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Our human-centric investing approach considers how the markets impact your clients’ mindsets, as well as how societal influences, generational differences, and their stages of life shape them as investors. Using this approach, the following resources can help you deepen client relationships, grow your business, and separate yourself from the competition.

 

Investor Insight

As markets soar and plunge, emotions can tempt investors to buy and sell funds at the wrong times, which can have disastrous results. Use these tools to educate and entertain clients about the impact that impulsive decisions can have on their investments and the importance of focusing on the long-term.

hartfordfunds.com/insight

Retirement Satisfaction
Building Your Longevity Network
Longevity is changing retirement (Do your services match up?)
Investor Behavior
Retain Your Brain
How to age-proof your most valuable asset
Retirement Satisfaction
8,000 Days of Retirement
As lifespans continue to rise, retirement could be as long as 20 years—approximately 8,000 days. Help clients navigate what’s no longer an end but a new, complex stage of life.
Seemingly unprecedented events and an uncertain future can put many investors on edge. A historical perspective on past crises can help investors persevere when their confidence is tested.
…but are they? Are the issues we’re facing today really that unprecedented? This client brochure and presentation step back to provide historical perspective for investors.
When volatility strikes, learn how to actively address how clients feel as well as how they invest
Investor Behavior
Your Money Story
Help clients discover how their unique history with money can impact their financial decisions
Investor Behavior
Media Replay
When the next “crisis du jour” makes headlines, help clients avoid knee-jerk decisions and maintain a long-term perspective
Investor Behavior
Beyond Investment Illusions
The most important principles of investing are almost all counterintuitive. Help clients avoid well-intended decisions that can be detrimental to their portfolio.
Retirement Satisfaction
The Social Portfolio
Why friendships are so important to aging well
Retirement Satisfaction
The Quality of Life
Three simple questions can help determine your clients’ future quality of life, and serve as a practical, thought-provoking starting point for planning a satisfying retirement
Show clients how apps, sites, and devices are transforming retirement
Knowing the factors that can negatively impact Social Security income can help clients make the most of their benefits
Learn the trends in aging and how to align your business model with clients’ increasing demands

 


 

Practice Management

We partner with practice management experts to bring you proven, practical tools to help you operate and grow a more efficient practice. Our advisor consultants can help you apply these strategies through one-on-one guidance, group events, and advisor workbooks.

hartfordfunds.com/practice

How to grow your practice through the creation of digital content
Practice Management
Evaluating Your Digital Presence
Is your online presence irresistible or ho-hum?
A model to build productivity, communication, and innovation
Practice Management
The Pillar System
By completing a few critical activities weekly, hitting your business goals is nearly guaranteed
Deepening Relationships
The Power of Stories
How sharing experiences transforms client relationships
Deepening Relationships
Communication Quick Tips
Videos to help you hone your communication skills to better connect with current and prospective clients
Grow Your Practice
Mastering Facebook
You’re probably on Facebook, but are you using it to build relationships with affluent clients?
Deepening Relationships
From Zoom to Room
How to Prepare for In-Person Events and Optimize Client Communication
Deepening Relationships
The Show Must Go On-line
Knowing best practices of virtual meetings can help you maximize the opportunities they offer
Learn the specific skills and activities that top financial professionals use to excel with affluent clients
Learn four ways to sharpen your communication skills, overcome barriers, and better connect with clients and prospects
There has never been a better time than right now to re-engage old leads & cold leads within your pipeline.
It’s not just what you say that matters—it’s how you say it
Three simple steps to time/life management
Instead of sweeping changes, making small tweaks in a few key areas can often maximize a team’s potential productivity
Your prospecting goals are already within your reach. Define your ideal client to get the results you want.
Deepening Relationships
How to VALUE Inclusive Language
Inclusive language is essential to communicating with clients and prospects whose life experiences differ from our own
Grow your business by doing one or two things you already know how to do
Get clients to tell others about your services without the awkwardness of asking for a referral.
Practice Management
Mastering LinkedIn
Learn a step-by-step approach for leveraging LinkedIn to grow your business
Use the 80/20 rule to retain your best clients and gain new ones
  • Investor Insight

    Investor Insight

    As markets soar and plunge, emotions can tempt investors to buy and sell funds at the wrong times, which can have disastrous results. Use these tools to educate and entertain clients about the impact that impulsive decisions can have on their investments and the importance of focusing on the long-term.

