Cerulli study: A succession partner is biggest hurdle for 32% of advisers eyeing retirement.
The tables are starting to turn. Recognizing the growing impact of (and interest in) social media for advisers, broker-dealer compliance departments have been relaxing their grip, according to Michael Kitces, and that could be bad news for RIAs.
The social media management and compliance platform plans to accelerate product development
The SEC's move to define customer review ground rules is good but raises important and difficult questions.
Do you have a business plan? Is it in writing and regularly reviewed? If your answer to one or both of these questions is “no”, what are you waiting for?
If you want people to see your company's content, you'll have to pay.
Firm launches training program designed to bring its registered service associates up through the ranks.
Firms progress through the stages of growth much like humans gaining the freedom of mobility.
If your clients think you are a five-star adviser, they should write a review, a la Yelp. But what's the value of a new website that allows clients to review their advisers?
Renowned behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman says advisers must recognize the cost and futility of betting against the market and trading too much.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> An old manufacturer goes high tech and why its earnings still matter. Plus: Emerging-markets stocks bounce as the dollar slides; the stock market's frayed nerves; and a little corporate board turnover can go a long way toward stock performance.
Beacon finds 'client onboarding' has replaced social-media archiving as brokers' biggest technology challenge.
Premarital agreements on the rise, and they're no longer just for the wealthy.
Four companies working to unify products to better meet adviser needs; system due out later this year
Niche is attracting more advisers looking to add to their service offerings.
Only 25% of financial advisers have formally defined who their ideal client is, a Financial Planning Association study found. Of those who have defined their ideal client, only 38% say a majority of their clients actually fit that profile.
Advisers need to find ways to show empathy for more than just widows and widowers, but divorcees and parents.
Online adviser Personal Capital announces an app for smartwatches, and the advice industry ponders the future of wearable technology in client service.
Financial services giant finally makes its re-branding effort official
There are good books that make you think differently about the world, and occasionally great books that really make you question the underpinnings of what you think reality is. The new Michael Lewis book, “Flash Boys,” falls into the latter camp.
