Tag: Wealth Advisor

Building a Trusting Relationship with Your Financial Advisor (Ep.27)

Building a Trusting Relationship with Your Financial Advisor (Ep.27)

Let’s discover how frequent, personalized communication can make a significant impact on your retirement planning.

In this episode, Ryan Poterack sheds light on the unparalleled importance of building a personalized relationship between advisors and clients. By focusing on both the financial and personal aspects, PCA helps soon-to-be retirees overcome pre-retirement anxiety with insightful tax planning and asset allocation strategies. 

Key episode discussion points include:

  • Building a candid relationship through frequent, personalized communication is key to successful financial planning
  • Recognizing and addressing individual client stories, fears, and biases can lead to better financial outcomes
  • The importance of tailored tax planning based on each client’s unique financial situation.
  • Frequent, personalized communication helps in understanding the client’s real needs and objectives, reducing the risk of misalignment

Resources:

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What Wealth Management Is Vs. What People Think It Is With Alec Quaid (Ep.14)

What Wealth Management Is Vs. What People Think It Is With Alec Quaid (Ep.14)

You’ve got your finance guy or gal who manages your investments, but is that truly all they do?

It’s time for Ryan Poterack and Alec Quaid from Poterack Capital Advisory to discuss holistic wealth management, stressing the need to understand your unique values and life goals.

The conversation covers the importance of comprehensive financial planning over limited product offerings, client education, and the significance of open communication to debunk industry myths.

These two professionals share rewarding experiences of assisting clients through major life events and the value of trust in client relationships.

Discussion points include:

  • The difference between comprehensive & limited financial advice
  • Breaking down some industry stereotypes, frustrations, and misconceptions
  • The rewarding moments of being a financial professional
  • And more

Resources:

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Connect with Alec Quaid, CFP®

About our Guest:

Alec is a Certified Financial Planner™ Professional who is dedicated to serving people through the platform of financial planning. He takes great pride in helping people accomplish their goals and enjoys helping his clients gain confidence in their financial futures. He is very passionate about educating consumers on the key things to look for in an advisor and also the things that should be cause for concern. Alec has been featured in multiple national publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, InvestmentNews, and MarketWatch. He serves with multiple organizations including at his local church, Board Member with the Colorado Financial Planning Association, Committee Chair at the Aurora Chamber of Commerce, and as a member and speaker with the nonprofit RoadMap for Aging.

The Ins and Outs of Compensation Within The Financial Industry (Ep. 10)

The Ins and Outs of Compensation Within The Financial Industry (Ep. 10)

“How much and how do you get paid?”

This can be an uncomfortable question to ask your current or prospective financial advisor.

This week, Ryan Poterack discusses the importance of transparency in how financial advisors are compensated today. Ryan also explains different payment methods, such as commissions and fees, while emphasizing the need for this information to be accessible to consumers to ensure a strong client-advisor relationship.

Main talking points include:

  • The various ways financial advisors get compensated
  • The role (and importance) of transparency in any advisor-client relationship
  • Poterack Capital Advisory’s approach to advisor compensation
  • The client or advisor: Who should initiate the compensation conversation 
  • And more!

Resources:

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