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Summary : As the financial planning industry moves inexorably to more of a fee-for-service model and away from the traditional assets under management (AUM) standard, advisors need to be aware of certain differences in how they bill their clients to avoid regulatory compliance problems.
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning investment advisory firms to devote adequate resources to compliance, which has spurred a debate about whether attitude or money is more important.
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Summary: A lack of innovation is threatening the growth that the financial advice industry has become accustomed to in recent decades, according to some top advisers.
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Summary: There’s a sense that although the business climate is favorable now, but veteran brokers know nothing lasts forever. Going forward, the advisory business could get more difficult. Potential fee compression is one issue. Lower fees mean that advisors need to control more assets to generate the same level of gross production.
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Summary: Often, advisory firms will try to bring on a new employee and expect them to be the best at what they do, right out of the gate — without providing the tools and support necessary for that to happen. Then those same advisors wonder why their employee does mediocre work, leaves the company, or fails at their job outright.
