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Active/Passive Management
MYTH: Active Performs Better in Certain Market Segments
When it comes to active management, believing that active managers generally perform better in certain market segments is a myth, not a reality.
Alternative Investments
Alternative Investments: Myths & misconceptions
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A lot of misunderstanding surrounds alternative investments. Some investors still think of them as high-risk, exotic funds reserved for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutions. However the reality is that alternatives have a place in nearly every portfolio.
Active/Passive Management
Investor Education: Learn About Active and Index Fund Investing
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Help your clients get a better understanding of the differences between index investing and active investing, and the merits of each approach.
Philanthropy
Investor Education: Learn About Charitable Giving
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Use this practical guide to complement discussions you have with clients about philanthropy.
Active/Passive Management
Making the Implicit Explicit: A Framework for the Active-Passive Decision
Vanguard's new active-passive decision-making framework helps investors focus on the factors that matter most.
Business Development
Integrating Social Media Into Your Digital Marketing Strategy
Learn how you can fit social into your marketing plan and use it effectively.
Philanthropy
Charitable Giving: Three Steps to a Successful Plan
This Vanguard research paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of common charitable giving strategies, and it presents examples to show their effects.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Bond ETFs: Financial Advisors Drive Use With Specialized Applications
BlackRock sponsors this Cerulli Associates report that asks 378 financial advisors about their use of bond ETFs.
Client Relationships
Client Discussion Guides
These value-add worksheets from BlackRock help increase engagement between an advisor and their clients.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Building Better Benchmarks
The BlackRock Portfolio Solutions team explores benchmarks and how to build them appropriately.
Advisor Value & Fees
The Fiduciary Opportunity: The Future Is Now
Beyond the ultimate fate of the Fiduciary Rule, the industry faces a crucial crossroad: pursue a business model that responds to the digital, demographic and economic pressures reshaping it, or breathe a sigh of relief and return to business as usual?
Leveraging Technology & Data
The Future of the Decision Making Process for the Financial Services Industry
Financial institutions (FIs) and wealth management firms need to be focused on analytics for good reason: Data analytics provide the deep level of business intelligence that firms require to identify the largest growth opportunities as well as their biggest risks.