{"id":18748,"date":"2018-01-08T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=18748"},"modified":"2018-01-08T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:23:13","slug":"2017s-biggest-practice-management-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/2017s-biggest-practice-management-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"2017\u2019s Biggest Practice Management Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Banner_FAPM_900px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"75\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>2017\u2019s Biggest Practice Management Issues<\/h1>\n<p>December 28, 2017 | Grace Williams | Financial Advisor IQ<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9408\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Featured-News-Image_0007_Financing_25.jpeg\" alt=\"businessman hand working with new modern computer and business s\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Featured-News-Image_0007_Financing_25.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Featured-News-Image_0007_Financing_25-300x147.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a memorable year for every industry but for financial advising in particular, top-of-mind issues kept advisors on their toes. Whether advisors were waiting on the seemingly never-gonna-happen advent of the\u00a0<b>Department of Labor<\/b>\u2019s fiduciary rule, watching the insanely bull market keep rolling, or weathering client expectations, the art of practice management threw them some zingers during this past year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adContainer\">Advisors face a mixed bag of dilemmas surrounding hot-button topics over the turn of any calendar year. When handled well, these moments allow FAs the chance to reassure clients that they\u2019re abreast of the topics and able to help manage them through the situations at hand. Additional kudos occur when FAs can demonstrate that they share the same concerns as their clients, and that they want to provide top-notch services for them. But, let\u2019s be honest: We all know that when the phone rings and it\u2019s a client on the other end of the line, putting it all together isn\u2019t always so simple.<\/div>\n<div class=\"adContainer\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"adContainer\">Take, for instance, the DOL rule. When first introduced, the rule sent ripples through the industry as it decreed advisors must prove they are working on their clients\u2019 best interest rather than their own. Despite revisions in the aftermath of its introduction, the ruling loomed large as one of the top issues advisors faced at the end of last year. Yet for all its attention-gathering steam, advisors and investors waited and watched as the proposed ruling went from one of the hottest topics that needed addressing to a dormant, ice-cold afterthought.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-flat\" style=\"background-color: #33809e; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2CPYYSS\" data-fasc-style=\"background-color:#33809e;color:#ffffff;\">Read Full Article Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisors face a mixed bag of dilemmas surrounding hot-button topics over the turn of any calendar year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1985,"featured_media":9408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3010,2968],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asset-manager-news","category-practice-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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