Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (March 22–23)
Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 21, 2025
of advisor compensation, while commission-based revenues have declined to 23% of an average advisor's revenue.
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Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 21, 2025
of advisor compensation, while commission-based revenues have declined to 23% of an average advisor's revenue.
Nerd's Eye View
MAY 19, 2025
Training programs for new financial advisors have traditionally followed a sales-focused, sink-or-swim approach that primarily paid on commission for product sales. Some programs emphasize technical expertise, while others focus on communication skills needed to engage effectively with clients.
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Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 11, 2025
Senate has confirmed Paul Atkins to be the next Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the U.S.
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
One of the best sources of guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a 1986 interpretive release that unofficially sets forth a framework for satisfying the fiduciary duty to seek best execution of securities transactions in client accounts.
Wealth Management
JULY 18, 2025
According to a recent survey commissioned by Kestra Financial and Bluespring Wealth Partners, less than half (41%) of first-generation advisors have transferred equity to successors, and just 6% of those planning to retire within 10 years have a fully documented succession plan. Resonant Capital Merges with Tax, Accounting Firm QBCo $2.2B
Zoe Financial
JUNE 18, 2025
It’s not the start of a bad joke but a real challenge in communication. In addition to salary, bonuses, and commissions, earnings also include investment income. What is Financial Literacy? Imagine sitting at a dinner party with an engineer, a zoologist, two physicians, and an artist. Finance is no different.
Financial Symmetry
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
companies from the IT, consumer discretionary, and communication sectors: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Tesla. Source: Avantis Investors is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Magnificent 7 : Refers to seven, large U.S. MSCI EAFE Index : Designed to measure non-U.S.
SEI
JULY 15, 2025
Transparency and reporting: Public BDCs must file regular disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is important to evaluate whether a fund’s net return justifies its cost and compare fee terms across offerings. Balance opportunity and risk. Neither SEI nor its affiliates provide tax advice.
Hubly
JULY 15, 2025
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed hefty fines on firms for recordkeeping violations. million for failing to maintain and preserve electronic communications. Lack of Oversight and Communication When account opening is a team effort, it can have unintended consequences and create trouble downstream.
SEI
JULY 18, 2025
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Trade Brains
JULY 17, 2025
Delhivery: Received Competition Commission of India approval for acquiring Ecom Express. One 97 Communications (Paytm): Incorporated a new step-down subsidiary in Saudi Arabia under the Paytm brand. Bharat Forge: Subsidiary Kalyani Strategic Systems formed a joint venture named Aegis Advanced Systems SL in Spain.
Midstream Marketing
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Including video marketing in your plan can improve communication with clients. By developing a strong unique value proposition and changing how you communicate and adjusting your services to fit their needs, you will create stronger bonds and gain their trust. They have unique needs and ways of communication.
Trade Brains
JUNE 20, 2025
Elecon Engineering Company Limited is involved in the design and manufacturing of industrial gears and material handling equipment, and is also involved in providing erection and commissioning solutions for its products. NCC Limited With a market cap of Rs. crores, the stock moved up by nearly 2 percent on BSE to Rs.
Investing Caffeine
MARCH 25, 2025
Finished her PhD at The London School of Medicine (Barts) Practiced law at the Covington & Burling law firm representing the television broadcasting industry before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Hired by NASA to seek approval from the FCC for NASA systems used to track and relay satellite data.
The Big Picture
MARCH 25, 2025
But with me, it’s always more like I’m fascinated by the thought or the message that’s being communicated. We are now commissioning documentaries with some younger talent that isn’t really bound up by the way Hollywood currently does things. Absolutely correct. That’s what I want people to focus on.
Nerd's Eye View
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
the Department of Labor's Retirement Security Rule and the Federal Trade Commission's ban on most non-compete agreements, both of which are currently blocked by courts) likely to be tabled under the new administration.
Trade Brains
JUNE 10, 2025
REC has also diversified into the non-power infrastructure sector, which includes ports, roads and expressways, metro rail, airports, IT communication, and electro-mechanical (E&M) projects associated with various other industries, such as steel and refineries.
Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
But here’s one key takeaway: the IRS doesn’t use email (or text messages) as the regular communication to deliver notices of deficiency, requests for additional information, and the like. The IRS is big about the paper notice – you’ll recognize it immediately, with the official IRS seal and all.
