Happy Friday readers! It has been quite a week for the retirement planning industry, with important actions taken on both tax reform and the fiduciary rule process. With so many developments, we thought it might be helpful to step back and take the 20,000-foot view of where the retirement plan advisory industry is heading. Collected below is a series of research reports and news articles offering helpful context for understanding the fast pace of change.
Presented here are the results of several dozen live polling questions fielded at the 2017 PLANADVISER National Conference, gathered during three days of highly detailed discussion of industry trends, challenges and best practices.
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The Department of Labor “fiduciary” definition delineates how to recommend an adviser who will be a fiduciary to a plan, a participant or an individual retirement account, without acting as a fiduciary himself. But what if I recommend myself and my investment strategies?
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Pooling investor assets results in a number of efficiencies including significant cost savings. That said, advisers should be aware of certain considerations that arise depending on the types of investors that participate in pooled investment funds.
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The principal of financial adviser inclusion and diversity at Edward Jones reflects on her job leading the advisory company’s revamped diversity efforts—informed by her own first career as an adviser in the field.
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