Morning Memo
Wealth Management Morning Memo

OCTOBER 20, 2018

REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

States Are Taking Up the Fiduciary Banner

Not everyone is happy about this development.

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HIGH NET WORTH

Paul Allen's $26 Billion Estate Will Take Years to Unravel

Paul Allen's family office, Vulcan Inc, has vast holdings that include real estate, art, sports teams and venture capital stakes.

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INDUSTRY

RIAs Could Go the Way of the Small Ski Resort. Here’s How.

It’s getting harder for small independent ski resorts to compete with larger scale players. Sound familiar?

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MUTUAL FUNDS

Invesco to Buy OppenheimerFunds, Adding $246 Billion in Assets

Invesco will pay about $5.7 billion including $4 billion of preferred shares and 81.9 million of common stock.

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INDUSTRY

Merrill Lynch Advisors Boost Client Acquisition by 87 Percent

Advisor incentives to acquire new clients are paying off for BofA’s wealth management unit.

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MY LIFE AS A CLIENT

A Wake-Up Call

To learn what everyday clients really think about their advisors and what all advisors can learn from them, we talked to Dan Hill, founder of Sensory Logic, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm that focuses on how emotions affect behavior.

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HIGH NET WORTH

Clients Value Passing on Stories More Than Wealth

The glue that holds families together has a value of its own.

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COLLEGE PLANNING

East and West: Paying for College on the Coasts

Students and their parents need to understand the realities of aiming for these schools.

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HIGH NET WORTH

Goldman, Morgan Stanley Want to Lend the Ultra-Rich More Money

Morgan Stanley has tripled its loans to high net worth individuals in the past five years while Goldman Sachs is expanding overseas.

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CLIENT RELATIONS

Six Reasons Why Financial Advisors Should Visit Clients at Home

Your strongest client relationships come from those whose homes you have visited.

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