From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Robo-advisers say they'll be just fine as the industry heads into the final countdown of the Department of Labor's impending fiduciary rule, but potholes along the way could push executives out of their comfort zone, according to an InvestmentNews roundtable of executives at many of the leading digital-advice platforms.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: Fidelity Investments, the second-largest U.S. mutual fund company, will test an automated-investment service starting Wednesday on a small group of existing customers.
From InvestmentNews
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Summary: With this tool, LinkedIn will match its members with freelance professionals when a request is filed, to which an adviser can accept or reject. From there the prospect and adviser can go off line and discuss future services. Other industries include design, writing and editing, real estate and software development.
From IRIS
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Summary: Have you ever looked at your to do list and just laughed? You think, “Oh right, that’s not happening,” and then moments later, you realize that none of the tasks on your list are really an option. Perhaps that’s the point that your nervous laughter turns to tears
From Think Advisor
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Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission delivering on a uniform fiduciary rule for brokers and advisors is likely an “unattainable” goal, as the two divisions charged with writing the rule have “different interests” regarding the rule’s outcome and the agency’s commissioners disagree on whether such a rule is necessary, Bob Plaze, a former SEC executive, said Thursday.
