From Financial Advisor IQ
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Summary: Financial-advice professionals continue to debate the merits and disadvantages of various compensation models. But what’s really at stake is consumer trust, ThinkAdvisor writes, in an article reprinted from Investment Advisor magazine. And in order to gain it, advisors need to focus on fee transparency regardless of how they collect.
From Financial Planning
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Summary: Attempts to describe the shortage of next-generation financial advisors veer toward the dramatic: “Desperate Need,” Forbes reports. “Firms Struggle,” CNBC declares. “Dangerous Stockbroker Shortage Threatens America,” warns The Wall Street Journal.
From WealthManagement.com
Added on September 2015 in M&A Issues
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Summary: With about 30 firms now a part of Dynasty Financial, the firm sees no end in sight as it added a Wells Fargo team to its network on Monday.
From Think Advisor
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Summary: Earlier this week, Tina Powell of the RIA Beacon Wealth Management moved to go after novice female investors with SheCapital, a robo-advisor service launched as part of a separate RIA of the same name.
From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2015 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Growth has changed the nature of the independent advisory firm. Adviser ownership used to define independence; however, today there are more employee advisers in independent firms than owner-advisers. This change amplifies the importance of career tracks and growing talent. It also poses difficult questions to the culture of the firm and its competitive positioning. With the influx of employee advisers, what does “independent” mean?
