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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 15–16)

Nerd's Eye View

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" – this week's edition kicks off with the news that Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce suggested in a recent interview that she would like to see the SEC give advisors more leeway to provide customized solutions to clients (rather than feeling (..)

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (May 11-12)

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billion (thanks to expected reductions in commissions and the embedded costs in these annuities). could save retirement plan participants $55 billion over the next 10 years (due to an expectation of more low-cost fees being offered in plans) and those rolling over workplace plans into IRAs to purchase annuities another $32.5

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The Latest In Financial #AdvisorTech (October 2022)

Nerd's Eye View

While the growth of DPL’s marketplace may itself usher in a greater level of annuity competitiveness, as companies are forced to compete for RIA attention not by offering the biggest commissions but by offering the best features and benefits to get through the RIA-as-gatekeeper.

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (July 6-7)

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Supreme Court decision shifting authority to interpret laws passed by Congress from Federal agencies to the judicial system could have significant impacts on regulation of the financial advice industry, including the potential for additional legal challenges to regulations from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Labor (DoL), (..)

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Transcript: Jim O’Shaughnessy on Infinite Wisdom

The Big Picture

And, and I kind of raised my hand and said, dad, uncle John, don’t you think it might be a better idea to look at it by the numbers? Valuations tended to crash and burn very, very cheap valuations tended to do well. The numbers are pretty bad. And they dismissed me. This is 1976. So I decided what’s a quant?

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5 Valuation Factors for Retiring Financial Professionals to Consider When Selling Their Businesses

James Hendries

If you are getting ready to retire and thinking about selling your financial firm, you have to decide how much your business is worth, and it can be challenging to put a number on something you’ve been building for your whole life. If someone buys your list, do they get the potential to make a lot of commission in the upcoming years?

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Transcript: Heather Brilliant, Diamond Hill

The Big Picture

Heather comes from with a fascinating background, having previously been in a number of other places, most notably Morningstar, and, and she has a very specific approach to investment management and thinking about stock selection. They do a number of things at Diamond Hill that many other investment shops don’t.

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