How Will AI Transform Financial Services?
As new technologies reconfigure the financial landscape, most clients believe AI will help, not hinder, advisors in their business.
New Rules Proposed by SEC Are Confusing!
Late last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed four rules that focus on increasing competition for equity orders. One would require open auctions for certain orders. Another, Regulation Best Execution, would set a standard for broker-dealers and other market participants, and require policies and procedures on finding the most favorable price points for customers.
How to Avoid 401(k) Theft in 2023
According to a Javelin 2019 survey, 14.4 million participants became victims of identity theft in 2018. Every plan sponsor should take care of this problem beforehand to avoid a serious risk to their plan participants.
Portfolio Reallocations Are on the Way
Financial advisors are increasingly drawn to alternative investment strategies as a means of navigating an economic environment that appears fraught with potential pitfalls.
Alternative Strategies for Fund Allocation
Today most financial professionals believe that retail investors should have access to alternative investments. Investment advisors recommend now that clients who meet accredited investor requirements should consider a shift towards alternatives.
3 Steps to Growing Your Financial Advisory Practice With Portfolio Crash Testing
What is Risk Management? Risk management is top of mind for RIAs and their clients these days. No longer an exclusive province of quant managers, it is discussed regularly in...Read More
Covid Has Impacted 82% of America’s Retirement Plans
According to recent data from Johns Hopkins University, at least 21 states have seen a 10% increase in the daily average for positive Covid-19 cases. This indicates that the pandemic is far from over. While the pandemic has wreaked havoc on our mental and physical health, it is also quietly reshaping how Americans will approach retirement and old age in future.
Two Kinds of Financial Advisors Online: The QUICK & THE DEAD
How do you become a top marketer without turning your life into a workaholic hell and without reducing the amount of effort to help your clients to financial success? In other words, how do you become a top advisor (because top advisors are not only good, but they also have a lot of clients) …
Are you a 21st Century Wealth Advisor?
As I wrote before, the Coronavirus lockdown was a beta test for remote work, but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. The question falls to all of us:“Am I measuring up to my competition and adapting to the new environment?”Advisors don’t have to look far to learn where the industry is going. Before the lockdown forced all of us to see the potential in working remotely, Broadridge reached some startling conclusions about technology use by financial advisors. They surveyed 1,500 investment providers, including 250 wealth advisors, to find, in general, that they are not taking advantage of the benefits and high ROI of technological adoption.
How RIAs are Attracting AUM With Technology
How are you leveraging technology to grow your business or find more free time?A 2019 study of Advisors by Cerulli Associates found a direct link between AUM and technology use. “Heavy” technology-using advisory firms have an average of $238.0 million in AUM compared to $106.3 million for “light” competitors. Cerulli found that advisory firms can attract AUM because they spend 34% less time resolving client service issues and have 24% more time on practice management activities. Technology does more than