The percentage of advisors who create financial plans for clients and the percentage of clients with a financial plan are rising
As the regulatory environment in the financial services sector continues to evolve, keeping up with a steadily growing list of compliance responsibilities is a major challenge for financial advisors
The average age of the financial advisors surveyed for Investment Executive's annual Report Card series has been rising over the course of this decade
Financial advisors surveyed for Investment Executive's 2016 Report Card series don't consider the emergence of robo-advisors anything to fret about
How advisors feel about their firms overall is evident in the ratings for two specific categories
How advisors rated their firms
For the average advisor, AUM is up while client numbers were down, which points to rising productivity as measured by AUM/client household. And, on the bottom line, compensation for the average advisor rose
As regulators increase their focus on elderly clients, financial services firms of all descriptions are working diligently to provide products, services and staff training suited to help advisors take care of the needs of their aging clients
Firms and advisors face challenges relating to major technological changes, demographic issues and increased regulatory oversight. How are they responding?
Pablo Fuchs, senior editor with Investment Executive, and Fiona Collie, staff writer, discuss the results of the Advisors’ Report Card 2015. This year’s Report Card series saw advisors’ businesses continue their unprecedented growth despite emerging challenges, such as CRM2.