Tag: Client satisfaction

Even skilled self-directed investors want to receive support when it comes to planning and achieving financial goals, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Self-Directed Investor Satisfaction Study.

Investors want an adviser relationship that is personal, engaged and informative, says a survey by Hartford Funds.

A survey suggests there are some trust issues to overcome between individuals and financial institutions or advisers.

More advisers will partner or find a way to leverage robo technology in their plan business, and the technology can be an efficient way to scale advice.

An overwhelming majority of advisers (97%) believe conventional and robo-advisers can co-exist, a study says, but a strong majority (78%) still see the new tech as threatening.

Qualitative risk tolerance assessments are ambiguous and unhelpful to investors, says a new white paper.

Compared with confidence in the financial services industry generally, plan sponsors have much higher levels of trust in their own retirement plan advisers, a study found.

There is an enormous generational transfer of wealth on the horizon that will test retirement advisory firms’ ability to attract younger clients, a new J.D. Power report finds.

A quarter of independent financial advisers are currently honing and redeveloping their practices—including many established firms crafting approaches to new markets.

As smaller businesses grapple with the Affordable Care Act, they are more interested than ever in help from advisers who understand the terms, Nationwide says.

A recent Cerulli Associates report assesses whether eRIAs, also known as robo-advisers, could be challenged in the medium and long terms by a “first-mover effect.”

A new LIMRA study finds many financial advisers prefer to do business with financial product wholesalers who work together as a team across internal and external distribution channels.

The EZ K Plan from Revzon Consulting Group is a full- service, one-stop 401(k) plan package that lets registered investment advisers meet the needs of small-company clients.

Financial advisers are not adequately preparing to deliver advanced digital capabilities to meet the expectations of younger generations of investors, according to Aite Group research.

Should advisers be more careful of the phrases they use with plan participants? Most agree that lofty statements, technical terms, and jargon should be avoided.

Today, PLANADVISER is pleased to announce the finalists for the annual PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards.