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Client Experience
Which Advisors Had A Smoother Ride During COVID
Advisors should treat the pandemic as a turning point, making strategic changes to add the most value for what clients need today and do more with less.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Tech in Business
98% of advisors say that technology impacts their decision to join a new firm, with 70% saying it ‘significantly impacts’ that choice.
Leveraging Technology & Data
The Digital Investor: Financial attention through multiple digital channels
A new Vanguard paper explores clients' use of digital channels—desktop or laptop computers, mobile phone, and mobile apps—to interact with their financial institutions and breaks down how digital use has changed over time.
Advisor Value & Fees
Putting a Value on Your Value: Quantifying Advisor's Alpha
This updated research paper delves into the concept of Vanguard Advisor's Alpha®, which outlines how you can add value, or alpha, through relationship-based services such as financial planning, discipline, and guidance, rather than by trying to outperform the market.
Philanthropy
Investor Education: Learn About Charitable Giving
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Use this practical guide to complement discussions you have with clients about philanthropy.
Philanthropy
Charitable Giving: Three Steps to a Successful Plan
This Vanguard research paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of common charitable giving strategies, and it presents examples to show their effects.
Investing Ideas
Factor Investing: Unlocking The Real Drivers of Return
Investing is harder than ever today. The good news is that factor investing— is empowering investors by identifying and precisely targeting broad, persistent and long-recognized drivers of return.
Client Relationships
Client Discussion Guides
These value-add worksheets from BlackRock help increase engagement between an advisor and their clients.
Investing Ideas
Vanguard's Principles for Investing Success
Vanguard's guidance for investors is centered on four core principles: Define clear goals, choose diversified portfolio holdings that balance risk and potential reward, minimize cost, and stay disciplined over the long term.
Investing Ideas
Trade Status: It's Complicated
Understanding the current—and potentially future—state of the global economy helps investors put market movements into context. To promote that understanding, researchers from Vanguard Investment Strategy Group examine the economic trends that affect the investing environment.