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Summary: A unique characteristic about the RIA community, and one I admire most, is the collective thought leadership voice that provides continuing guidance and direction. I was reminded of this fact while attending a recent Fidelity Inside Track conference panel with 5 prominent industry experts who discussed the topic of ‘Looking Forward: Insights on Creating Future-Ready Firms’.
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Summary: All too often, firms view marketing as an all-or-nothing proposition that has to be completely managed in-house by a full time marketing professional, and they just don’t have the need or budget. What these firms don’t realize is that there are other options available. One such option is a Virtual Marketing Director (VMD).
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Summary: High quality client relationships and higher fees are among the attributes that firms landing in the top-quartile of the InvestmentNews 2016 Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms possess.
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Summary: Global analytics firm Cerulli Associates projects that the independent registered investment advisor (RIA) and hybrid RIA channels combined will increase their asset market share from 23% in 2015 to 28% in 2020 – likely outpacing wirehouses.
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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.