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Episode 179 – Direct Indexing Demystified: Personalized Wealth Strategies with Dave Gordon

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David Gordon is the Senior Vice President of Direct Indexing at Vestmark: a wealthtech firm that provides portfolio management solutions and outsourced services to financial professionals.

In this podcast, Dave and Doug discuss how advisors can use tax management methods to attract and retain clients, ultimately helping them grow their businesses.

They also discussed:

  • Tax management’s role in client support and advisor-client retention.
  • The importance of tax efficiency for differentiating advisor services.
  • Both the challenges and benefits of separately managed accounts (SMAs) for RIAs.
  • Direct indexing: concept, advantages, and performance.
  • Personalization through direct indexing for tailored tax outcomes.
  • The scale challenges in implementing tax-efficient strategies.
  • Vestmark’s software support for tax-efficient strategies, especially for smaller RIAs.

 

Resources: 

Vestmark

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Episode 174 – Securing Your Future with Mike Harris and Tom West

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Mike Harris with the Alliance for Lifetime Income hosts an episode in conversation with Tom West, a Senior Partner at Signature Estate & Investment Advisors. In this podcast, Mike and Tom talk through retirement income planning and the risk of outliving one’s retirement savings.

They also discussed:

  • The latest research study “Protected Retirement Income and Planning” (PRIP).
  • Consumer optimism about having enough money for retirement being low.
  • The Importance of reducing ambiguity and educating clients for advisors.
  • Personalizing solutions and acknowledging client concerns.
  • Shifting consumer priorities – health concerns over financial worries.
  • Addressing the intersection of health care and financial planning.
  • The communication gap between advisors and clients on protection and specific risks.
  • Handling discussions about cognitive decline with clients and families.

 

Resources: 

Alliance for Lifetime Income

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors

 

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Episode 166 – Financial Vulnerability to Financial Security with Anne Aldrich

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Anne Aldrich is the Head of Research for the Alliance for Lifetime Income, an organization creating awareness and educating Americans about the value and importance of having protected lifetime income in retirement.

In this podcast, Anne unpacks the research and studies the Alliance for Lifetime Income has been following, bringing insights into how both financial professionals and consumers can prepare and become secure in their retirement protection plans.

They also discussed:

  • The Protected Retirement Income and Planning study and what it reveals about the changing views on the security of retirement
  • The difference between the views of investors and advisors relating to retirement income protection
  • The opportunity for financial professionals to clarify the purpose and alternatives within the retirement planning process with their clients
  • Advisor’s appreciation for the role that annuities can play in their client’s portfolio
  • The 6040 portfolio and if financial professionals are open to change regarding that standard
  • The economic shocks and other factors that are creating uneasiness about people’s retirement savings lasting their lifetime
  • The “Peak 65” phenomenon of the US approaching the greatest surge of new retirees in history 
  • What the data uncovers about the preparedness of financial professionals and consumers for the retirement wave

 

Resources: 

Alliance for Lifetime Income

 

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Episode 134 – NYC Pop-Up Podcast: Meeting the Needs of Retirees – With Sheryl O’Connor

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Sheryl O’Connor is.the CEO and Founder of IncomeConductor. IncomeConductor is a proprietary, cloud-based tool that allows advisors, firms and individuals to create customized, time-segmented income plans that can be easily tracked and managed throughout retirement .

Live from our fall Advisorpedia Podcast Pop-Up in New York City, Doug and Sheryl discuss what advisors should be doing to help individuals plan for a successful retirement and how the IncomeConductor tools can assist them.

They also discussed:

  • The major challenges faced by the financial services industry, specifically regarding retirement income planning
  • Advisors falling into the trap of becoming excited about the accumulation phase of investing, then eventually losing interest by the decumulation phase
  • The difference between todays retirees, the baby boomers, and their parent’s generation
  • How IncomeConductor meets the needs of today’s retirees versus traditional financial planning tools
  • Advisors reluctancy to provide their clients insurance products and why that is
  • The huge opportunity to help retirees be successful in retirement and the lack of help for advisors that IncomeConductor saw and pursued

Resources: 

IncomeConductor



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Episode 129 – NYC Pop-Up Podcast: Retirement is Only the Starting Line  – With Steve Gresham

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Steve Gresham is the Founder and CEO of The Execution Project, a consulting firm providing tools, training, and adoption strategies in support of better “retirement.” 

Live from our fall Advisorpedia Podcast Pop-Up in New York City, Doug and Steve explore The Execution Project’s initiatives of wealth management and retirement while also examining industry trends from different perspectives. 

They also discussed:

  • Financial Wellness and monetizing peace of mind
  • The keys to successful execution for companies
  • The Execution Project’s industry initiative being all over retirement
  • The baby boomers and how the wave has yet to hit the beach
  • The new bull market being about protection
  • The “Holistic wealth management” push in the big firms
  • A view on the industry’s lost focus on the end investor from a retail perspective
  • How people can take advantage of The Execution Project

Resources: 

The Execution Project



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