ESSENTIALS OF PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Essentials of Personal Financial Planning was written to challenge the status quo by promoting personal financial planning (PFP) as a profession, not as a sales tool to gather assets under management or facilitate sales of insurance products. The book takes a comprehensive and integrated approach to PFP for accounting students, allowing them to view the profession through the lens of a CPA – with integrity and objectivity. This book systematically introduces the essentials of all the major PFP topics (estate, retirement, investments, insurance, and tax), as well as: The PFP process, concepts and regulatory environment. Professional responsibilities of a CPA personal financial planner and the requirements of the Statement on Standards in PFP Services. Time value of money concepts. The book then builds on these foundational concepts, showing their interconnectivity and professional opportunities, to provide a deeper understanding of PFP and its application. After reading this book, students will be able to apply the knowledge and skills gained from this course to have an immediate and long-term positive impact for themselves and for the clients they serve.

A simple, effective way to transform your finances and your life from leading financial advisor and New York Times columnist Carl Richards Creating a financial plan can seem overwhelming, but the best plans aren't long or complicated. A great plan has nothing to do with the details of how to save and invest your money and everything to do with why you're doing it in the first place. Knowing what's important to you, you will be able to make better decisions in any market conditions. The One-Page Financial Plan will help you identify your values and goals. Carl Richard's simple steps will show you how to prioritize what you really want in life and figure out how to get there. 'In a world where financial advice is (often purposely) complicated and filled with jargon, Carl Richards distils what matters most into something that is easy and fun to read' Wall Street Journal 'Feeling tormented by your finances? Read this book. Now. The One-Page Financial Plan helps you identify what you truly want from life, get crystal clear about the financial position you are starting from today, and develop a simple, actionable plan to narrow the gap between the two' Manisha Thakor, CEO at MoneyZen Wealth Management Carl Richards is a certified financial planner and a columnist for the New York Times, where his weekly Sketch Guy column has run every Monday for over five years. He is also a columnist for Morningstar magazine and a contributor to Yahoo Finance. His first book, The Behavior Gap, was very well received, and his weekly newsletter has readers around the world. Richards is a popular keynote speaker and is the director of investor education for the BAM ALLIANCE.

Revolutionize your financial advisory practice with the latest cutting-edge tools Tired of spending more time with filing cabinets than with clients? Is overhead eating up your margins? In a new revised edition of the "bible" of practice management and technology for financial professionals, two leading financial planners, with some help from their friends*, deliver the knowledge advisors have been begging for. This book serves up a nontechnical trove of technology, clever workarounds, and procedural efficiencies tailored to help financial advisors in private practice move toward today's virtual office. The authors show you how to drastically reduce the paperwork in your office, slash overhead, and find anything you need in seconds using the latest software. This revised edition includes new information on SaaS and cloud computing, software integrations, mobile devices/apps, social media tools, portfolio accounting and outsourcing, collaborative tools, digital signatures, workflow management, marketing technology and much more. Perfect for successful practices seeking greater efficiencies and healthier profit margins The authors are well-known financial advisors, each with more than 30 years of experience in financial services Addresses the evolution of the virtual office and its impact on advisory firms If you're looking for new systems and efficiencies to transform and streamline your private practice, look no further than Technology Tools for Today's High-Margin Practice. *Chapter 1 Selecting the Right CRM System, Davis D. Janowski Chapter 2 The Future of Financial Planning Software, Bob Curtis Chapter 3 The Future of Financial Planning Software and the New Client-Advisor Relationship, Linda Strachan Chapter 4 Portfolio Management Software, Mike Kelly Chapter 5 Achieving Growth and Profitability with Technology Integration, Jon Patullo Chapter 6 How the World Wide Web Impacts the Financial Advisor, Bart Wisniowski Chapter 7 Managing Your Online Presence, Marie Swift Chapter 8 Client Portals and Collaboration, Bill Winterberg Chapter 9 The Cloud, J. D. Bruce Chapter 10 Digital Signature Technology, Dan Skiles Chapter 11 Innovative Software and Technologies Implemented at One of the United States’ Leading Advisory Firms, Louis P. Stanasolovich Chapter 12 Virtual Staff Sparks Growth, Profitability, and Scalability, Jennifer Goldman Chapter 13 ROI—The Holy Grail of the Technology Purchase Decision, Timothy D. Welsh Chapter 14 Building an Efficient Workflow Management System, David L. Lawrence

