From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Opportunities for wealth management are growing among consumers with lower and moderate incomes – as well as millennials – by increasing use of robo-advisor technology, according to a recent study.
From InvestmentNews
Added on January 2018 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Fiduciary advocates are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit brokers from calling themselves "financial advisers," as the agency considers a regulation that would raise investment advice standards.
From InvestmentNews
Added on January 2018 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Last month, at the MarketCounsel Summit in Miami, during a panel discussion about advisory-firm valuations, Rich Gill of Wealth Partners Capital Group cited what might be 2018's most bankable theme in the financial advice space.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Policy changes like tax reform and implementation of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule occupied most of the wealth management industry’s attention in 2017, and research firm Aite Group said these will drive adviser uncertainty. At the same time, firms are facing pressure to enhance not only their front office with new digital technology, but to transform business and operating models as well.
From InvestmentNews
Added on January 2018 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Citigroup recently announced that it will be following Morgan Stanley and UBS' lead in exiting the broker protocol. While it's not a big player in the recruiting wars among wirehouse firms, this move signifies a further trend toward the potential demise of the protocol, and has reignited speculation as to what effect it will have on adviser movement in 2018 and beyond.
