From ThinkAdvisor
Added on April 2018 in Join an RIA
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Summary: How many advisors are thinking about and making moves to jump ship? According to the latest Fidelity study, 56% have considered or made the switch to other firms over the past five years.
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Despite the increasing fear Americans have of personal and financial information being stolen, most financial-services firms have been complacent on updating or implementing state of the art — or even basic — cybersecurity technology, according to a recent study by Dalbar/ThinkAdvisor, “The State of Authentication in Financial Services.”
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Years ago, in a meandering conversation on what advisors need to be successful, the successful advisor and author Susan Hirshman caught me up short by telling me that it’s only one thing that advisors want and need to be successful: new, good clients.
From InvestmentNews
Added on April 2018 in Form an RIA
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Summary: When James Brewer was seeking his own financial adviser in 2005, he was interested in investing in companies that had a history of hiring African-Americans like himself. One adviser he met with was sympathetic and at one point suggested Mr. Brewer consider becoming a financial adviser. A year later, he did just that.
From Financial Planning
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Summary: Years ago, when I worked as a financial advisor at a major brokerage firm, we learned highly sophisticated ways to analyze clients’ investment ideas so we could consistently tell them “no.”
