From TD Ameritrade Institutional
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Summary: Looking ahead, RIAs expect the growth trend to continue. Advisors are approaching 2019 with their usual pragmatic optimism, keeping the daily market drama in perspective. They say that U.S. interest rates, corporate earnings and international trade issues are what matter most to client portfolios.
From Advisor Perspectives
Added on January 2019 in M&A Issues
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Summary: According to Echelon Partners, the merger and acquisitions consulting firm, the average RIA tripled its revenues between 2010 and 2017. Although this growth is strong, firms are facing intensified pressure to achieve even greater scale with long-term endurance. The result? Many are turning toward mergers or acquisition strategies to reach those goals.
From InvestmentNews
Added on January 2019 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The financial market volatility that picked up in earnest last year was not enough to derail the pace of consolidation among registered investment advisers.
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: In explaining the conflicting findings of a recent survey of advisors and investors who have—and don’t have—advisors, John Diehl of Hartford Funds didn’t hesitate to address the elephant in the room: Are we in the early stages of a significant market pullback? Should advisors merely send palliative messages to clients on how markets can go up or down, if they communicate at all with their clients?
From IRIS
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Summary: Once upon a time social media was something that was kept in the corner in marketing, somebody tweeted on it, every now and again. People dabbled a bit on LinkedIn and Facebook, but it wasn’t really central to what marketing did. People pretty much forgot about it. People didn’t put any resources into it so they didn’t get much from it.
