Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

ESTATE PLANNING

Top 10 Dangers Facing Senior Clients

Proactive planning to undertake now.

FULL ARTICLE

PEOPLE

Thirteen Strange and Grisly Advisor Tales

What Halloween would be complete without murder, Hoodoo and, of course, Chechen hitmen.

FULL ARTICLE

WEALTH MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE DIGITAL EDITION

States Take Up the Fiduciary Banner

The financial planning industry struggles to respond.

READ NOW

TECHNOLOGY

Free Financial Planning: Gimmick or Groundbreaking?

The financial advisory industry reacts to Wealthfront’s head-turning decision to open up its sophisticated financial planning tool, Path, directly to consumers, for free.

FULL ARTICLE

INDUSTRY

Schwab’s RIAs Question CEO on Robo Advisor, Service Issues

Speaking at the custodian’s annual IMPACT conference, advisors had tough questions for Schwab’s CEO on competing with RIAs, its service challenges and the race to zero on trading commissions.

FULL ARTICLE

CLIENT RELATIONS

Guns and Dementia

It’s about safety, not taking things away.

FULL ARTICLE

TECHNOLOGY

Riskalyze Shifts Resources to Focus on B/Ds, Large RIAs

The tech company sees increased interest from broker/dealers and large RIAs, so it’s shifting its manpower to accommodate that growth.

FULL ARTICLE

PEOPLE

Rockefeller Capital Management Lands New COO to Lead Build Out of Wealth Business

Chris Dupuy felt his job was done at Focus, and was attracted to the opportunity to build a wealth management platform from scratch.

FULL ARTICLE

MARKETING

The Wackiest Crypto Press Releases of October

Bitcoin turns 10 today, but there are plenty of younger siblings jostling hard for attention. Here are some of the more off-the-wall cryptocurrency press releases to hit our inboxes in the past month.

FULL ARTICLE

INDUSTRY

Many IFP Advisors Are Sticking With LPL, Says CEO Dan Arnold

The executive said roughly one-third of the OSJ’s 500 advisors had already made a decision.

FULL ARTICLE

CLIENT RELATIONS

Six Charts to Help Advisors Understand How Millennials Invest

Apex Clearing CEO Bill Capuzzi provides details on millennial investing behavior.

FULL ARTICLE