Ninety
percent of financial advisors are «product pushers» on commission.
Although many professionals may call themselves «financial planners,» only 20
percent of all financial advisors hold the CFP ® certification.
Thirty - three
percent of financial advisors are expected to retire over the next decade.
Eighty - five
percent of financial advisors in a nationwide survey by Putnam Investments said they use social media in their practices today.
Among other leading IBDs, Raymond James Financial Services gathers about 31
percent of its financial advisors from wirehouses and LPL Financial about 26 percent, Tiburon research found.
IBDs Cambridge Investment Research, Sigma Financial and Signator Investors each recruit between 23 and 27
percent of their financial advisors from the insurance channel, according to Tiburon.
More than 50
percent of financial advisors expect to go deeper in their social media relationship with their clients.
In a case of the proverbial cobbler's children being the worst shod, only 30 percent to 35
percent of financial advisors have a succession plan in place, David DeVoe, managing director and founder of San Francisco consulting firm and investment bank Devoe & Co., told attendees at Charles Schwab's IMPACT 2017 confab in Chicago.
Not exact matches
About 90
percent of North Korea's trade is with China, and Chinese junket operators are well equipped to use the formal banking sector and informal
financial networks created by the Chinese traders and small businessmen who've crisscrossed the world for 1,000 years, says Andrew Klebanow, a senior partner at Global Market
Advisors LLC in Las Vegas.
How Much to Save The standard recommendation from
financial advisors is to save 10
percent of your income.
A survey
of 10,000 households that use
financial advisors found that more than half
of advisor clients (51
percent) thought the advice they received was either free or they didn't know how much they paid for it.
The alert noted that in a recent SEC Office
of Compliance Inspections and Examinations study
of 75
financial firms, 5
percent of broker - dealers and 26
percent of advisors and investment funds did not conduct periodic risk assessments
of critical systems to uncover vulnerabilities, potential business consequences and other cybersecurity threats.
Households that spend $ 50,000 at age 65 tend to see a decline by about 15
percent over the next 15 years and 20
percent by age 85, according to Jonathan Guyton, a certified
financial planner and principal at Cornerstone Wealth Advisors, in an article in the Journal of Financial
financial planner and principal at Cornerstone Wealth
Advisors, in an article in the Journal
of Financial Financial Planning.
Depending on the volume
of assets they're managing,
financial advisors can pay upward
of 0.65
percent to third - party managers.
Only 14
percent of millennials surveyed by UBS said they got advice from a traditional
financial advisor.
On its website, the SSA says, «Social Security replaces about 40
percent of an average wage earner's income after retiring, and most
financial advisors say retirees will need 70
percent or more
of pre-retirement earnings to live comfortably.»
A big part
of the appeal
of robo -
advisors is that they charge less than the traditional 1
percent fee many
financial advisors charge.
The so - called robo -
advisors had an estimated $ 8 billion in assets under management as
of July, a 34
percent increase from last year, according to
financial research firm CB Insights.
Commonwealth
Financial Network only recruits about 20
percent of its
advisors from wirehouses, the research found.
Ninety - four
percent of Boomers working with a
financial planner report having retirement savings versus 68 % who report the same without a client -
advisor relationship.
The study found more than a third
of Americans (34
percent)-- and more than half
of Millennials — are likely to ask for recommendations for an insurance agent or
financial advisor on social media.
A
financial advisor working for a
percent based commission has his interest ahead
of yours.
The management fee is 0.35
percent of your investment, which is pretty low compared to other automated
financial advisors.
Just 47
percent of the women surveyed were confident discussing money and investing topics on their own with a
financial advisor.
Most
financial advisors recommend saving at least 15
percent of your income and no age group is hitting that average.
On its website, the SSA says, «Social Security replaces about 40
percent of an average wage earner's income after retiring, and most
financial advisors say retirees will need 70
percent or more
of pre-retirement earnings to live comfortably.»
Survey data also showed that while 41
percent of 35 - to 44 - year - old respondents are invested in a workplace retirement plan, a third (34
percent)
of respondents in that age group said they haven't thought about their approach to employing different sources
of retirement income and less than a quarter (23
percent) currently work with a
financial advisor.
«2017 Chairman's Level
Advisor» Alp Atabek is proud to have been recognized as a Chairman's Level
advisor for 2017 ---- a distinction based on annual production attained by just 3
percent of advisors affiliated with Commonwealth
Financial Network.
As any
financial advisor will tell you, a savings
of just a
percent or so on your loans can yield a huge decrease in the total interest paid over the course
of time.
Dalbar's Harvey says the failure
of Lehman Brothers and other
financial services firms like Washington Mutual and Wachovia has forced many
advisors to leave the industry or go independent, where they can keep 98
percent of the fees they generate instead
of splitting them down the middle with the firm.
Similarly, 95
percent of those working with a
financial advisor consider them to be important to their retirement planning and to successfully generating retirement income.
22
percent of respondents currently working with a
financial advisor would be interested in taking on a higher risk growth - oriented investment strategy instead
of postponing their retirement.
Many
financial advisors suggest you should save 10 - 15
percent of your gross income for retirement starting in your 20s.
Financial advisors suggest you'll need somewhere between 70 and 80
percent of your pre-retirement income to enjoy a healthy retirement.
Many
financial advisors suggest that you target saving 10 to 15
percent of your paycheck.
Most
financial advisors say you'll need about 70
percent of your pre-retirement earnings to comfortably maintain your pre-retirement standard
of living.
A recent survey
of financial advisors conducted by an independent firm and commissioned by Allianz reports that nearly eight in 10 (78
percent)
financial advisors say they would recommend tuition insurance for students taking out loans while more than seven in 10 (72
percent) say they would recommend it for first - year college students.
1 Currently, 11
percent of Edward Jones
financial advisors have military experience.
Personal
financial advisor employment is projected to grow at the highest rate
of the three sectors listed here, with an expected growth
of 27
percent.
A new Department
of Labor (DOL) Rule also raised questions on whether
financial advisors could sell non-traded REITs into tax - exempt accounts, which represent about 40
percent of sales in the sector.
Not only has the San Francisco - based firm redefined the practice
of home valuation in terms
of accuracy — with a median error
of 2.5
percent and declining every month as the company's algorithms process more data — it is helping real estate professionals set themselves apart with the burgeoning power
of predictive analytics, elevating them from average real estate agent to invaluable
financial advisor.