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Summary: Equity markets soared in 2017, boosting the asset level of many financial advisors. But advisors had to content with a variety of regulatory and compliance issues, too, which entailed substantial investments of their time and spending.
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Summary: The majority of RIA firms — 78% — expect their assets under management to rise in 2018, with nearly half saying assets will grow faster than in 2017, according to a telephone survey of advisers conducted for TD Ameritrade.
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Summary: The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards said Monday that the number of CFPs has reached 80,000, with a record 1,250 women certified in 2017.
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Summary: We see financial advisors on a daily basis who say they would like to grow their business but when it comes right down to it, they are reluctant to change how and with whom they do business.
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Summary: What characteristics do clients value most in their financial advisors? Topping the list are soft skills — ironically, often routinely dismissed by advisors as nice-but-not-necessary. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab study in 2015 revealed these findings, and they’ve never been more relevant than today, as John Diehl, senior vice president of strategic marketing, Hartford Funds, which sponsored the study, argues in an interview with ThinkAdvisor.