The Excellence in Financial Planning Seminar features six speeches totaling more than three hours and 100 pages of authoritative, insiders perspectives on the best practices of financial planners who have handled hundreds of portfolios on behalf of their clients. Featuring financial advisors who have represented clients in various financial positions and have played a strong role in advising management teams, this seminar provides a broad yet comprehensive overview of specific strategies that every financial advisor needs to know about the roles and motivations of the players in such a transaction. Each speaker discusses their personal strategies for working with clients and providing the best value possible in both the audio CD and book of speeches. Also included is an interactive workbook with key questions and action points for creating strategies and financial models based on what is discussed in the seminar. The seminar features speeches by: 1. Gilbert Baker, Founder, The AFP Group Thinking Outside the Finance Box; 2. John A. Black, Senior Investment Specialist, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network Client Relationships and the Implementation of Plans; 3. Bradley Bofford, Partner, Financial Principles LLP The Process of Focusing on the Client; 4. Vicki Brackens, MetDESK Specialist, MetLife Financial Services Engaging Clients; 5. Thomas M. Cerney, MetDESK Specialist, MetLife Financial Services Walking the Client Though Their Financial Goals;6. Wayne von Borstel, President and Founder, Oregon Trail Financial Services Creating Peace of Financial Mind.The seminar includes a CD (with the audio of the live speeches), book, Seminar Padfolio and interactive workbook. In this seminar, you will learn answers to questions such as the following, and many more: 1. What are the major goals that youre most often trying to help clients achieve (retirement, education costs, vacation home, etc.)? 2. Walk me through the financial implications of what you do for your clients and explain how what you do for them can add direct value;3. How do you decide the best way to charge clients? Walk me through the financials? 4. How do you judge success when working with a client? 5. What is the best piece of financial advice you have ever received with respect to working with clients? 6. What are the biggest mistakes that clients often make that get them into trouble with respect to their finances? 7. What is your strategy for dealing with change in the markets? 8. How do you keep clients assets in the right spots based on various types of market fluctuation? 9. What do you do to stay on top of your knowledge and keep your edge? 10. How do you go about being innovative in your profession? 11. How has being a financial advisor changed over the past 5 or 10 years and what are some of the major issues that have transpired? 12. What do you see as being the major changes over the next 5 or 10 years? 13. What are the three golden rules of being a successful financial advisor? 14. What is the advice you find yourself most often telling other people?

When it comes to consequential retirement decisions, more and more people are preferring to pay their financial advisors directly for upfront planning advice in lieu of traditional asset management fees and commissions. This book explores how advisors of the future without any ambiguity will need to offer complete financial plans & cohesive strategies prior to any discussion of new product implementation. The first planning book of its kind, we will introduce Advice Only as the fundamental belief by some clients that a financial planning strategy will only ever feel complete if -and only if- it is developed in total isolation from any form of financial solicitation and implementation. This planning approach is sure to contribute to the disruption of the financial services industry and advice-giving as we know it today. Readers will learn THEY hold the keys necessary to change how financial advice is delivered, not necessarily the financial institutions or through government regulation. "Advice Only" is a handbook developed for today's retiree covering all 9 areas of comprehensive financial planning and has over 300 pages of easy to understand financial planning topics, charts, graphs, and anecdotes."Advice Only" was developed over 9 years of teaching retirement planning primarily through the College of Marin, listening to students, and providing financial planning services to retirees in the San Francisco Bay Area.This book will provide new retirees with the information needed not only to be financially successful in retirement but also to discover the right financial planning methodology for them. Additionally, we'll explore other subjective investment and tax-related approaches to help determine your personalized retirement philosophy. You'll learn the importance of having a plan that is proven viable with math and gives you what you want, but is still flexible enough to work under a variety of scenarios - not just the ideal one. Learn more at AdviceOnly.info

A revised and expanded look at how to thrive and prosper in thefinancial advisory business A new and revised edition of the eye-opening, no-nonsensehandbook on managing and growing a financial-advisory business,Practice Made (More) Perfect is packed with industry insightand practical ideas that every leader and manager within afinancial advisory practice needs to know in order to get the mostout of their business. Regardless of how little time is availableor how seriously challenged a firm may be, this book contains theinformation that can help. The principles of sound management applyto firms of all types, and the tools provided in this book areguaranteed to be applicable under practically anycircumstances. Written by industry expert Mark Tibergien, one of the "25 MostInfluential" people in the financial services industry A new edition of a bestselling Bloomberg title Includes fresh insight on recent topics, including how advisorsresponded during the latest meltdown, the implications of the agingadvisory profession, the challenges of attracting and keeping bothclients and staff, the role of organizational design in a growingbusiness, recent changes in compensation planning andimplementation, and key information on leadership and management intoday's financial world Many financial advisers run their businesses as if acquiringmore clients will solve any and all problems, but without astrategic framework, more clients just lead to more demands andless time to meet them. The truly successful firm will buildstrategy, structure, and processes that will ultimately translateinto increased profits, cash flow, and transferable value.