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Summary: Nearly every speaker at SIFMA's Private Client Conference talked about it. Almost every panel was asked about it. What was the hottest topic this year? Robo advisors.
Added on April 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The SEC has elevated Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Deputy Director Marc Wyatt to to acting director of the unit, which is responsible for examining financial advisors.
Added on April 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: The acquisition of the Sterne Agee Group by Stifel Financial Corp. was classic Ron Kruszewski: find a company in turmoil and buy it on the cheap. It is a strategy that has served the Stifel chief executive well over the past 18 years.
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Summary: Brian Power, a principal at a registered investment advisory firm in New Jersey, recently spent a full day in New York City meeting with clients. Armed with little more than his laptop, he reviewed accounts with clients and showed them performance reports and research, all without using a single piece of paper.
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Summary: Just how important is culture to an advisory firm's success? It's everything—that's right, everything. Yet it is often overlooked and rarely given its due. That could be about to change.
