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Summary: Recently, the independent advisory world has been abuzz with the news of Curian Capital’s unexpected decision to close shop. In my 30 years in financial services, I have never seen such an abrupt decision to stop serving clients.
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Summary: According to new data from Corporate Insight, online financial advisors increased their total assets under management by 11 percent in the first six months of 2015 to a total of $21 billion, even as markets remained relatively flat. Assets are up 34 percent since July 2014.
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Summary:The fastest growing segment of the financial advisor market is also the segment least dependent on outside support from asset managers, insurance companies and broker-dealers. That’s just one of many findings from Practical Perspectives’ latest survey on “Value Add Support to Financial Advisors.”
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Summary: Fifty-six percent of advisors responding to Hartford Funds’ third annual Advisor Anxiety Survey, released Monday, reported that they focused on attracting millennial clients “less than other age groups” or “not at all” even as they identified prospects in that category.
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Summary: New research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates suggests that technology innovations will help grow — not hinder —an advisor’s business.
