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Most Consumers Use Mix of Technology, Live Advice: Report

Added on August 2016 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Investors, especially affluent ones, are comfortable using digital tools in their decision making process, according to a white paper from Hearts & Wallets. Nearly two-thirds of investors with between $500,000 and $2 million use digital tools, and over half of those with between $100,000 and $500,000 do so.

5 ways elite RIA firms set themselves apart from the competition

Added on August 2016 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Last year a majority of advisory firms saw their revenue levels stall, but a group of registered investment advisers increased their revenue by 23%, according to the new 2016 Elite RIA Study, produced by InvestmentNews Research and BlackRock.
 

Want More Clients? Simply Show Prospects the Financial Advice Planning Process

Added on August 2016 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: The keywords there are “show” and “how“….and it is because so many advisers do not focus on these 2 words in the earliest stages of engagement that they struggle to get good prospects to engage in the full financial advice process.

Why expenses are up and profits are down for RIAs

Added on August 2016 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Firm expenses rose more quickly than revenue, according to the 2016 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design. Median overhead per client jumped 31%, and overhead expenses as a share of revenue for a typical advisory firm leaped to 38% last year, up from 34% in 2014.

Investment Advisers Seeing Growth Spurt, Study Shows

Added on August 2016 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Investment advisory firms, on average, had a 28.2% operating income margin last year, up a percentage point from the year before and six percentage points higher than 2011, according to a study released Friday by Charles Schwab

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