From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Why does the financial planning profession have so few black and Latino planners, far less than their representation in the general U.S. population, when it should have more minority planners to serve an increasingly diverse consumer population? Of the 80,000 CFP-licensed professionals, just 3.5% are black or Latino.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Less than a year after starting her financial planning practice in Oklahoma City in 2015, Amy Hubble was faced with a dilemma. She had been accepted to the University of Georgia to work on her doctorate in financial planning and consumer economics. But the school was 1,000 miles away, and if she decided to pursue her Ph.D., she would have to move. But that would mean giving up her practice and abandoning her clients just as she was getting started.
From FA Magazine
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Summary: Cerulli Associates expects another transition of assets and influence, of younger financial advisors succeeding baby boomers across the industry. The financial services research firm estimates that 35.5% of the industry, more than 110,000 advisors, will retire within the next 10 years.
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Advisory firm owners today are deluged by the rapidly increasing number of technology choices and their broad array of functionalities. To help my advisor clients focus, I suggest that they think about technology from the perspective of how it’s used by their firm.
From InvestmentNews
Added on May 2018 in M&A Issues
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Summary: With the RIA industry setting itself up for further consolidation based on the macro trends impacting the industry, the opportunity for peer-to-peer M&A activity is increasing dramatically. Multiple industry studies are anticipating record levels of deal-making in 2018, with volumes expected to increase dramatically in the years to come.
