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Summary: In April 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an expansion to its fiduciary rules. One key takeaway is that advisors providing retirement advice would now have to meet a stricter fiduciary standard. In recent months, many advisors have confronted questions about how these rules will impact their practices, including how increased regulatory scrutiny may impact their firms’ day-to-day operations.
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Summary: Setting a price on a service is a challenge in any industry, so it is no wonder that some advisers are wrestling with the issue of whether they should be flexible in their fees or stick with a standard offering, such as 1% of assets under management.
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Summary: On the one hand, it can feel like received wisdom at this point that firms without a strong social presence are falling behind. But in the universe of Facebook, LinkedIn Twitter and others, it can be unclear how to form a social strategy and to what end.
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Summary: Fatefully, he met Joe Grabar, a managing partner at Raleigh-based Fortress Financial Partners. Though they did not join forces right away, they kept the lines of communication open for six months. Gure eventually asked to join Grabar’s growing independent office. Grabar said if he was willing to commit, he would take him under his wing.
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Summary: The increased price transparency of the financial services industry in recent years is leading more clients to ask their financial advisers for a break on fees.
