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View all main articlesResearch Reveals Major Shifts in Communication and Trust Between Financial Planners and Their Clients
Demographic shifts, economic challenges, political transitions, environmental threats, and a global pandemic have changed how financial service professionals communicate. To understand how financial planner/client communication and trust have evolved, researchers from the MQ Research Consortium and the Kansas State University Personal Financial Planning Program, with the support of the Financial Planning Association® (FPA®) and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz Life), renewed a 15-year-old study that examined communication best practices and how they impact the trust and commitment clients have in their planners. The research and analysis have resulted in an in-depth white paper, "Developing and Maintaining Client Trust and Commitment in a Rapidly Changing Environment." (FPA website login required).Community Updates
View all community updatesCleona Lira featured on the “Top 11 Ethical Financial Advisers” List
The UK's Good With Money website recently shared the "Top 11 Ethical Financial Advisers for…
MQ Team Retreat
The MQ Team recently spent a few days together on the Oregon Coast to discover…
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View all trending online linksFinancial Anxiety: Why Financial Planners Could Be Missing the Signs
A recent article on CNBC.comhighlighted results of the recent MQ Research Consortium research study. "The…
Elicit, Provide, Elicit: The Art of Skillful Advice-Giving
In her latest blog entry, MQ's Brenna Baucum, CFP®, provides a three-step process for skillful…
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View all eventsMQ In Action – Christopher Castles, ACS
Money Quotient welcomes Veteran MQ Partner Christopher Castles, ACS to share how he and his firm are implementing and utilizing the Money Quotient materials.
Facilitating Positive Change in Your Clients’ Financial Lives
This four-session online course is designed to provide a framework for understanding how your client’s “two brains” have different needs. We will be using the book Switch: How To Change Things When Change Is Hard as our text book. Approved for 10 CFP® CE credits.
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View all blog postsAssessing the Value of “Functional Quality” in Designing Financial Planning Engagements
In our Money Quotient training programs and research projects, we frequently refer to the groundbreaking…
Elicit, Provide, Elicit: The Art of Skillful Advice-Giving
Advice is inherent to financial planning. Heck, it’s in your title: advisor. But how you…
Nurturing Financial Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated to us once again that economic uncertainties are…