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Revised Form ADV requires much more data from advisers

From InvestmentNews
Added on August 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Registered investment advisers will have to provide more client account data and social media information in a revised Securities and Exchange Commission registration form that will go into effect this fall.

Voices How changes to the fiduciary rule could prompt adviser movement

From OnWallStreet
Added on August 2017 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Recruiting has been relatively quiet this year – a function, in part, of a major piece of uncertainty. No one is quite sure how regulators will ultimately expect financial advisers to implement the fiduciary rule in their practices. Advisers can't make strategic business decisions if they don't know what the rules of the game are.

'This is not going to work': Screening out problematic clients

From OnWallStreet
Added on July 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: When a client proves to be a poor fit for a planning practice, a smart planner lets that client go. An even smarter planner screens potential clients before committing.

Why Advisors Need Financial Advisors

From ThinkAdvisor
Added on July 2017 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: I got a call the other day from an owner-advisor who wanted me to work with him. He told me a story about his mother (now deceased) who was a doctor and had selflessly helped many people during her life, including taking in foster children over the years. She’d had little concern for her own happiness, with one exception: She’d bought a beach house where she’d spend time whenever she could. But she’d had to sell it to make ends meet after her retirement.

Hardest thing RIA founders do? Name their practice

From OnWallStreet
Added on July 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Selecting a custodian, finding office real estate in three cities, choosing new reporting software ― those were easy tasks compared to the struggle of picking a name.

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