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    Best fee structure for RIAs?: Lightning Round with Tom Nally

    Advisors may need to shed the AUM model of the past, says the TD Ameritrade Insitutional president. Also: The biggest threat to RIAs and the outlook for job-hunting advisors.

    September 13
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    Ric Edelman: I’ll be a $1 trillion RIA due to digital

    The founder of Edelman Financial Services says his critiques of automated advice have been proven right, and that the merger with Financial Engines sets his firm to reach new industry heights.

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    September 12
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  • Wealth Think Why disruption is a better fit for wealth management

    Wealth management will soon have to measure up to the needs of its customers, rather than requiring customers to suit the needs of the industry.

    September 11
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    'Behavior tech' experiments with how to decode client biases

    Startups are applying AI and big data to determine how advisory clients make investment decisions in real time.

    By Sean Allocca
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    September 11
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  • Wealth management
    Do clients care about their shareholder voting rights?

    Acorns co-founder Jeffrey Cruttenden says clients would vote, if they realized they had the rights.

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    By Jessica Mathews
    Associate Editor
    July 19
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  • Workplace culture
    To build a digital culture, forget the digital tools

    "Tools like Slack are great, but they cannot communicate your culture," said Patrick Tucker, founder of True Measure Advisors.

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    By Andrew Welsch
    Former Managing Editor
    July 18
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  • Invest Insights
    The best tool for advice in a digital era already exists

    It's fast, virtually free and roughly 40 times more effective than social media. But most advisors are using it wrong.

    By Sharon Adarlo
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    July 18
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  • RIAs
    TD Ameritrade offers $100K for RIA tech ideas

    The new competition asks innovators to take client experience to the next level.

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    By Jessica Mathews
    Associate Editor
    July 16
    TD Ameritrade Institutional President Tom Nally, speaking on stage at National LINC 2018
  • RIAs
    The 10 most thought-provoking insights from In|Vest

    As digital technology transforms wealth management, industry leaders take a stand on where the field is headed.

    By Kerri Anne Renzulli and Maddy Perkins
    July 16
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  • Fintech
    Jeffrey Cruttenden, CEO, SAY and Co-Founder, Acorns (full session)

    New technology gives every shareholder a louder voice

    July 12
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  • Robo advisors
    The new, new robos (full session)

    Bradley Leimer, Moderator, Managing Director and Head of Fintech Strategy Explorer Advisory & Capital, Dann Bibas, CEO, Fountain, Deborah Owens, CEO, WealthyU, Saad Zariff, Vice President of North America, Wahed Invest LLC.

    July 12
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  • Alternative investments
    Onboarding and distributing alternatives (full session)

    Bryan Mullin, CFA, Head, Alternative Investments, RBC Wealth Management, James Waldinger, CEO, Artivest

    July 12
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  • ESG
    Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics (full session)

    ESG goes mainstream

    July 12
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  • Bank channel
    How can banks fend off wealth management rivals? Market to clients the right way

    “It’s not about us getting to them. It’s about them getting to us,” Daniel Darst, chief marketing officer for People’s United Bank, said of client marketing.

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    By Margarida Correia
    Former associate editor
    July 12
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  • RIAs
    Do RIAs have a false sense of security?

    Gains by rivals expose independent advisors' vulnerability, says United Capital's Matt Brinker.

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    By Charles Paikert
    Senior Editor
    July 12
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  • Practice management
    The biggest mistake advisors make communicating their firms’ mission

    Alexandria Partners’ CEO asks InVest Conference attendees how much they assume they are being clear.

    July 12
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  • Practice management
    Building a digital culture (full session)

    Chelsea Emery, Moderator, Editor-in-Chief, Financial Planning, Augustine SC Hong, CEO and Co-Managing Partner, Alexandria Capital, Peter Phelan, Founder & CEO, ValuesCulture, Patrick Tucker, Founder, True Measure Advisors

    July 12
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  • Wealth management
    Morgan Stanley plays the long game on AI

    Morgan Stanley’s advisors are already helping clients deal with emotional issues. What if AI could help out?

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    By Jessica Mathews
    Associate Editor
    July 12
    Jeff McMillan of Morgan Stanley speaks at In|Vest Conference
  • Client strategies
    Matt Brinker, Chief Business Development Officer, Head of Acquisitions, United Capital (full session)

    The makings of a true destination RIA

    July 12
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  • RIAs
    Harnessing the power of behavioral finance tools

    Advisors and clients would benefit acknowledging what's really driving financial decisions.

    July 12
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CAN RIA GROWTH AND TRUE FIDUCIARY DUTY REALLY COEXIST?

Business goals cannot always put clients' best interests first. Here's why even the executives leading fast-expanding advisory firms say the critics have a point.

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