While TD’s new commission-free ETF lineup expands with lowest-cost options, it also removes 84 funds popular with advisors—including all ETFs from Vanguard.
Bernstein's pivot toward ETFs includes stocks that are rated “outperform” by their research analysts and are highly rated in the firm’s quantitative alpha model.
“Firms that actually create value, that actually add services, that actually help the advisor achieve their goals and deliver a better experience to the end client—those are the ones that will continue to be part of the supply chain. The rest will be marginalized.”
Firms should focus on two key areas to create a unified approach to compliance and risk—surveillance monitoring and the design and control of investments.
The 1987 market crash taught investors that the Fed would come to the rescue after a market crisis, argues the chief economist of Aberdeen Standard Investments. That lesson came back to haunt us in 2008, and may yet again.
Out of an initial pool of over 500 entrants, here are the winning firms that took home a "Wealthie" at the Wealth Management Industry Awards, held Oct. 11 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards are meant to recognize recent initiatives that help financial advisors grow their businesses and better serve their clients.
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