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Advisor Summit 2019 Session Preview: Better Client Outcomes Start with a 360 Degree View
Watch the overview of this session from the Envestnet Advisor Summit 2019.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Benefits of Account Aggregation for Today’s Advisor
The growth of fee-based advice has led to a more holistic approach of consulting with today’s individual investor. Because of the efficiency and improved outcome of the
approach, holistic offerings as well as the use of goal-focused service is here to stay and the centerpiece that drives the approach is account aggregation.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Benefits of Account Aggregation for Today’s Investor
This piece is approved to use with clients.
Investors today have very complex financial lives. It is not uncommon for an individual or couple to have bank checking accounts, savings accounts, retirement accounts (401k, 403b, Roth IRA’s), investment accounts, etc., spread across multiple institutions, multiple platforms and multiple advisors. This situation makes securing a comprehensive financial plan difficult.
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Fighting the “algorithm wars”
Artificial intelligence (AI), quant funds, high-frequency trading, big data — these terms get thrown around a lot these days and can create confusion and uncertainty. Case in point: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that AI is more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
Alternative Investments
Why invest in real estate?
Anyone who has purchased a home is a real estate investor — but there’s a big difference between taking on a mortgage and investing in office buildings, malls or industrial parks. In this blog, I explain the basics of real estate investing, the potential benefits, and the ways that individuals can add real estate exposure to their portfolio.
Alternative Investments
Spring training for alternatives investors
A primary goal of spring training is getting the players back to basics by focusing on the fundamentals of the game. By doing so, the players ensure they are ready to go when the season begins. In honor of spring training, I’d like to take investors back to the basics and fundamentals of alternative investments (or alts).
Investing Ideas
DOL Fiduciary Rule is All but Gone
In the most recent edition of Washington Insights, we discussed the latest — and likely final — chapter in the DOL fiduciary rule saga. On March 15, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals voted to vacate (or nullify) the rule.
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Changes Ahead: How Technology Integration Can Scale Your Business
Advisory firms who leverage advanced tech integration, have a bigger book-of-business, generate more financial plans, and have more time to spend with clients. John Yackel of Envestnet and Michael Wilson of First Citizen Bank sit down to discuss.
Investing Ideas
Are Markets Pointing Toward a Value Resurgence?
Read the Invesco Strategy Insights white paper that summarizes historical inflection points and offers key takeaways for the future.
Alternative Investments
The Role of Commodities
In this paper, Invesco discusses two key benefits of adding commodity exposure to portfolios.
Investing Ideas
Market Neutral Investing: Exploring the Potential Benefits and Sources of Return
Market neutral equity strategies offer a unique style of investing and typically seek to produce attractive returns for investors regardless of the equity markets' behavior.
Investing Ideas
Getting Smart About Beta
Invesco examined two categories of smart beta strategies and analyzed how they performed over full market cycles and in different ecpnomic environments.