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Wealth Management Daily Memo

APRIL 22, 2020

INDUSTRY

LPL Details Formal Offering to Lure Employee Reps

Under the premium affiliation model, LPL will handle some of the more daunting tasks involved in going independent while allowing advisors to be self-employed.

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INSURANCE

COVID-19 Hits Fixed Annuities Hard, While VAs Shine

Sales of fixed annuities were down by double-digits, while variable annuities sales grew 16%, despite market conditions.

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The Parnassus View

Company attributes that may preserve capital in down markets.

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BUSINESS PLANNING

During Coronavirus, Advisors Must Focus on Their Businesses Too

Financial advisors always advise their clients to prepare for what’s ahead; they should take their own advice and look out for the future of their firms.

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CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

BUSINESS PLANNING

Sometimes It Takes a Crisis--Is It Time to Tweak Your Business Model? Part II

The second in a two-part series looking at how financial advisors can improve their business during the current coronavirus crisis.

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EQUITIES

Millennials' Top Holdings Remain Static During COVID-19 Crisis: Apex

The analysis of 7.5 million investors who custody with Apex found that most of millennials' top holdings were tech companies that had largely outperformed indices like the S&P 500.

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Mission [Possible] Changing the Probability of Winning for Active Investors

While overall fees have decreased over the last decade, the industry has done little to level the playing field for investors and solve the real problem — aligning fees to the value of active management and improving the probability of a favorable outcome depending on manager skill and efficiency of the asset class.

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PHILANTHROPY

Gifting and Wealth Transfer Techniques During a Pandemic

Great opportunities exist for all types of asset classes and in all types of gifting and wealth transfer techniques.

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