As a financial advisor, one of the most rewarding things you could do is leave your wirehouse to go to an independent broker dealer. Wirehouses and big firms can cause advisors to feel limited, cheated, or held back. Joining an independent broker dealer means you no longer have a sales manager or quota, you are free to pursue a spectrum of investments.
Advisor Advice: Reasons to Leave Your Wirehouse (Can You Say "IMPACT?")
Topics: Financial Advisors, Broker Dealer, Independent Financial Advisor, independent broker dealer
How Can We Bring Green Finance to Mainstream Investing?
Last week, Bank of England Governor and Chairman of the G20's Financial Stability Board, Mark Carney, spoke to a crowd in Berlin about how green finance can maximize return, aid the global economy and combat global climate change if we figure out how to bring Impact Investing to the mainstream. We totally agree!
Topics: Financial Advisors, Impact Investing, Client Relationships, Impact-Washing, ESG, Green Finance
Will "Impact-Washing" Be the New Greenwashing?
As we all know, the financial crisis was fueled by corruption, incompetence, and a lack of transparency. As the impact investing movement gains momentum, impact investors and advisors must keep a conscious mindset towards the formation of impact investments so that history doesn't repeat itself.
Topics: Financial Advisors, Impact Investing, Greenwashing, Impact-Washing
After weeks of speculation, on Thursday, June 1st, 2017, President Donald J. Trump publicly announced the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. To many Financial Advisors with a passion or special focus on Impact Investing, ESG (Environmental Social Governance) Issues, or SRII (Socially Responsible Impact Investing), a withdrawal was something that had the potential to setback their progress, but is it possible that it had the opposite effect?
Topics: Financial Advisors, Impact Investing, Paris Agreement
Tax Reform Could Mean Big Bucks to Independent Financial Advisors
Last Month the Trump Administration released a proposal for the new tax reform plan which would have major benefits to independent financial advisors. Many financial advisors now have a uniquely appealing opportunity to go independent, create a Limited Liability Company (LLC), and see a real change to their income.
Topics: Financial Advisors, Independent Financial Advisor, Donald Trump, Tax Reform