From Financial Planning
Added on January 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: It’s not as easy as it looks. That applies to both breakaway brokers and the platform providers who service them — a fact most recently underscored by the demise of Sanctuary Wealth Services, which will go out of business at the end of March.
From InvestmentNews
Added on January 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: As president elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office at his inauguration this week, the real estate tycoon and reality television star who has made the presidency his entry-level job in politics remains inscrutable on many issues important to advisers.
From InvestmentNews
Added on January 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: A relative newcomer to the general concept of rollups and strategic acquirers, TruClarity is making a deliberate push for midsize wirehouse brokers looking to breakaway as registered investment advisers.
From Financial Planning
Added on January 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Clients’ financial information is a valuable commodity that is vulnerable to cyber thieves, and the sheer number of threats makes it possible that an advisory firm could come under attack.
From ThinkAdvisor
Added on January 2017 in Form an RIA
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Summary: According to Dan Moisand, managing partner at Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo, the Florida fee-only financial planning and wealth management firm, more and more clients and prospects are asking about a ‘fiduciary duty.’ “And even better,” reports Moisand, those clients and prospects “understand what it means: financial advice in their best interest.”