Seventeen years ago, iShares launched its first wave of ETFs, and immediately changed the asset management business. A member of that team recalls how the magnitude of its success took even some insiders by surprise.
Today, advisors have a tremendous opportunity – to adopt a technology platform that gives their clients and prospects the access to information they desire while reducing the amount of time it takes to service those clients.
While the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule dominated the conversation in the financial advisory space this year, advisors are not focused on it heading into 2018, according to a recent survey from SEI Advisor Network. The rule did not make the top 10 list of advisors’ New Year’s resolutions. ...
Website on Financial Advisor Midsconduct Goes Live A new web app ranks U.S. firms, counties and states on financial advisor misconduct. The app, eganmatvosseru.com, provides free data and analysis on the financial advisory industry, including advisor misconduct. Using public records on employment and disclosure history, the site provides data on 462,000 advisors from 2005 to 2015. ... Three Firms Take $550M To Woodbury Three wealth management firms advising on a total of $550 million in client assets have joined Woodbury Financial Services, an RIA supported by Advisor Group with more than 1,200 affiliated independent advisors. ...
