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Millennials Don't Want to Talk to You on Social Media, Study Says
From wealthmanagement.com
Added on September 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Despite years of industry hype about how social media can be a valuable marketing tool for advisors, especially among younger prospects, millennials don’t actually want to communicate with financial services firms on social networks. Only 0.03 percent of millennials want firms to contact them via social media, according to a new study by BNY Mellon and a team of undergraduates at the University of Oxford.
Gen X faces daunting task: Planning for retirement
From CNBC
Added on September 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Members of Generation X face the daunting task of planning for a retirement that will likely include no pension, a potential Social Security haircut, stagnant wages and high education costs for them and their children.
Advisers boost assets by 21%, helped by new clients, market gains
From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: The latest performance results are in, and 2013 was a great year to be in the financial advice business.Financial advisory firms boosted assets under management last year by 21% to an average of $502 million, the 2014 InvestmentNews Financial Performance Study of Advisory Firms found. That's up from $414 million in 2012. AUM, in fact, has increased an average of 20% every year since 2009.
Fiduciary Advisors Are in Peril: How to Fight Back
From Think Advisor
Added on September 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Fiduciary advisors are in peril. The brokerage industry is smothering fiduciary advisors in a well-oiled Wall Street-Washington lobbying campaign. Their strategy: persuade policymakers and regulators that "best interest" advice harms investors, while higher cost, opaque products sales help investors.
RIA alliances help independent advisers prosper
From InvestmentNews
Added on September 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: The RIA business was a lonely place when Brent Brodeski joined Savant Capital Management in 1992. He and founder Thomas Muldowney had no forum for talking with other registered investment advisers about how best to manage customer relationships or the back office, what to pay staff and other mysteries of running an advisory practice. After three years, Mr. Brodeski set out to address this glaring lack of support. He helped launch Zero Alpha Group, an alliance of independent advisers who share business knowledge and best practices.
