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Voices: A startup’s founder may need help on a business plan and a pitch for funding, as well as on a financial plan.
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Some brokers are rolling out new fee-based products with lower investment minimums ahead of a proposed rule that requires them to put the interests of retirement savers ahead of their own.
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Postnuptial agreements are becoming more popular with wealthy couples. Like prenups, postnups are contracts that primarily spell out how assets and liabilities would be split upon divorce or death. They can address how the entire marital estate will be divided or carve out just how one property will be treated upon divorce.
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A woman needed help paying down debt after too many years of supporting a son with substance-abuse problems.
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Advisers get training about products and services. But providing emotional support to clients going through difficult passages is another challenge entirely.
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Many sports figures need help conserving their earnings to last a lifetime, this adviser says.
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A same-sex couple deciding between pregnancy and adoption needed a plan to pay for the costs.
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Financial advisers can provide critical support to entrepreneurs in shaping a business plan and weighing the financial risk.
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Having a panel of selected clients who meet regularly can provide helpful feedback and increase referrals.
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Heavy weightings in poor-performing financial stocks are weighing down some mutual funds so far this year.
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Those ‘high earner, not rich yet’ individuals can grow into tomorrow’s affluent investors, this financial adviser says.
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Adviser Zaneilia Harris targets successful women who may be going through a transition, such as a divorce.
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Fidelity Investments will charge annual fees of around 0.35% to 0.39% for Fidelity Go, its automated robo-investing service—a price that makes the service roughly competitive with others.
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Some financial advisers who are already required to act in their clients’ best interests think they won’t be affected by the coming Labor Department rule toughening standards for retirement-account advice.
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Questions about below-zero interest rates in Europe and Japan provide an opportunity to review basic investing principles.
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Merrill Lynch has named its training chief to run its Fifth Avenue Center complex, where she will oversee about 200 financial advisers.
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The future of the brokerage business was supposed to be companies like LPL Financial, but a proliferation of competitors and a major regulatory overhaul are weighing on the company’s growth.
The coming Labor Department rule may crimp transfers from 401(k)s to IRAs. And more news in our morning briefing