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Experiencing Fintech Paralysis? Four Ways to Jumpstart Your Decision

Added on September 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Countless firms—the vast majority, in fact—in the industry have not adopted basic fintech into their practices. It could be they are just unaware of the options before them, but considering the many trade publications, events and advertising opportunities highlighting fintech offerings, I would suggest the opposite is actually occurring: Advisors, wealth managers and other financial professionals are simply overwhelmed by their options and are defaulting to nothing.

SEC creates cyber unit to eye firms and task force for investor protection

Added on September 2017 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission has created a cyber unit to target cyber-related misconduct, as well as a retail strategy task force aimed at helping and protecting individual investors.

Recruiting surges at regionals, indies ― wirehouses not so much

Added on September 2017 in Join an RIA
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Summary: Recruiting momentum at independent firms such as Steward Partners as well as regional BDs and those that assist breakaways is outpacing the wirehouses.

Building a Dynasty: The rags-to-riches story of Shirl Penney, founder and CEO of Dynasty Financial Partners

Added on September 2017 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Though just 40 years old, Shirl Penney has already lived a life of extremes. Nothing is any more integral to his identity than having grown up in extreme poverty and rising above those early years of privation

Cybersecurity weaknesses worry state RIA regulators

Added on September 2017 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: More than 1,200 coordinated examinations of state-registered investment advisers by state securities examiners in 37 jurisdictions uncovered 698 deficiencies involving cybersecurity, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) said.

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