Welcome to Best Initiatives: 2017, a special issue of WealthManagement magazine that presents a guide to the 2017 Industry Awards finalists and their initiatives.

Each year, the awards program recognizes the best new business initiatives for helping financial advisors build better practices and more effectively serve their clients.

These initiatives come in many forms, but they all have one thing in common: They provide financial advisors with the tools, time and the resources to better help clients manage their wealth, and meet their life goals.

We hope you’ll find this collection of 2017 Industry Awards finalist initiatives a useful guide to the year's best programs and tools to consider for your company in the coming year.