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Summary: Many financial planners have long advised their clients to pay less attention to the media to avoid making investment mistakes, and new academic research is backing their counsel.
Added on August 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: The majority of financial advisors believe they’ll have to change how they do business in light of the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, but few are aware of their firms’ plans to comply with the rule designed to force retirement brokers to put clients’ interests ahead of their own, according to a quarterly survey from Nationwide Retirement Institute.
Added on August 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: Strategic acquirers represent a formidable force in the registered investment advisor mergers and acquisitions game, according to a recent report released by Fidelity. But to align themselves correctly for an acquisition, RIAs need to understand the varying needs of the different types of acquirers and what they stand to gain — and lose — in the deal, according to the report.
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Summary: Despite increased anxiety about the markets, little consensus exists among advisers about what to expect in the second half of 2016. Close to half of advisers (45%) are bullish on U.S. equities over the next quarter, while 17% are bearish and 38% are undecided, according to Eaton Vance’s Advisor Top-of-Mind Index Survey.
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Summary: It seems to me that the wealth management industry has grown out of the traditional labels that we have used for decades to describe various companies, causing tremendous confusion for both clients and industry insiders. Let's take, for example, the term “wirehouse.” The term was originally meant to describe an investment firm which had multiple offices which communicated with their home office via “wire.”
