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Competing in Envestnet's growing shadow

Added on October 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: So when Envestnet let out it was acquiring FolioDynamix, Benskin stopped to ponder what it would mean for his offering. He didn’t get much time to worry ― his phone soon began ringing non-stop with calls from prospective clients.

Younger people are actually better with money than Boomers and Generation X

Added on October 2017 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Charles Schwab tracked how 1,000 Americans, aged 21-to-75, manage and use their wealth. Their survey assessed four main categories: Goal setting and financial planning; saving and investing; staying financially on track; and having confidence in reaching financial goals.

Brace yourself for more SEC exams

Added on October 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The new Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, Jay Clayton, recently testified before Congress that the agency will increase its examinations of investment advisers by 20% in the current fiscal year, and nudge those numbers up a further 5% in fiscal 2018.

How technology can provide a marketing boost

Added on October 2017 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Everyone knows that social-media and digital tools can play a key role in marketing for advisors, but how else can advisors leverage technology?

Voices The dysfunctional approach to AUM

Added on October 2017 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: When financial planners meet at industry conferences, they need a quick shorthand way to gauge how relevant a conversation with this interesting stranger would be. So the first question I hear them ask is ... What’s your AUM?

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