professionals. From finding the right forms to correcting past submissions while trying to stay updated on the status, this process can easily get out-of-hand and cost a financial professional much of their precious time. IFP understood this frustration and developed …
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Time is arguably the most valuable asset one holds, yet the asset most often mistreated. Busier than ever, financial advisors are challenged with balancing the countless responsibilities required to run their business with the time constraints placed on a day. To help advisors free up some much-needed time, we’ve compiled the 5 top time wasters …
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At IFP we’ve developed a coaching program to help Financial Professionals (FP’s) take their business to the next level. We connect some of our senior FP’s to our junior FP’s for a mentor session to get more insights and tips for their business. Below are some key takeaways from one of our top producing Financial …
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Transcription of Video This is Ned Van Riper with Independent Financial Partners and I am speaking to you from our corporate office in Tampa. I wanted to shoot a quick message about office space because office space is often times a very overwhelming and daunting part of the conversation. It’s typically the most fun part …
Video Transcription Hi. My name is Ned Van Riper. I’m the Director of Advisor Recruiting with Independent Financial Partners. We’re an SEC registered RIA, and as the breakaway financial professional movement continues to gain traction, I wanted to talk about the term independence, perhaps squash a few misperceptions about what independence is and is not. …
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If you have been in the industry long enough, you’ve heard horror stories about financial professionals changing firms or breaking away, only to lose a majority of their clients. This story is the same across numerous channels, including wirehouse, independent, and insurance-based or bank broker-dealer-affiliated financial professionals. These stories are sometimes fabricated by branch managers …
1. A Misaligned Business Model: Financial professionals serve client niches and don’t try to be all things to all clients, as do firms. More and more financial professionals are serving client niches and finding a great deal of success in being a specialist to their clients. Some financial professionals cater to small business owners setting …
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Comfort – it’s what happens when you stop showing up to your not-so-new-anymore job 30 minutes early. It’s what happens when you start letting yourself eat in the car because the new car smell has worn off. It’s even what happens when you decide to pass a little gas on the couch next to your …