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Empowering Employee Advisors Who Struggle With Business Development By Narrowing Them Into A Niche

Nerd's Eye View

Independent Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) often face significant challenges in attracting advisors who can proactively generate new business. Rarely do they enter the field to be in a sales or marketing role.

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Tales from the Dark Side

The Big Picture

They can’t help themselves, as too much money is up for grabs from syndicate, leveraged loans, underwriting, annuity sales, investment banking, IPOs, wrap accounts, and other forms of financial engineering that have all historically accrued to the benefit of the brokerage firms.

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101 Ways Advisors Can Add Value And Attract Their Ideal Clients

Nerd's Eye View

Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients. But, with the rise of index funds and the commoditization of investment advice, generating sufficient investment ‘alpha’ to justify a fee has become more challenging for advisors.

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101 Things That Advisors Actually DO To Add Value (Beyond Just Allocating A Portfolio)

Nerd's Eye View

Traditionally, investment planning has been at the forefront of how financial advisors add value for their clients. But, with the rise of index funds and the commoditization of investment advice, generating sufficient investment ‘alpha’ to justify a fee has become more challenging for advisors.

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Goldman Sachs’ Adam Siegler to Lead Firmwide RIA Strategy

Wealth Management

Despite Goldman Sachs’ sale of its Personal Financial Management unit, the Wall Street firm says it’s doubling down on serving registered investment advisors. “We We don’t want to compete with RIAs. But we want to serve RIAs,” said a Goldman Sachs exec.

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10 Friday AM Reads

The Big Picture

Embattled First Republic Bank is no longer searching for a buyer as investment advisors and company executives seek to repair the company’s balance sheet before any sale might take place, FOX Business has learned. ( It’s how the world’s most valuable company built a better way of listening to Mozart and Beethoven.

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Weekly Market Insights – March 18, 2024

Cornerstone Financial Advisory

Retail sales, also reported on Thursday, were disappointing, rising less than expected and adding to the inflation angst. Existing Home Sales. It should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of the securities. The return and principal value of investments will fluctuate as market conditions change. .

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