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Planners on Campus
Added on April 2014 in Join an RIA
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Summary: As the late afternoon sunlight casts shadows through the lecture hall, a handful of students at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J., watch their professor fill a whiteboard with the words “broker,” “wirehouse,” “insurance,” “RIAs” and “suitability.” Indeed, making financial planning a viable academic pursuit for undergraduates is meant to overcome one of the industry’s big obstacles: the fact that young people just don’t seem that interested in joining it.
Two Reasons Why a New Wave of Breakaway Brokers Is On the Way
Added on April 2014 in Join an RIA
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Summary:Growth in the registered investment advisor (RIA) channel has surged in recent years. Once derided by some as a temporary fad, independence has become the new normal for advisors considering the move from a wirehouse or other channels. The RIA model is ideal for those seeking greater autonomy in running their businesses, higher income potential, and the ability to have more personal relationships.
My Move: Credit Suisse to Independence
Added on April 2014 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Financial advisor Hal Lambert left Credit Suisse in October to launch Point Bridge Capital, an RIA with offices in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. He and his business partner, Jeff Wildin, had been with Credit Suisse since 2005; before that, they spent more than six years at J.P. Morgan. Point Bridge Capital manages over $200 million. The firm uses Pershing as its main custodian and the Dynasty Financial Partners investment platform.
The New Challenge for the Next Generation of Financial Planners
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Summary: As financial planning education began to shift to colleges and universities in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in an explosion of degree-based financial planning programs in the early 2000s, this process of how a financial planner is trained began to change. While the first generation of financial planners were salespeople who became financial planners, this next generation of financial planners are entering the workplace and are trained as planners from the start.
Billion-dollar teams inch into indie market
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Summary: Independent firms are gaining traction among a key group of financial advisers who once shied away from the channel: the $1 billion teams. Although Morgan Stanley and Raymond James were two of the top firms in adding assets in the first quarter, the other three spots were filled by some relatively new players, according to moves tracked by InvestmentNews' Advisers on the Move database.
