What Investors Need to Know about ESG
You’ve heard about ESG, but you’re not sure how to align your beliefs with your investments. Investors with a leaning toward purpose as a motivator aim to find a deeper sense of meaning in where they put their money, and ESG funds may be a great way to express a purpose-based financial personality. In this […]
How A Proper Risk Capacity Score Helps Broker-Dealers Meet Reg BI Requirements
The Regulation Best Interest (Reg BI) rule set out by the SEC on June 30, 2020 means broker-dealers and their associated persons who are natural persons must prove that they’re acting in the best interest of their retail customers. The regulation consists of 4 components, which are: 1-Disclosure: Broker-dealers must disclose, in writing, all material facts […]
What, really, is ethical investing?
As an investor, you have the power to ensure that your investments align with your beliefs and principles. Returns, while critical, are often not the only priority many investors have today. Increasingly, people who are purpose and viewpoint-driven are also focused on ethical investing and finding opportunities to do so without having to sacrifice returns. […]
Retirement Income Planning: Develop a Plan in Four Easy Steps
You may think you’re prepared for retirement by having a retirement savings account, but have you developed a retirement income plan? Here’s what you need to know to ensure a comfortable retirement. Much has been written about how to save for retirement. It’s harder to find information on what to do when you’re ready to […]
[Case Study] How TIFIN Content Advisors Are Using Personalized Outreach To Convert New Clients
From digital marketing to content marketing to social selling; advisors these days are bombarded with buzzwords, best-practice tips, and lists of tactics you should try for your firm. However, rarely do these articles walk through a specific journey of how an advisor can turn these theoretical concepts into practical actions that generate ROI. In this […]
Personalize or Perish: Why Personalization is Key for Financial Advisors
Personalization is key to compete in a crowded marketplace. While personalization was once a “nice to have,” providing a personalized wealth management has become essential to remaining relevant in a competitive marketplace where clients expect more than ever. For financial advisors, the stakes are even higher. As investors are increasingly turning to new robo technology […]
8 Tips For Financial Advisors To Level Up Their Social Media
It’s no longer news that social media is a vastly powerful force in marketing. More than 73% of marketing professionals said that social media marketing was either “very effective” or “somewhat effective” in a 2019 Buffer study. And social media marketing is an increasingly important part of a strong financial marketing campaign as well, partially […]
Why not having the right API strategy is not just a poor business decision, it is a client retention issue for fintechs
The Era Of Walled SaaS Gardens Is Dead Not too long ago, software platforms could live in isolation. They were built as complete waterfall technologies that served specific broad sets of needs for their clientele. Rarely, did these platforms have a need to cross-pollinate or connect with parallel or competing technologies. Then as services fragmented, […]
TIFIN’s FinancialAnswers.io Acquires Financial News and Analysis Platform StockNews.com
Financial Answers has completed the acquisition of Stock News Network, the parent of StockNews.com.
How Today’s Portfolio Risk Assessment Tools Rely On AI and Big Data To Better Serve Their Clients
Traditionally, advisors were only able to capture inputs directly from their clients. This information was often very subjective and relied heavily on the clients’ feelings about investing and risk. Fact-based questions were often limited to a small set of questions, such as time horizon and availability of assets. Even still, these “facts” were vulnerable to […]