Who Should Prepare Plans for Your Clients?

New Study Says Include Professional Planners in the Mix   Most financial institutions rely on financial advisors to prepare and deliver financial plans.  But a new Kehrer Bielan study sponsored by Ameriprise Financial Institutions Group found that firms that...

Talk the Planning Talk? Walk the Planning Walk

We are advocates of financial planning because we know that planning is a catalyst to more holistic conversations and deeper relationships leading to assets and revenue growth.  Clients want their advisor to know them.  They are looking to their advisor to provide...

Financial Planning: Let the Pros Do It?

Participants in the recent Kehrer Bielan virtual study group on the development of holistic advisors confronted the slow pace of advisor adoption of planning.  On average a bank-based advisor engages in planning with only 1.75 clients a month, up from 1.4 in 2015. ...