From Advisor Perspectives
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Summary: Every year brings its own set of challenges, as unseen trends suddenly emerge while older trends come to fruition, as unexpected market events make fools of the prognosticators and disruptive technologies change our lives. Here are 10 issues to think about as we enter 2014 – offered with humility and respect for the world's ability to surprise us.
From wealthmanagement.com
Added on January 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: For many Millennials (people ages 21 to 36), their experience with the markets has been volatility and crashes; they’ve also dealt with job security issues. That would explain whey they tend to me more conservative investors. According to the latest UBS Investor Watch report, Millennials are also more likely to describe themselves as conservative, similar to the WWII generation.
From Financial Planning
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Summary: If the graying financial services industry is to replenish the ranks of retiring advisors and brokers, firms and trade groups must take a more active role in promoting the field to millennials and countering the tendency of young people to associate all professions in the sector with the worst excesses of Wall Street.
From Think Advisor
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Summary: When structuring a compensation plan, the first thing to do is think carefully through the compensation structure of your new position and ask yourself, “Would this attract the kind of high-caliber candidates I am looking for?” To find and attract the best talent and ensure your new hire fills the role you envision, you must appropriately incentivize the new employee. This may sound simple in theory, but the truth is that a compensation discussion entails much more than “How much do I plan on paying this person.
From Investment News
Added on January 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: The trauma of the financial crisis is still fresh in the minds of the youngest investors and that makes them hold tight to their cash and dubious about long-term investing. Many millennials, which UBS defines as being 21 to 36, are as conservative as their grandparents' generation, which experienced the Great Depression, according to a recent UBS survey.
