RIAs

It's been hard for me to find mentors, and I've stopped attending most industry conferences.

The acquisition, set to close later this year, will create a behemoth among custodians.

An advisor whose family has been “irrevocably harmed by police brutality” calls on industry peers and their clients to spark positive change.

Advisor Zaneilia Harris has come to a bleak conclusion.

Everything from compliance to admin work is part of the job, and advisors have to “figure this out by themselves or find a third party,” a planner says.

The pandemic is prompting financial advisors to use video messages, webinars and even board games to connect with clients and prospects, Hightower Chief Marketing Officer Abby Salameh says in an episode of Financial Planning’s Podcast.

Practitioners say it’s too hard to use, too pricey and doesn’t meet the pandemic-economy moment. This, and other findings of our annual research.

Among our findings, advisors are (finally) embracing chatbots and robo advisors.

The change is one of several made to the board’s disciplinary reporting process following a report by an independent task force that found “systemic, long-standing, governance-level weaknesses.”

The moves also indicate advisors are more willing to make a career change following a recruiting slowdown due to the coronavirus.