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Human Capital
Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture
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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace is an important component to the success of your firm. In this episode, we’ll discuss ways to openly approach diversity and inclusion in the workplace with a desire to improve and understand.
Fellicia Foster is the U.S. Head of Diversity & Inclusion for BMO. Fellicia discusses how a diverse, inclusive culture can lead to tangible benefits for your practice, including higher performance from your team and a better understanding of your customers.
Active/Passive Management
Advisor Perspectives: The Dawn of a New Active-Equity Era
Is the market environment turning favorable for active equity managers? It seems a strange question to ask in the midst of a pandemic and heightened market volatility, but history tells us that it is during just such turbulent times that active managers excel. There is accumulating evidence that market conditions are growing more attractive for showcasing stock-picking skills.
Advisor Value & Fees
The power of designations
CFP, CPA, CLU, ChFC, RICP. You likely know what these designations are, but do your clients? And how important are these designations when prospective clients choose a financial advisor? Mike McGlothlin from the Society of Financial Service Professionals joins the podcast to discuss how designations act as a reinvestment in yourself and can provide outward credibility for your practice.
Advisor Value & Fees
What am I paying you for: The evolving pricing models of advice
Change is on the horizon when it comes to fee structures, and this has many advisors and advisory firms at a crossroads. Today’s episode is all about how advisors should think about the topics of charging fees to clients – commissions, retainers, and all other sorts of models.
Human Capital
Developing the next generation of financial advisors
It’s no secret that the advisor workforce is aging, and the old ways of recruiting and retaining advisors haven’t been sufficient in meeting demand for new talent in the industry. Some firms have turned to new, unique ways of advisor development and are seeing successful outcomes for their business.
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: Behavioral Financial Markets
The analytical tools derived from behavioral finance’s more realistic representation of financial markets and human behavior will likely replace the wealth-limiting MPT tools in use today.
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: New Frontiers of Risk
One modern portfolio theory (MPT) pillar that is unquestionably broken is the use of volatility, specifically standard deviation, as a measure of risk.
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: The Rise and Fall of MPT
After the dust settles, virtually nothing of modern portfolio theory (MPT) will remain, asserts C. Thomas Howard and Jason Voss, CFA.
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: Rejecting a Broken 1970's Model
If enough mandates are added, a potential positive alpha is transformed into an actual negative alpha. So what can be done to launch an active equity renaissance?
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: Understanding the Cult of Emotion
“I know you are afraid and you should be afraid. I will invest you in products that will not stir up your fears.” This sentiment is applied over and over in the investment industry.