From Financial Planning
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Summary: In order to provide real-time access to personal account and investment information, advisory firms use cloud-based technologies to deliver new products and services to their clients. Unfortunately, doing so provides cyber criminals with an access point to seize sensitive financial information for ransom or sale.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Investors most susceptible to fraud typically exhibit an unusually high degree of confidence in unregulated investments and tend to trade more actively than the general investor population, according to survey results from AARP.
From WealthManagement.com
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Summary: Recent financial technology initiatives for wealth managers have focused on transparent and efficient delivery of information. While data aggregation and reporting were previously pain points, today they are essentials.
From Advisor Perpectives
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Summary: Relationships in business are tricky but, as you point out, family relationships in business are often very, very tricky. Do you think I should just stay out of it or could I provide some benefit if I were to intervene in their problems?
From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on February 2017 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In acquiring Duckworth Wealth Advisors this month Mercer Advisors did more than add tax-preparation capabilities to an already broad service roster.
The move, which has taken Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Mercer from zero acquisitions in its first 31 years to a blistering six since the fall of 2015, merely primes the firm to extend the streak for another 36 months — at least.
