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Business Development
Advisors are happy and that's a big deal
A majority of advisors are satisfied with their career. What this may mean for recuruiting the next generation of advisors.
Retirement
next: Millennial magnet - Attract and retain the largest generation in the U.S. workforce
In our second issue of next, we discuss how some of the factors may affect your role as a fiduciary in building effective retirement plans, including the effect changing interest rates may have on target date funds.
Business Development
Why finishing that client report may be more beneficial than your workout
Insights into the most meaningful coping strategies for stressed advisors.
Business Development
Outsourcing may not reduce stress, but you may get more done!
A look at outsourcing through the lens of FlexShares Advisor Wellness study.
Business Development
Insights into Advisor Wellness: Stress and Satisfaction Are (still) Defining Factors
A look at the results of FlexShares research on advisor wellness. The paper reveals key stressors and the divergence of those stressors based on gender, age, marital status, firm types and services offered.
Business Development
Advisor Wellness in a changing world
Insights into new research from FlexShares Advisor Wellness study.
Alternative Investments
The Case for Liquid Alternatives, Especially Now
This piece is approved to use with clients.
While we have long advocated that alternatives should be a core allocation within any diversified portfolio, we believe that in this environment they will be even more helpful to investors.
Manager & Investment Selection
Strategy Series: Strategy Preference Can Indicate Expected Stock Market Return
Rather surprisingly, the equity strategy framework can provide an estimate of current expected stock market returns. This is accomplished by measuring the recent investor response to each strategy, which, it turns out, captures the deep behavioral currents driving market returns. The resulting information is useful when managing equity market exposure.
Sustainable Investing
Investor Interest in Responsible Investing Soars
Advisors are recommending responsible investing less but assets are rising. Read more about the trends in the impact space in this report from Nuveen.
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: Behavioral Financial Markets
The analytical tools derived from behavioral finance’s more realistic representation of financial markets and human behavior will likely replace the wealth-limiting MPT tools in use today.
Active/Passive Management
The Active Equity Renaissance: New Frontiers of Risk
One modern portfolio theory (MPT) pillar that is unquestionably broken is the use of volatility, specifically standard deviation, as a measure of risk.