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Summary: With the average worker checking their email inbox around 30 times per hour, it’s no wonder we have time management issues in our daily lives. This is just one example of a distraction constantly vying for our attention! Here are three questions to ask yourself if time management is an issue.
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Summary: Nearly 2,000 advisors, exhibitors, and asset management industry leaders headed to Chicago for the annual Morningstar Investment Conference, one of the largest in the investment world. Attendees reveal some of the major takeaways for advisors - from a global outlook on bonds to where to find opportunities in the bond markets, as well as views from Franklin Templeton’s Michael Hasenstab and international investing tips from David Herro of The Oakmark Funds.
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Summary: While some broker/dealer executives may be brushing aside the potential risk of emerging online advice platforms, almost half of RIAs are not quite as confident. In Schwab’s 2014 Independent Advisor Outlook Study—which surveyed 720 investment advisor firms—44 percent saw the online platforms as a threat, while 56 percent said “robo advisors” could supplement their current offerings and help grow the business.
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission took a hit last week when a House panel denied the agency the funding it says it needs to hire additional investment-adviser examiners. In a voice vote, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government approved a measure that sets the SEC budget at $1.4 billion for fiscal 2015 — a $50 million increase to its current budget, but $300 million less than the Obama administration requested.
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Summary: Starting and growing a business usually involves a fair amount of sweat and sacrifice. Yet many entrepreneurs who have spent years building successful businesses would rather have a root canal than undertake the often-painstaking process of succession planning.