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Top Compliance Challenges Financial Advisors Face

BlueMind

Category: Compliance. The Significance Of Financial Compliance Financial compliance requires all actions, procedures, guidelines, and business culture to abide by the rules and regulations set by the regulatory authorities of the financial market. Related: Compliance and Automation – An Ideal Unison!

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The Independent Contractor Question

Inside Information

Broker-dealers live off of the activities of their affiliated reps; they facilitate the transactions and asset management for a percentage of the commissions and fees that advisors/reps receive from their clients. The BD doesn’t control prices charged to clients except to the extent that it facilitates commissions.

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The Lobbying ‘Tell’

Inside Information

Another uncomfortable fact is that these BDs have enormous compliance departments which supervise all of the communications put out by the reps and their offices—which is required by FINRA. The compliance people have to pre-approve their communications. A national advisory firm presumably wouldn’t have those restrictions.

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How to Choose the Right Wealth Management Firm in Kansas City

Fortune Financial

Regulatory Compliance Ensure the wealth management firm is registered and compliant with relevant regulatory authorities. In the United States, this often means being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or state-level agencies. As your trusted advisors, we prioritize clear and transparent communication.

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How to Choose the Right Wealth Management Firm in Kansas City

Fortune Financial

Regulatory Compliance Ensure the wealth management firm is registered and compliant with relevant regulatory authorities. In the United States, this often means being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or state-level agencies. As your trusted advisors, we prioritize clear and transparent communication.

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What does a financial advisor do? (day in the life of a financial advisor)

Sara Grillo

No joke, there are alot of morons in the business who are salespeople in disguise and just sit around golfing all day while earning trailing commissions off their clients to whom they sold whole life insurance 20 years ago. Work on outstanding compliance tasks: 1 hour. So what percentage of the time is this a typical work day?

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Financial planning transparency is FINALLY upon us (whoo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Sara Grillo

Specific examples: Educating financial advisors of all business models (AUM, fee only, commission, etc.) Regulators, not just in Colorado but across the country, are seeking ways that there could be greater clarity in the disclosure and communication in the fees that flat fee advisors charge and what they provide.