An Advisor Goes to Work at a Bank…

Thanks to Chris Cassidy for highlighting the advantages of pursuing a financial advice career in a bank or credit union – access to the institution’s customers/members, the institution’s brand and marketing prowess, and the professional associations: Four Reasons to...

Rightsizing Bank-Based Advisor Books:

A Mixed Report Card The branch referral model at the core of most bank and credit union retail wealth management businesses has resulted in advisors stockpiling clients to the point that serving all of them is problematic; either many clients are underserved, or they...

Counting Metrics

Kudos to David Lincoln for responding to Peter Bielan’s charge to name the five metrics needed to manage wealth management in a financial institution during a recent BISA webinar.  That is a challenging task, which is why the metrics we track in our benchmarking...

Managed Programs Rising?

Kehrer Group Influencers Are Divided on the Trend   We have heard buzz around the rising prevalence of “managed programs” in which the broker dealer assumes management and compensation responsibilities for the financial institution’s advisors....