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Firms Increasingly Worried About DOL Fiduciary Rule

From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on November 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Advisor concern about the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule keeps rising, according to a recent survey by Fidelity Institutional Asset Management.

A new president and fiduciary: What happens next?

From OnWallStreet
Added on November 2016 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Predictably, experts clash on what the impact of either a Trump or Clinton win will mean for the fiduciary rule before it is slated to go into effect on April 10. Some believe that the presidential election's effect on its implementation could extend far beyond the rule's technical boundaries to Dodd-Frank regulation — as well as to all non-retirement accounts. If that's the case, non-qualified accounts could come in for as profound a revolution as the one currently anticipated for retirement accounts.

Six Ways the Election Outcome Could Impact Advisors

From WealthManagement.com
Added on November 2016 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: This presidential election has been one of the most polarizing in U.S. history. Many advisors have likely been fielding questions from clients about how the outcome could affect their portfolios. The markets, after all, don’t like uncertainty.

Technology guide for firms that turn to next gen clients

From InvestmentNews
Added on November 2016 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Along with many in the industry, our firm is increasingly open to the idea of finding innovative ways to establish profitable relationships with tomorrow's life blood of our industry — young clients. To that end, my firm BerganKDV Wealth Management, launched a next-generation financial planning service model a little more than a year ago called Lifewise.

Valuation Types, Costs and Degrees of Reliability

From IRIS
Added on November 2016 in M&A Issues
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Summary: It’s easy to criticize valuation clauses in most buy-sell agreements (BSAs) as being inadequate, too cookie-cutter. They can be. It’s much more difficult to suggest an adequate and cost-conscious alternative to the go-to remedy: a full-blown valuation from a credentialed business appraiser.

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