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Want More Clients? Simply Show Prospects the Financial Advice Planning Process

Added on August 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: The keywords there are “show” and “how“….and it is because so many advisers do not focus on these 2 words in the earliest stages of engagement that they struggle to get good prospects to engage in the full financial advice process.

Why expenses are up and profits are down for RIAs

Added on August 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Firm expenses rose more quickly than revenue, according to the 2016 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design. Median overhead per client jumped 31%, and overhead expenses as a share of revenue for a typical advisory firm leaped to 38% last year, up from 34% in 2014.

Investment Advisers Seeing Growth Spurt, Study Shows

Added on August 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Investment advisory firms, on average, had a 28.2% operating income margin last year, up a percentage point from the year before and six percentage points higher than 2011, according to a study released Friday by Charles Schwab

How advisers are advancing financial literacy

Added on August 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: To get a sense of the financial risks that students and young graduates face when entering the workforce these days, consider that student debt ballooned to $1.35 trillion this year and shows no sign of abating, according to the Federal Reserve. Also, most Americans graduate from high school and college without financial literacy training.

Tech is altering client behavior. Are advisers willing to adapt?

Added on July 2016 in Other Ideas
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Summary: [VIDEO 1.21] "The way that we deliver advice has to change," says United Capital CEO Joe Duran.

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