
Top 5 Factors Mass Affluent Use in Selecting an Advisor

5. Depth of Products and Services (80%)

4. Fees and Commissions (85%)

3. Investment Track Record (91%)

2. Transparency (92%)







As more financial advisors near retirement without clear succession plans, some RIAs are turning to ESOPs and Section 1042 rollovers to exit on their own terms.
Linda Friedman, who has made a career with Wall Street discrimination and harassment cases, is representing an ex-Citi executive in a bombshell lawsuit this week. Things didn't have to take this turn, she contends.
CEO Rich Steinmeier looks past advisors defections to tout progress toward its goal of retaining 90% of the assets Commonwealth Financial Network had at its purchase last year.
In the coming weeks, the CFP Board will launch a working group to reconsider whether a bachelor's degree should remain a requirement for CFP certification.
Ahead of the expected closing of Fifth Third Bank's deal to acquire Comerica Bank, Ameriprise CEO Jim Cracchiolo provided few new details.
CEO Paul Shoukry took a swipe at big private equity-backed acquirers, saying in an earnings call that most advisors want to be at firms "where they're not going to have to have another disruption in three to five years."