Added on December 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: Every year around this time, asset managers and investment analysts put out their forecasts for the next year.A common theme among them? Divergence—among global economies, among central bank policy responses and market performance.Here are the top 10 takeaways from this year's outlook reports
Added on December 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: There are a lot of figures that get thrown around about attracting new clients in the advisory industry. One that we frequently hear at InvestmentNews Research is that approximately 70% of a typical advisory firm's new business is referral-driven.
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Summary: The global analytics firm expects RIAs and dually registered advisors combined will comprise 27.9 percent of total intermediated retail investor assets and 24.6 percent of advisor headcount by year-end 2018. As of year-end 2013 they made up 19.8 percent of total asset.
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Summary: No more sneaking around. That was the out-loud message delivered by Brian Hamburger as he welcomed 500 advisors and the like to the annual MarketCounsel Summit in Las Vegas this week.
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Summary: Can U.S. investors obtain justice? The discouraging answer is that if you’re a billionaire prepared to give up five years of your life waging a full-court defense, then justice might eventually prevail.
