Putnam Investments of Boston is offering more of its funds through fee-based advisors. The company has added C shares to 32 of its funds, almost doubling the number of funds it offers fee-based planners.
Now almost all of the Putnam funds, 49 in total, carry C shares. The only ones that do not are some of the Putnam single-state municipal bond funds and most that are closed to new investors.
As clients ask advisors for help navigating caregiving resources, advisors who are able to provide trusted referrals may find clients return the favor with referrals of their own.
An industry recruiter said departing Commonwealth teams tend to stick with brokerages because their objections are less to IBDs and more to LPL. Generous transition deals also help.
Dispatch and NetLaw target two different kinds of relocation friction. One for advisors switching firms, one for clients crossing state lines.
Roy Swan of the Ford Foundation said the simplest implication of his new book may be a nudge toward donor-advised funds. But he argues for a deeper examination of popular assumptions around figures like Adam Smith and Milton Friedman.
A survey from the investment marketplace iCapital suggests that concerns about private credit have not derailed advisors' growing desires to place more clients in alternative investments.
FinTok and AI financial advice have created a new era for wealth advisors — one ripe with online misinformation. But planners say that risky internet advice actually increases their value.
