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Summary: Advisory industry executives and advocates descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to participate in the Investment Adviser Association’s annual lobbying day. Those issues include not only boosting funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission so that it can increase advisor exams, but pushing members of Congress to support the Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013, a bill sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., that would allow the agency to collect fees from advisors to fund their exam.
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Summary: He fought the Securities and Exchange Commission and the agency lost — in other words, Mark Cuban is just Brian Hamburger’s kind of guy. More to the point, Cuban, the 55-year-old owner of the Dallas Mavericks is a dream choice to speak at the securities attorney’s annual conference, the MarketCounsel Summit, an agglomeration of RIAs that answer to the SEC for their every move on behalf of clients.
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Summary: INSITE 2014 unveils wired body armor for the advisor of the future as it rolls out a slew of NetX360 upgrades. Demonstration of future technologies was a running theme at INSITE conference this year, as 2,300 advisors, broker-dealer executives, trust companies and a large swath of international wealth management folks crowded into the Hollywood Westin resort, just north of Miami Beach.
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Summary: Taking their cue from the medical field, advisors are turning to residency programs to help bring new blood into an aging workforce. Instead of recruiting young professionals with a couple of years’ experience selling insurance or mutual funds, firms are hiring total rookies and giving them on-the-job training.
Added on June 2014 in M&A Issues
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Summary: In wealth management, an increasing number of financial advisers need an exit strategy. The combination of an aging demographic and fewer entrants into the field creates both challenges and opportunities. Acquiring a new business could be the perfect way for younger advisers to catapult their business to the next level.