Trade Brains
JULY 18, 2025
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Trade Brains
JUNE 12, 2025
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The Big Picture
MARCH 11, 2025
But the, the way, and that’s just one example, being able to communicate with clients to record and embed an interactive video with charts and everything else, right? And the joke is you have 24 7 access to your daily, weekly, monthly, year to date, five year, 10 year performance reports. We’re gonna change shifts then.
Trade Brains
JUNE 6, 2025
During Friday’s trading session, shares of a micro-cap company involved in the telecom and communication infrastructure hit a 10 percent upper circuit on NSE, after announcing Q4 FY25 financial results with a rise in revenue from operations by around 238 percent YoY. With a market cap of Rs.
Trade Brains
JUNE 27, 2025
The shares of this manufacturer of communication equipment, primarily for power utilities, hit a 5 percent upper circuit after receiving a Rs 37.46 With a market capitalization of Rs 572 crore, the shares of Valiant Communications Ltd hit upper circuit of 5% to Rs 750.25 per share from its previous closing price of Rs 714.55
The Big Picture
MAY 6, 2025
Wall Street tries to make things more complicated because it has to justify the, the sales commission and if, but things really are not so complicated. If the s and p moves by 10 basis points, it doesn’t communicate to you how the s and p affects other things. If it’s simple, well, I think I could do that much.
Trade Brains
JULY 2, 2025
A notable player in India’s defence and communication technology space is making headlines again, this time with a fresh domestic purchase order worth Rs. The market has responded swiftly to the news, indicating rising investor interest in companies catering to India’s evolving defence and digital communication landscape.
Trade Brains
JUNE 14, 2025
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Nerd's Eye View
APRIL 26, 2024
Also in industry news this week: The Federal Trade Commission released a final rule that would ban most non-compete agreements, which could lead to an increasing number of non-solicit agreements (and, potentially, lawsuits regarding their enforcement) between financial planning firms and their advisors The Securities and Exchange Commission issued (..)
Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 26, 2024
Over the last 50 years, even the most substantial changes to occur – such as the movement away from commissions and towards fee-based compensation, and the shift from an investment-centric approach to more holistic financial planning – have taken place over decades and, in many cases, are still ongoing.
Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 16, 2024
Notably, this announcement included the first off-channel communication case brought by the SEC as a result of a referral from an RIA exam, which could lead examiners to focus on off-channel communications during regular RIA examinations.
NAIFA Advisor Today
AUGUST 1, 2023
Enrollment, quoting, customer management and engagement, and commissions are handled by disparate platforms that lack communication and may not be tailored to the industry's specific needs.
Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the SEC this week fined 4 RIAs for violations of its marketing rule related to their claims that they offered 'conflict-free' financial advice.
Nerd's Eye View
MARCH 22, 2024
Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the SEC has recently been cracking down on firms for recordkeeping failures related to electronic communications, including their use of text messaging with prospects and clients.
Wealth Management
APRIL 15, 2025
LPL, Raymond James, Ameriprise, and Osaic were among the firms asking the commission to modify settlements concerning the supervision of off-channel communications, claiming that firms who settled later got better deals.
Nerd's Eye View
JANUARY 12, 2024
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Nerd's Eye View
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
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Nerd's Eye View
MAY 10, 2024
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
Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 25, 2022
Historically, the career path for newer financial advisors has followed a commission-based model that was focused on sales and business development first and learning the technical aspects of financial planning along the way.
Nerd's Eye View
AUGUST 25, 2022
Historically, the career path for newer financial advisors has followed a commission-based model that was focused on sales and business development first and learning the technical aspects of financial planning along the way.
Nerd's Eye View
JULY 26, 2022
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Nerd's Eye View
JULY 12, 2024
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Advisor Perspectives
JULY 25, 2025
Paramount Global’s merger with Skydance Media was approved by the US Federal Communications Commission, which backed the deal after the Trump administration extracted concessions on the news and entertainment company’s political coverage and diversity practices.
MarketWatch
JUNE 22, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it’s requiring JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM to pay a $4 million penalty for allegedly violating rules for broker dealers to preserve all communications for at least three years. The SEC said JPMorgan deleted approximately 47 million communications between Jan.
MarketWatch
MARCH 2, 2023
Zoom Video Communications Inc. ZM disclosed in a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has fired Greg Tomb, who served as the company’s president. The “termination without cause” is effective Friday.
Advisor Perspectives
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A group of high-frequency traders, market makers and service providers calling themselves the Shortwave Modernization Coalition has asked the Federal Communications Commission for access to the shortwave band of the radio spectrum, seeking to shave crucial milliseconds off the transmission of data between major financial sectors.
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