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The New Normal: More advisers are abandoning traditional offices to work from home
After more than a year of working remotely, financial advisers and their clients are embracing the upside of virtual interactions and remote worksites.
In face of pandemic, IBDs proved resilient in 2020
Last year, the 25 largest independent broker-dealers reported $26.6 billion in revenue, an increase of 4.3% from 2019. Although financial results were far from spectacular, growth at leading IBDs last year was resilient in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the havoc it caused for the broader stock market.
Ancora outsiders lose fight for seats on Blucora board
The newcomers had criticized Blucora for mishandling the broker-dealer, Avantax, calling it a potential 'gem of the wealth management industry.' The shareholders reelected the 10 current board members.
Fight over board that controls Avantax coming to a head
A struggle for seats on the board of Blucora Inc., which owns the independent broker-dealer Avantax Investment Services Inc., is heading for a showdown. Blucora has purchased two broker-dealers in half-a-dozen years to expand into the wealth management business.
Discover what your clients want with a survey
A lot has changed over the past 12 months, and it's likely that what your clients want or prefer may have changed as well.
3 principles for growing your firm
We’ve gone from $2 billion to over $10 billion in AUM in four years because we’ve consistently adhered to three broad principles: Everything must be repeatable, measurable and scalable.
Retirement plan aggregator Captrust shores up wealth management business
With $600 billion in assets under advisement, Captrust has appointed a head of wealth management to lead the growing $24 billion under management business.
Your clients may be prepared for retirement, but are you?
As an adviser, you've spent countless hours advising clients on how to prepare for retirement from a psychological perspective. Now it's time to think about that topic yourself.
Three steps to increase the value of your practice
Advisers should focus on reducing client attrition and adding more new clients, and make certain they're charging a fee in line with the market.
Capital Group launches practice management platform for advisers
The new tool, called PracticeLab, is similar to the services advisers are getting from custodians and other business partners.
Building a resilient advisory business for the post-pandemic world
Is the advisory industry capable of continuing the transformation that began during the pandemic in order to shape its next phase?
The new normal for RPAs post-pandemic
In the wake of the pandemic, RPAs will need a fully integrated technology stack to leverage the convergence of wealth, retirement and benefits at the workplace.
Advocates promote graduate degree, certification in fiduciary leadership
The Center for Board Certified Fiduciaries, a public benefit corporation, is seeking to affiliate with one or more universities to offer the fiduciary curriculum. The board also will certify fiduciary professionals in one of 10 areas of specialization.
How advisers can win in an ever-evolving industry
Advisers who leverage the power of team-building, financial planning and offering advice in a fiduciary capacity will survive and thrive for decades to come.
Prospecting is the best marketing
It’s hard work, but if an adviser is serious about growing, the best approach is good old-fashioned prospecting.
Navigating the blurring lines between M&A and recruiting
The competition for high-quality advisers and advisory firms, combined with an insatiable thirst for growth, is creating more choices for advisers as to both whom they partner with and how they choose to structure that relationship.
Women rely on financial advisers more than men
But many women are reluctant to pay for advice, with only 51% of female respondents surveyed by Cerulli agreeing that they are willing to pay for financial advice, compared with 58% of men.
Charges dropped against former Franklin Templeton exec who called police on Black bird-watcher
Amy Cooper was fired last year after accusing a Black man in Central Park with threatening her. The charges were dropped after she completed court-sanctioned therapy sessions about racial bias, according to Bloomberg News.
The latest in financial #AdviserTech — February 2021
The big news, announcements and underlying trends emerging in the world of technology solutions for financial advisers!
SEC’s new marketing rules mean transformative change for advisory firms
Word-of-mouth from satisfied clients has always been an important channel for generating new business. Now advisers can directly reach out to potential clients and share testimonials.
