From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: For a long time, a key question raised about the financial advisory firms focused on when they would add a digital advice service. Now that so many firms have done so, the focus is on the future of digital wealth management, which includes legacy firms; the outside firms they partner with for digital offerings, like SigFig; and stand-alone robo-advisors like Betterment.
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Summary: If you’re like many RIAs, you take pride in the fact that you always act in the best interests of your clients. You don’t sell high-commission products like nontraded REITs or equity index annuities. So you might be assuming that the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, which begins its phased implementation on Friday, doesn’t apply to you.
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Summary: To be or not to be on social media: That isn’t the question. Today, it’s a must for financial advisors to have a digital presence, and that doesn’t mean just putting up a website and hoping prospects will find it.
From INC
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Summary: Growing up, I wasn't exactly a bookworm. I attribute my lack of reading as a child to having athletic prowess and focusing on other pursuits. In my twenties, friends joked that I was the world's first individual to finish law school without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. I will neither confirm nor deny that claim.
From ThinkAdvisor
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Summary: Capt. Hawkeye Pierce of “M*A*S*H” has some indispensable advice for financial advisors. Well, Alan Alda, who played the smart-alecky surgeon on the classic TV series, has indispensable advice for advisors. Oddly enough, it’s about how to communicate better to win and keep clients, and he talks specifics in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.