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Summary: What characteristics do clients value most in their financial advisors? Topping the list are soft skills — ironically, often routinely dismissed by advisors as nice-but-not-necessary. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab study in 2015 revealed these findings, and they’ve never been more relevant than today, as John Diehl, senior vice president of strategic marketing, Hartford Funds, which sponsored the study, argues in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.
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Summary: Clients can enhance their financial prospects this year by creating multiple income streams, according to this article on CNBC. One strategy is to get a part-time job via the gig economy. Self-employed workers will have to report their income and pay taxes, and should prepare for retirement by investing in tax-advantaged accounts, such as a SEP, Simple IRA or a solo 401(k).
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Summary: The breakaway broker trend is real and only getting more so, according to the latest research from TD Ameritrade Institutional, which Monday morning released its 2017 Breakaway to Independence Survey.
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Summary: Investopedia, an online provider of financial content, has announced its list of the top financial terms of 2017.
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Summary: Regardless of how regulators resolve the fiduciary issue, more client assets than ever are being held to a fiduciary standard, according to a report by Cerulli Associates.
