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Summary: Pope Francis weighed in on the debate over the need for a universal fiduciary standard for financial advisers Thursday in a wide critique of global finance that admonished advisers who worked against the best interests of their clients.
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Summary: The virtual assistant will be connected to an analytics-powered tool called Envision IQ. The goal is to let advisors review client information on demand even when they’re not in front of a computer. Beta testing shows that less than half of Envestnet users regularly talk to Alexa, but Frank Coates, the company’s executive managing director, said having such a tool available will make voice bots more popular among financial professionals.
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Summary: It has been almost two years since Alex Rodriguez, “A-Rod,” ended his career as one of Major League Baseball’s (MLB) greatest players. He has since been establishing himself as a leader off the field, and he has successfully launched ventures in business and investment management. How did he do it? He used lessons from Warren Buffett and Bill Belichick, and joined “the dark side” to become a media announcer.
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Summary: [Slideshow] While advisors have their hands full working with their baby boomer clients, they may need to shift their focus to younger clients sooner than they planned.
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Summary: Why does the financial planning profession have so few black and Latino planners, far less than their representation in the general U.S. population, when it should have more minority planners to serve an increasingly diverse consumer population? Of the 80,000 CFP-licensed professionals, just 3.5% are black or Latino.
