Benefit from the present installment of “Weekend Studying For Monetary Planners” – this week’s version kicks off with the information {that a} current research by Cerulli has proven a pointy enhance within the variety of prosperous traders keen to pay for recommendation, which on the one hand displays the rising monetary complexity in peoples’ lives (whereas they’ve additionally gotten busier than ever at work and at residence) to the extent that they are extra keen to work with somebody to navigate these monetary challenges; whereas additionally highlighting the progress advisors have made in offering extra worth past ‘simply’ portfolio administration – and in show that worth to the general public.
Additionally in business information this week:
- As brokerage companies have confronted a wave of lawsuits relating to the low rates of interest paid on money sweep accounts, some authorized specialists consider that RIAs may be focused for authorized motion if they permit shoppers’ uninvested money to take a seat in a money sweep account somewhat than investing it or transferring it to a higher-yielding money account
- In a current SEC panel dialogue, the CFP Board pushed again in opposition to claims by the broker-dealer and insurance coverage industries {that a} uniform fiduciary obligation would impose a heavy value burden on commission-based advisors (and due to this fact prohibit entry to monetary merchandise and recommendation for lower- and middle-income shoppers) with knowledge displaying that CFP certificants, who’re held to a fiduciary commonplace, really earn extra earnings on common whereas nonetheless serving lower-income shoppers
From there, now we have a number of articles on investing within the wake of the Federal Reserve’s current resolution to chop rates of interest:
- How the Fed’s charge cuts will translate into decrease rates of interest on money merchandise like financial savings accounts, CDs, and cash market funds (which means money could now not be a ‘free’ supply of 5%+ returns)
- How markets have traditionally tended to fare surprisingly effectively following charge cuts, offering some consolation for long-term traders even within the midst of short-term financial uncertainty
- Why there’s little that traders can do at this time to make the most of the current charge lower (because it was already largely priced into markets) – however it might not finally matter a lot to traders with an extended time horizon, for whom a charge cycle is only a blip within the long-term image
We even have numerous articles on Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Why companies looking for to pursue progress inorganically through M&A can be extra profitable if they’ll first work out find out how to obtain sustainable natural progress
- What enterprise homeowners (together with RIA homeowners themselves, in addition to enterprise homeowners whom advisors serve) can take into account when planning a enterprise exit technique, and why it is best to start out planning a number of years earlier than the date of the anticipated sale
- How the headline “a number of” of an M&A deal could be deceptive, since it might include caveats like unrealistic performance-based incentives that make the true economics of the deal much less enticing for the vendor
We wrap up with 3 closing articles, all about advisor gown and workplace decor:
- Why the once-ubiquitous necktie has fallen out of vogue, even amid formal apparel (though ultimately it isn’t a lot about what’s in vogue as about what the advisor can put on to really feel their finest in entrance of shoppers)
- How advisors use their workplace décor to challenge their distinctive attributes and spark conversations with shoppers, from private mementos to an out of doors pure setting
- Why despite the fact that advisors could really feel most ‘genuine’ in informal apparel, they could nonetheless discover it simpler to land shoppers (significantly if they’ve much less expertise or skilled accomplishment) in the event that they gown equally to what shoppers could count on an advisor to put on
Benefit from the ‘mild’ studying!
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