Ways to dream up topics for financial articles

Sometimes you run out of ideas for your financial writing or blogging. Maybe it’s time to brainstorm using approaches offered by freelance writer Susan Johnston in “50 Ways for Writers to Find Article Ideas.” I’ve selected several ideas from her list of 50 “3. Think about seasonal topics like holidays or national awareness months.” The […]

Financial services: An industry at odds with its clients

“Toward transparency and sustainability: Building a new financial order,” a newly released study by the IBM Institute for Business Value raises some provocative questions about the relationship between financial services firms and their clients.  Two big questions 1. Do financial services firms really put their clients’ best interests first? 2.  Do financial services firms understand […]

Research study: How financial services firms will make money in the future

The financial services industry can’t continue to make money the way it used to. So the IBM Institute for Business Value tackled the challenge of answering the following questions: *  Which forces are disrupting the industry?  *  What will clients be willing to pay for? *  How will the basis for competition change?  *  And […]

Ignore this advice–at least some of it

“10 Words to Use in Your Website Copywriting” gives you some great advice. But some of author Eric Brantner’s suggestions need to be adjusted for investment management websites. Eric lists 10 words that tug powerfully on human emotions.       You      Free      Guaranteed      Easy      New      Proven      Results      Save      […]

Worth magazine relaunches

What’s up with Worth magazine? It’s going to relaunch in May with an even more exclusive readership than before. To receive a free subscription, a household must “have a minimum net worth of $2 million, have at least $1 million of equity in their main residence and live in one of 11 major markets, including […]