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Women are not a niche: Why financial advisors must look beyond gender

From Financial Planning
Added on May 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Finding a niche can help planners build their businesses — but advisors looking to serve female clients better may need to be careful how they use that term.

The Disconnect Between Who You Are and What You Do — Getting the Message Right

From WealthManagement.com
Added on April 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: If you’re like me, you see dozens of articles every week that prescribe ways for advisors to more effectively get their message across to prospects. Well, here’s another one.

New Fintech Company Wants To Automate Angel Investing

From WealthManagement.com
Added on April 2019 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Advisors looking for ways to connect their investor clients with startup funding, including angel investing have a new option. Investors and advisors interested in creating a special-purpose vehicle now have an automated SPV formation and management product available to them, according to the Miami Herald. Founded by Herwig Konings and Mario Pazos, Digital SPV won a South Florida fintech competition and has received $1 million in commitments, with plans to add more than 500 users by the end of the year.

Fintechs find new focus helping clients with cash management

From InvestmentNews
Added on April 2019 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Since Wealthfront launched Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.-insured high-yield savings accounts in February, the digital adviser said clients have deposited more than $1 billion, generating $2.5 million in interest. With that success, Wealthfront is increasing interest rates on the cash accounts to 2.29%.

'Captive Independence' Falls Short of True Independence, Execs Say

From WealthManagement.com
Added on April 2019 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Some independent broker/dealers, offices of supervisory jurisdiction (OSJs) and registered investment advisors market their advisors as “independent." But executives on the fee-only RIA side of the business say breakaway brokers are being sold a bill of goods when they join these models.

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