December 2016

From Giant Business To Small Firm

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Growing RIAs look to recruit executives with big-business experience.

The New Grand Strategy

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Will it provide incredible upside potential for long-term, sustainable growth?

Books Of The Year 2016

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AIG, income inequality and achieving superior life outcomes are among the topics.

Private Client Lawyers: Exceptional Centers Of Influence

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They often have wealthy clients and complement, rather than compete, with advisors.

Custodians Raise The Bar

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Custodians are rising to the technology challenge as anxious advisors look for help to compete.

A Year Of Wild Headlines

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Heading into 2017, beware sovereign risks in emerging markets.

Do More ETFs Mean More Problems?

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The number of ETFs is exploding. Is that a good thing?

Birds of A Different Feather

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What’s the difference between private equity and venture capital?

Dialing Down International Stock Risk

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Rupal Bhansali, manager of the Ariel International Fund, looks for things that can go wrong in a stock.

Qualified Charitable Distributions

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These IRA distributions to charity are now permanent and offer some people significant tax savings.

Dumb And Getting Dumber

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Swimming upstream against the currents of financial illiteracy.

Advisor Emporium

Fidelity, Peak Launch Training Program

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Fidelity, Peak Launch Training Program Fidelity Clearing & Custody Solutions and Peak Advisor Alliance have combined their resources into a new growth-oriented advisor training program.

Editor's Note

After The Quake

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After earthquakes occur, everyone has to wait and see how the aftershocks ripple through the region. So it will be in the emerging era of President-elect Trump...

Frontline News

Post-Election Volatility—We’ve Only Just Begun

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The market's post-election swing is a sign of things to come, according to market participants.

Election Results May Not Trump The DOL Rule

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A new president has been elected, but the same DOL rule will likely take effect, say advisory industry executives.

DOL Compliance: The New Growth Industry

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Financial technology providers are steadily unveiling new products aimed at boosting compliance.

Learn To Love Digital Advice

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Advisors should view digital financial advice as friend, not foe, says Cerulli.

SEC Seeking 39% Budget Hike, Money For HQ

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But given the election results, she is unlikely to get what she wants.