    hartfordfunds.com/insight

    Retirement Satisfaction
    Building Your Longevity Network
    Longevity is changing retirement (Do your services match up?)
    Investor Behavior
    Retain Your Brain
    How to age-proof your most valuable asset
    Retirement Satisfaction
    8,000 Days of Retirement
    As lifespans continue to rise, retirement could be as long as 20 years—approximately 8,000 days. Help clients navigate what’s no longer an end but a new, complex stage of life.
    Seemingly unprecedented events and an uncertain future can put many investors on edge. A historical perspective on past crises can help investors persevere when their confidence is tested.
    …but are they? Are the issues we’re facing today really that unprecedented? This client brochure and presentation step back to provide historical perspective for investors.
    When volatility strikes, learn how to actively address how clients feel as well as how they invest
    Investor Behavior
    Your Money Story
    Help clients discover how their unique history with money can impact their financial decisions
    Investor Behavior
    Media Replay
    When the next “crisis du jour” makes headlines, help clients avoid knee-jerk decisions and maintain a long-term perspective
    Investor Behavior
    Beyond Investment Illusions
    The most important principles of investing are almost all counterintuitive. Help clients avoid well-intended decisions that can be detrimental to their portfolio.
    Retirement Satisfaction
    The Social Portfolio
    Why friendships are so important to aging well
    Retirement Satisfaction
    The Quality of Life
    Three simple questions can help determine your clients’ future quality of life, and serve as a practical, thought-provoking starting point for planning a satisfying retirement
    Show clients how apps, sites, and devices are transforming retirement
    Knowing the factors that can negatively impact Social Security income can help clients make the most of their benefits
    Learn the trends in aging and how to align your business model with clients’ increasing demands
  • Practice Management

     


     

    Practice Management

    We partner with practice management experts to bring you proven, practical tools to help you operate and grow a more efficient practice. Our advisor consultants can help you apply these strategies through one-on-one guidance, group events, and advisor workbooks.

    hartfordfunds.com/practice

    How to grow your practice through the creation of digital content
    Practice Management
    Evaluating Your Digital Presence
    Is your online presence irresistible or ho-hum?
    A model to build productivity, communication, and innovation
    Practice Management
    The Pillar System
    By completing a few critical activities weekly, hitting your business goals is nearly guaranteed
    Deepening Relationships
    The Power of Stories
    How sharing experiences transforms client relationships
    Deepening Relationships
    Communication Quick Tips
    Videos to help you hone your communication skills to better connect with current and prospective clients
    Grow Your Practice
    Mastering Facebook
    You’re probably on Facebook, but are you using it to build relationships with affluent clients?
    Deepening Relationships
    From Zoom to Room
    How to Prepare for In-Person Events and Optimize Client Communication
    Deepening Relationships
    The Show Must Go On-line
    Knowing best practices of virtual meetings can help you maximize the opportunities they offer
    Learn the specific skills and activities that top financial professionals use to excel with affluent clients
    Learn four ways to sharpen your communication skills, overcome barriers, and better connect with clients and prospects
    There has never been a better time than right now to re-engage old leads & cold leads within your pipeline.
    It’s not just what you say that matters—it’s how you say it
    Three simple steps to time/life management
    Instead of sweeping changes, making small tweaks in a few key areas can often maximize a team’s potential productivity
    Your prospecting goals are already within your reach. Define your ideal client to get the results you want.
    Deepening Relationships
    How to VALUE Inclusive Language
    Inclusive language is essential to communicating with clients and prospects whose life experiences differ from our own
    Grow your business by doing one or two things you already know how to do
    Get clients to tell others about your services without the awkwardness of asking for a referral.
    Practice Management
    Mastering LinkedIn
    Learn a step-by-step approach for leveraging LinkedIn to grow your business
    Use the 80/20 rule to retain your best clients and gain new ones

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For more than a decade, we’ve partnered with the MIT AgeLab to uncover investor lifestyle trends, who they trust, and the future of retirement—all of which influence their decision-making process. Deepen your relationships with clients by applying MIT AgeLab research and tools to your practice.

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The MIT AgeLab and Oechsli are not affiliates or subsidiaries of Hartford Funds.

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