Avoiding Decision Paralysis and Empowering Business Owners in Retirement
Every day, business owners face a multitude of complex financial and business decisions, including how they will fund retirement, when and if they will step-back from the business, tax considerations and issues, long-term care costs and determine how they will
A Fragile Decade: Are You Addressing the Sequence of Returns Risk with Your Clients?
You guide your clients through plenty of risks as they prepare for retirement. After all, retirement is a long game that has many parts to manage, such as taxes, health care costs, inflation, and market risk. When it comes to
The Sequence of Returns Conversation
Negative sequence of return risk is one of the biggest risks to the predictability and sustainability of your client’s retirement income plan. As most clients have benefitted greatly from the long bull market run of the past decade and begin to transition
Using Testimonials? Review Your Marketing Rule Readiness and Compliance
In December of 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission released a new rule designed to “modernize” the advertising and cash solicitation rules, Rule 206(4)-1 and Rule 206(4)-3, respectively, More than forty years without an update, many advisors eagerly awaited the
Powerful Conversation Starters and Marketing Tools to Jumpstart Client Conversations
DMI’s Director of Marketing Glen Setchfield recently gave us a sneak peek of the upcoming DMI University Retirement Income Protection Two-day Webinar Series. This upcoming webinar will highlight how to deploy AIG’s effective, multi-faceted Campaign in a Box with several
Impact Investing: What It Is and How It Can Impact Your Clients Retirement
Driven by Millennials and Gen X interest, impact investing can act as a catalyst for retirement saving as individuals focus on a impactful investment —from sustainable agriculture to renewable energy, conservation, and micro-finance. In addition to the macroeconomic trends in