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How branch-based financial advisors and planners rated their firms’ performance

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Banks must support digital tools with advisor training

Branch advisors say institutions aren’t adequately preparing them to use new technology

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Big-Six branch advisors say product restrictions aren’t a problem

Advisors recognize the limits of a restricted shelf, but say they’re still able to serve clients

  • By: Katie Keir
  • September 18, 2023 September 15, 2023
  • 00:12
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A welcome bump for the back office

The category saw the biggest rating improvement in the Report Card

How we did it: Report Card on Banks

Methodology for the 2023 Report Card on Banks

  • By: IE Staff
  • September 18, 2023 September 15, 2023
  • 00:07
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Why aren’t bank advisors happy with their compensation?

The Big Six are falling short of retail planners’ salary expectations

  • By: Emily Fox
  • September 18, 2023 September 18, 2023
  • 00:04
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Average advisor getting younger as assets shrink

Amid uncertain economic conditions, allocations are shifting away from equity funds and into fixed-income products

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Support is key to retaining branch advisors

Listening to advisor feedback and adapting strategies drove banks’ Report Card ratings

  • By: Katie Keir
  • September 18, 2023 September 15, 2023
  • 00:02
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Big banks improving efforts to help advisors grow

While advisors say business development support is important, satisfaction levels lag

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How branch-based financial advisors rated their firms’ performance

  • By: IE Staff
  • August 29, 2022 August 29, 2022
  • 00:10
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Banks say they’re listening, but not all advisors agree

Responsiveness to feedback is important to advisors, but communication gaps remain

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Bank advisors saw rise in productivity

Branch-based advisors with the Big Six enjoyed book and client-roster growth

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Banks stand firm on cutting product shelves

While some advisors have criticized banks for eliminating active selling of third-party products, many are happy with in-house selection

  • By: Katie Keir
  • August 29, 2022 August 29, 2022
  • 00:06
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Banks struggle to improve ratings

The lowest-rated bank was critiqued on compensation and technology, but it wasn't the only one

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Overcoming tech troubles remains an uphill climb

Four banks received below-average ratings for their technology tools

How we did it: Report Card on Banks 2022

We detail the methodology for the Report Card on Banks

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Wanted: Enhancements to in-branch HNW services

Advisors need more support to retain mass-affluent clients with growing wealth

  • By: Emily Fox
  • August 30, 2021 August 26, 2021
  • 00:15
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Some advisors frustrated by lack of planning support

Advisors at certain banks said they didn’t have much to offer in the way of estate planning and financial planning

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Banks trim product offerings ahead of CFRs

Product shelves at some banks are changing thanks to the client-focused reforms

  • By: Katie Keir
  • August 30, 2021 August 26, 2021
  • 00:11
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Bank advisors’ AUM remains stable, but asset mix changes dramatically

Advisors swung sharply toward mutual funds and away from most other products

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Changes to compensation garner mixed reviews

Advisors’ bonuses are increasingly being tied to client satisfaction

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How bank-branch advisors rated their firms

  • By: IE Staff
  • August 30, 2021 August 26, 2021
  • 00:06
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Satisfaction grows for bank advisors, but barriers remain

Advisors and planners have some unmet expectations when it comes to their banks’ support services

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Flexible work policies paid off for banks

Some advisors who couldn’t easily work from home expressed frustration

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How the pandemic changed banking

Covid-19 forced the Big Six to improve a perennial sore point in the Report Card on Banks: Technology