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Summary: It is very difficult to provide advice without the right technology. Interestingly enough, according to the most recent Financial Planning Technology Survey, approximately 25% of the respondents were not using financial planning software. And, in the prior year survey, almost a third were not using planning software. So why the disconnect?
Added on March 2016 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Now is the “golden age” for financial advisors, says Joseph Maugeri, a managing director at the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards who’s charged with expanding the number of CFPs. Demand is growing as baby boomers prepare for retirement – about 10,000 retire every day – and others, including millennials, plan their futures while the supply of advisors is shrinking.
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Summary: Robo-advisers say they'll be just fine as the industry heads into the final countdown of the Department of Labor's impending fiduciary rule, but potholes along the way could push executives out of their comfort zone, according to an InvestmentNews roundtable of executives at many of the leading digital-advice platforms.
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Summary: Fidelity Investments, the second-largest U.S. mutual fund company, will test an automated-investment service starting Wednesday on a small group of existing customers.
Added on March 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Mercer Advisors is staking a claim to be one of the country's largest RIAs. The Santa Barbara, Calif.-based firm is merging with Kanaly Trust of Houston to form an $8 billion-plus powerhouse firm with 20 offices around the country.
