Ben Rizzuto, CFP®, CRPS®
Ben Rizzuto is a Wealth Strategist with the Specialist Consulting Group at Janus Henderson Investors. In this role, he works with financial advisors and their high-net worth clients to find solutions to today’s increasingly difficult retirement, wealth transfer and financial planning issues. Ben is a regular contributor to Janus Henderson Insights and is periodically cited in industry publications. Prior to joining Janus in 2014, he worked as a business development consultant for Jackson National Life, where he helped financial advisors grow their fee-based practices.
Ben received his BA degree in political science from the University of Colorado – Boulder and an International MBA with concentrations in finance and Italian from the University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business. He holds FINRA Series 7 and 66 securities licenses and the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Chartered Retirement Plans Specialist (CRPS®) designations. He has 19 years of financial industry experience.
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Three charts and three questions to guide your client conversations
Three questions from our Investor Survey that can serve as useful conversation starters for meetings with clients or prospects.
Beyond HAL 9000: Integrating AI into your advisory practice
What financial advisors should consider before implementing AI in their practices.
Investor Survey: AI is fueling financial exploitation fears
Our latest Investor Survey reveals high levels of concern around financial exploitation, particularly as AI leads to increasingly sophisticated scams.
Investor Survey: Combatting emotional biases during election season
How advisors can help investors manage common behavioral biases that often stem from political beliefs.
Helping investors cope with election negativity and volatility
How advisors can help clients cope with anxiety related to both negative media coverage and potential market volatility throughout the 2024 election cycle.
Behavioral tactics to help investors manage election anxiety
Advisors may need to incorporate a combination of data and behavioral tactics to help clients stay the course through the election cycle.
How to help clients protect themselves as financial exploitation losses rise
Advisors can use key findings from the FBI’s latest Elder Fraud Report to raise clients’ awareness of financial exploitation scams.
How to help clients avoid “money illusion” as inflation persists
The money illusion can cause investors to act irrationally during periods of inflation.
Why every entrepreneur needs a retirement savings mindset
Entrepreneurs have unique considerations when it comes to retirement planning.
How the School of Athens could help investors navigate markets in 2024
Three lessons from School of Athens luminaries that could help guide investors through challenging markets in 2024.
Balancing wealth transfer across generations
In this webinar, Ben Rizzuto, Retirement Director and Jeremiah Buckley, co-Portfolio Manager of the Janus Henderson Balanced Fund, will discuss how financial advisors should position their business for this new generation of investors, ways they can engage with families across generations, and why a Balanced portfolio may be best suited for them.
Regrets, I’ve had a few: 6 common financial regrets (and how to avoid them)
How we can learn from the regrets of others to better prepare for the future.