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Summary: Hillary and wealth managers have an urgent need to engage with new constituents by answering basic questions about who they are and how they can help.
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Summary: When Morgan Stanley bought Smith Barney from Citigroup Inc. in 2009, it created the largest brokerage force in the industry with more than 20,000 of what the company referred to in a press release as “high-quality” financial advisers. The long-term target, the firm said at the time, was to maintain a workforce of between 18,500 and 19,000 advisers.
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Summary: As I reflect on the days when I worked with a large brokerage firm, I am reminded of the myriad of onerous rules that were placed on all client-facing advisors and support staff. Many of these rules were the result of actions taken by a few rogue individuals who cared more about their paycheck than the client’s well-being. As a result, compliance came to be known as the “business prevention” department.
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Summary: Fee-only financial planners are shifting away from charging clients based on a percentage of assets in search of models that are free of conflicts, allow them to serve more clients and pay them for the work they do, not market performance.
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Summarry: In a wide-ranging session at the Envestnet Advisor Summit in Chicago on April 8, MarketCounsel’s founder and CEO Brian Hamburger addressed many of the big regulatory and compliance issues facing advisors, and that one of the main issues is the regulators themselves.
