Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

MAY 24, 2021

RETIREMENT PLANNING

Q&A: Vanguard's Jack Brennan

Vanguard’s chairman emeritus weighs in on the market, retirement planning and the long-term impact of the pandemic.

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HIGH NET WORTH

Patience, Compassion Essential to Advising Women Clients During Divorce

The biggest obstacle to working with women in the throes of divorce is financial illiteracy—or rather, the fear of being perceived as financially illiterate.

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FASTCHAT VIDEO

Succession Planning: The Challenges Financial Advisors Are Facing

Watch as Todd Fulks, Sr. Vice President Succession Planning & Business Acquisition, Advisor Group, talks with Wealthmanagement.com about the challenges that financial advisors are facing and talks about the “10 pieces of the puzzle” for a succession plan.

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ETFS

Fund News Advisors Can Use: Vanguard Opens Up Private Equity Access to Individuals

In this week's fund news, Vanguard is bringing private equity to individual investors, an ETF based on Barney Frank's LGBTQ Index goes to market, and Wells Fargo to become the latest to allow wealthy clients to access cryptos.

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Private Equity Fumes Over Higher Taxes and Threat to End Billionaires' Loophole

From Park Avenue to Palm Beach, the conversation keeps turning to the same uncomfortable subject: an onslaught of taxes and the closing of the Billionaires’ Loophole.

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INSIDE ETFS ADBOARD

'Animal Spirits Are Alive And Well in The Markets'

Morningstar's Ben Johnson, a member of the Inside ETFs advisory board, talks about the most underrated, high-impact development in ETFs, and the investor behavior driving the markets.

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Podcasts

TRANSPARENCY WITH DIANA B.

Dealing with the Emotional and Physical Abuse of the Past

Kestra Private Wealth Services CEO Rob Bartenstein opens up about the emotional and physical abuse and financial hardships he experienced as a child. But it developed a resiliency that he has carried with him throughout his life.

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ADVISOR INNOVATIONS PODCAST

Holistiplan's Kevin Lozer on Tax-Based Financial Planning

Holistiplan co-founder Kevin Lozer describes how the firm solves the big problem advisors have when it comes to taxes and financial planning.

Sponsored by LPL Financial

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SPONSORED WEBINAR

Scaling Financial Planning Into a Revenue Center

The financial planning business model is evolving rapidly from the days of when it was a time-consuming and complex loss-leader. Attend this webinar on May 25th to learn from top industry executives as they share their journey in repositioning and re-introducing financial planning to their firm’s thousands of advisors through subscription models, retainers, and other fee-for-service arrangements.

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