A Word of Caution for RMDs
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Are you wearing too many hats? Most Advisors are! When advisors come to us they realize that they are wearing too many hats and want to delegate as much as they can but don’t know where or how to start. If you’re an advisor feeling that same way, you may find today’s article helpful. It…
As September comes to an end, we are busy wrapping up the loose ends from the recent TD – Schwab transition. Overall, we felt the transition went very smoothly. Most of the issues we saw were fairly isolated or things we anticipated. Service team hold times are returning to normal as the new service team members that transitioned from TD seem to be gaining confidence and familiarity with the processes.
Imagine getting a call that one of your clients has passed away and during the process of going through their accounts to distribute monies, transfer accounts and setup beneficiary IRAs, it’s discovered that the beneficiary listed on the account passed some time ago. Or that the beneficiary field was left blank or worse, the beneficiary was never changed after a divorce. Can you imagine how distraught the ‘would be’ beneficiary would feel?
It’s been three years since our last review on cloud storage and file sharing platforms. With so many updates and platforms to choose from, we knew it was time for another review of the most common cloud storage and file sharing platforms that we work with every day. For those that are searching for a…
An Advisor of ours posed the question, “In light of the Equifax issues, have we experienced any problems with opening new brokerage accounts?” My immediate response would have been, “Negative” just because I hadn’t been having any problems with accounts. But to be certain that the accounts I have been working on were not the…
Do you dream of taking off to Europe for the summer or planning a month long missions trip to India or a faraway place but are worried about leaving the office for that long? It’s no secret that hiring a virtual assistant can free up your time from having to hire, train and maintain an…